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4 days ago · Those main facets are (1) Christ’s atonement as victory over the devil that provides a ransom price for sinners (Christus victor), (2) Christ as moral influence or example (moral influence), and (3) Christ’s atonement as a public protection and exhibition of justice (governmental).
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2 days ago · B. The punishment of Prometheus and the significance of divine justice; C. The story of Lycaon and the consequences of hubris; V. The Interplay Between Chaos and Order. A. The significance of chaos in Greek myths; B. Zeus’s efforts to combat chaos and restore balance; C. Examples of myths where chaos disrupts divine order; VI.
3 days ago · The apocryphal book of Jubilees has the earliest reference to God giving the Law of Moses on Sinai through an angelic mediator: "And [God] said to the angel of the presence, 'Write for Moses'" (1:27).
2 days ago · A theocracy is a form of government in which the ultimate leader is a supreme deity, who rules either directly as a god in human form or indirectly through mortal servants—typically a religious clergy—who rule on the deity’s behalf. With their laws based on religious codes and decrees, the governments of theocracies serve their divine ...
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2 days ago · In Catholic countries in the tradition of the early Christian law and in the twelfth century, Gratian equated the natural law with divine law.
4 days ago · Jewish law is the focus of many passages in the Gospels. According to one set, especially prominent in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7), Jesus admonished his followers to observe the law unwaveringly (Matthew 5:17–48).
2 days ago · Ten Commandments, list of religious precepts that, according to various passages in Exodus and Deuteronomy, were divinely revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai and were engraved on two tablets of stone. The Commandments are recorded virtually identically in Exodus 20:2–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21.
