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Prima scriptura is the Christian doctrine that canonized scripture is "first" or "above all other" sources of divine revelation.Implicitly, this view suggests that, besides canonical scripture, there can be other guides for what a believer should believe and how they should live, such as the Holy Spirit, created order, traditions, charismatic gifts, mystical insight, angelic visitations ...
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits and ascetics, who lived primarily in the Scetes desert of the Roman province of Egypt, beginning around the third century AD. The Apophthegmata Patrum is a collection of the wisdom of some of the early desert monks and nuns , in print as Sayings of the Desert Fathers .
Tradition is a personal encounter with Christ in the Holy Spirit, as Bishop Kallistos affirms. Tradition is not only kept by the Church it lives in the Church, it is the life of the Holy Spirit in the Church [The Orthodox Church, p.206]. Thus Tradition must be seen and experienced from within. Tradition is a living experience of the Holy Spirit ...
Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Santa and Santy) is a legendary figure [1] originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. He is said to accomplish this with the aid of Christmas elves, who make the toys in ...
Holy Tradition # Understanding of Holy Tradition in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church “Brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or our letter.” (1 Thessalonians 2:15). Terminology and Meaning: # The term “tradition” comes from the Latin “traditio,” the Greek term is “paradosis” and the verb is “paradido.” It means giving ...
Rrjeti gjithë botëror. Një hartë globale e indeksit të internetit për shtetet në vitin 2014. World Wide Web (shkurt WWW ose the Web; Rrjeti gjithë botëror) është një hapësirë informacioni ku dokumentet dhe burimet e tjera të internetit identifikohen nga Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), të ndërthurura nga lidhjet hypertext, dhe ...
v. t. e. The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the Theotokos ("Mother of God", literally translated as God-bearer ), and her being taken up into heaven.
