Sentences with phrase «theological meaning of names»
But we also observe that etiology has been freely employed, here as in Genesis, to voice and define the theological meaning of names and events which figure prominently in the «history,» for example, circumcision and Gilgal, 5:8 f., and Achan and the Valley of Achor, chapter 8.
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It has almost seemed that in every epoch there were some who were primarily interested in naming the name of Christ, clarifying its doctrinal and theological meaning, and defending that meaning against its enemies — but who named the name without giving the cup of water.
In a later chapter we shall have occasion to point out that all preaching worthy of the name must be theological, by which I mean that it must be, as the very adjective indicates, «a word about God» and hence about God's decisive action for humankind in the event we name when we say «Jesus Christ.»
The various representatives of this theological group by no means agree with one another, but their views are sufficiently alike to warrant a common name.