Sentences with phrase «widespread ancient belief»

This widespread ancient belief lingered on in Israel, by whom the underworld was known as Sheol.

In support of it he appeals to the Transfiguration, which he seems to know from the Gospel of Matthew, and to the widespread ancient belief that the universe is to be destroyed by fire.

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It could be argued that the Platonic doctrine of the immortality of the soul was simply a refined and highly sophisticated version of that belief in an after - life which had been widespread in the ancient world in one form or another, and which Israel had come almost completely to abandon because of her psychosomatic view of the unity of the human individual.

You're right, this battle between good and evil is a very widespread train of Christianity beliefs, I was simply stating that many people have a difficult time trying to tie in Christianity with the ancient Maya beliefs.