Sentences with phrase «used divine name»

Men sought to use the divine name — and Israelites repeatedly the name of Yahweh!

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Once Christianity was established on Hellenistic soil, the term «Lord» tended to take its meaning primarily from its use to ascribe divine honors to emperors or to the gods who presided over the mystery cults, not to mention its use in the Greek Bible to render the unspeakable name of Yahweh.

While Madison's use of the Christian tradition employs a restricted, even chaste use of theological language» the name Jesus Christ is never mentioned, only «divine Author of our religion»» there can be no doubt that his worldview is Christian.

In the Qur» an it is made clear that from most ancient times the word Islam has been used by all divine messengers and their followers as the name for their religion.

«Again, respect of persons, in uncovering the head and bowing the knee or body in salutation, was a practice I had been much in the use of; and this, being one of the vain customs of the world, introduced by the spirit of the world, instead of the true honor which this is a false representation of, and used in deceit as a token of respect by persons one to another, who bear no real respect one to another; and besides this, being a type and a proper emblem of that divine honor which all ought to pay to Almighty God, and which all of all sorts, who take upon them the Christian name, appear in when they offer their prayers to him, and therefore should not be given to men; - I found this to be one of those evils which I had been too long doing; therefore I was now required to put it away and cease from it.

Does anyone really believe that God would care what name you used to call him or that he would want anything more than for us all to love one another and see or divine equality?

Another Catholic, Jean Astruc, observed in his work Conjectures (1753) that there is a variation in the divine name in Genesis and proposed that this was due to the use of two distinct sources.

By careful analysis, using various criteria such as are familiar to students of literature, the different strands were separated out which have been called the «J» or Jahwist, because of the predominance of Jahweh as the divine name; also Judean, since it seems to have come from southern Israel or Judah; «E» for the sections where Elohim as divine name is usual, or Ephraimitic, since it seems to have come from Ephraem or northern Israel; and «P» for priestly, as designating a pronounced priestly or ecclesiastical emphasis.

Nusa Lembongan is still lovely and offers a lot to travelers of all preferences.Nusa Lembongan is only just over 3 km across the longest stretch and there are almost no motorized vehicles used on the island.Mushroom bay (unofficially named due to the presence of mushroom coral in the area) is a delightful little white sand bay in the west of Nusa Lembongan, it is divine in the mornings and evenings where as during the afternoons the presence of extensive water sport facilities can be enjoyed, although sometime disturbing the unreal tranquility of the area.