Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:01 AM
Site: Becker Bible Teacher Resources
Course: Becker Bible Teacher Resources (Scholar)
Glossary: Main Glossary
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EucharistThe sacrament of the Lord Jesus Christ's last supper commemorated in Christian ceremony. |
Eusebius of Caesarea A Christian writer and historian who lived in the first half of the fourth century. He is noted for his book The Life of Constantine which he wrote following personal interviews with the first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great. He is also known for his final book of Ecclesiastical History which accounts the church from its early days to his own time. His book Panegyric to Constantine sings rapturous praises for Constantine as an earthly image of the divine monarchy that exists halfway between heaven and earth. |
EvangelicalA focus on the authority of the four Gospels with emphasis on salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, and the spreading of this message throughout the world, according to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. |
EvolutionSee Theistic Evolutionism. |
ExorcismThe act of expelling an evil spirit through the invoking of the name and authority of Jesus Christ and his command to leave the possessed body. |
ExorcistA strong and faithful Christian who commands evil spirits to leave the body of the possessed. 2) The second rank of four minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church. |
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Factual ErrorWrong about facts without reaching the level of fallacy in an argument. |
Faith The condition of believing and trusting in a perceived truth. Christian faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen, through the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ (Hebrews 11). |
Fallacy An error in reasoning. It is an argument in which the conclusion is not supported by the premise(s). |
Fallacy - Ad HominemAlso known as Ad Hominem Abusive, Personal Attack A fallacy in which a claim or argument is rejected because of a personal issue of the presenter of the claim or argument. 1. Person A makes claim X. 2. Person B attacks character, circumstances or actions of Person A 3. Fallacy - Person A's claim is judged false |