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Divine law. Divine law is any body of law that is perceived as deriving from a transcendent source, such as the will of God or gods – in contrast to man-made law or to secular law. According to Angelos Chaniotis and Rudolph F. Peters, divine laws are typically perceived as superior to man-made laws, [1][2] sometimes due to an assumption that ...
God's command (amr) is the creative act of God and what has been intended for the creation. In Islamic discourse, Mu'tazilites and Ash'aris disagree on God's will (irāda) and God's command. According to the Mu'tazilites, God's commands are genuine expressions of God's will, while Ash'arites generally disagree. The latter also point at the ...
Sophia (Koinē Greek: σοφία, sophía —"wisdom") is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism and Christian theology. Originally carrying a meaning of "cleverness, skill", the later meaning of the term, close to the meaning of phronesis ("wisdom, intelligence"), was significantly shaped by the term ...
t. e. Agape (/ ɑːˈɡɑːpeɪ, ˈɑːɡəˌpeɪ, ˈæɡə -/; [1] from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē)) is "the highest form of love, charity " and "the love of God for [human beings] and of [human beings] for God". [2] This is in contrast to philia, brotherly love, or philautia, self-love, as it embraces a profound sacrificial love that ...
Divine Liturgy (Greek: Θεία Λειτουργία, translit. Theia Leitourgia) or Holy Liturgy is the usual name used in most Eastern Christian rites for the Eucharistic service. Church of Saint Sava, Christmas, Belgrade, 7 January 2021. The Greek Catholic and Orthodox Churches see the Divine Liturgy as transcending time and the world.
[7] The Catholic Church holds that it is because of the action of Christ and the Holy Spirit in transforming into the divine life what is subjected to God's power that "the sacraments confer the grace they signify": "the power of Christ and his Spirit acts in and through [each sacrament], independently of the personal holiness of the minister ...
v. t. e. In Christianity, the Logos (Greek: Λόγος, lit. 'word, discourse, or reason') [1] is a name or title of Jesus Christ, seen as the pre-existent second person of the Trinity. In the Douay–Rheims, King James, New International, and other versions of the Bible, the first verse of the Gospel of John reads: In the beginning was the ...
Perichoresis (from Greek: περιχώρησις perikhōrēsis, "rotation") [1] is a term referring to the relationship of the three persons of the triune God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) to one another. It was first used as a term in Christian theology, by the Church Fathers.