Sentences with phrase «simply as an historical event»

The crucifixion, viewed simply as an historical event, is the ultimate evil: the betrayal, denial, unjust and cowardly condemnation, blaspheming and brutalising, flogging, public humiliation and torturing to death of the Son of God himself.

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The present - day methodology of history and science as an accurate accounting of historical events and an objective description of physical processes simply didn't exist when these stories were composed.

We must look at it not simply as a set of historical events, but even more fundamentally as a cosmic phenomenon.

For those who have defended the traditional interpretation of the resurrection of Jesus as an historical event involving the raising and removal of a physical body, that which has carried most weight is simply the fact that, on a plain reading of the New Testament, the Bible itself seems to give unqualified support to such a view, in some places if not in all.

The testimony that 1 John brings is not simply a witness to an historical event, as one might, for example, tell others about a parade that passed in front of one's house.

Far more than simply a historical issue, the unique events leading to the Flood are a prerequisite to understanding the prophetic implications of our Lord's predictions regarding His Second Coming.1 (italics are mine) The strange events recorded in Genesis 6 were understood by the ancient rabbinical sources, as well as the Septuagint translators, as referring to fallen angels procreating weird hybrid offspring with human women - known as the «Nephilim.»

It is important to add that in the tradition of biblical faith, historical revelation, which is the self - disclosure of God in history, is never deemed to inhere simply in the event as event, but also in the interpretation of the event.

It is the final scenes that elevate this film, not as an account of an historical event, but simply as a showcase of acting and direction.

A second reason simply is that current textbooks, no matter how well they are written or reflect a states educational standards, by their very nature are limited in space, time, and format as to what historical events are presented and in what format.