"RELEGION" . where this word comes from ?
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The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are:\n\n    * re-reading--from Latin re (again) + legio (read), referring to the repetition of scripture.\n    * treating carefully--from Latin relegere (Cicero's interpretation) 'to go over again' or to carefully ponder.\n    * re-connection to the divine--from Latin re (again) + ligare (to connect, as in English ligament). This interpretation is favoured by modern scholars such as Tom Harpur, but probably originated with St. Augustine.\n    * to bind or return to bondage--an alternate interpretation of the "reconnection" etymology, possibly also originating with Augustine but emphasising a sense of servitude to God. However, the bondage interpretation, while popular with critics of religion, is often considered imprecise and possibly offensive in many modern religious contexts.\n    * concerning a gathering--from Latin ablative res (with regard to) + legere (to gather). More emphatically, religion concerns an organization.\n\nDespite the variety of possible etymologies, what is clear about the word "religion" is that its religious connotations (in the sense of denoting gods, morality, afterlife, etc.) were not a part of the term's Latin precursors — suggesting that today's common understanding of such terms as religion, religious, and religions may be peculiarly modern, notably Euro-based words and concepts.
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The Pope is the Vicar of Christ here on earth.  His authority comes from Jesus himself.  He is one of many who have sat in the "Chair of Peter" and Peter was the first Pope, a long line of apostolic succession.  Jesus told Peter (original name Simon).."You are Peter (means rock) and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it."  It has biblical roots.  The actual scripture verse is Matthew 16: 16-19
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It's Latin for "Who is like God?" or "Who is like unto God?" Here's another Latin phrase for you: "Deus lo volt." That means "God wills it." That's what the knights shouted before the Crusades. Just thought it would be interesting.
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When a catholic person kneels and performs the sign of the cross it is called a "genuflect". Don't know if I spelled it right, but it might be the word you are looking for.
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Okay, I'll try to answer but the fact that you're jim_darwin2 is really blowing my mind, haha\n\nReligion:\n1 a : the state of a religious <a nun in her 20th year of religion> b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance\n2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices\n3 archaic : scrupulous conformity : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS\n4 : a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith\n\nSpirituality:\n1 : something that in ecclesiastical law belongs to the church or to a cleric as such\n2 : CLERGY\n3 : sensitivity or attachment to religious values\n4 : the quality or state of being spiritual
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To the best of my knowledge, the term in Judaism is roughly equivalent to the terms "Righteous Gentiles", "B'nai Noach" and another term that escapes me ... "Ger ~something~" meaning "stranger at the gate" as opposed to the Ger that is a convert.\n\nFollowing is a short list of sites that don't have any relationship to Christian groups, but which deal with how a Gentile can properly be a "G-d Fearer" and live righteously as Gentiles.
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"Re", Latin -- to return; "Ligion", Greek -- Light. "Religion", to return to the light -- Enlightment.\n\nAll religions are the faces of one single crystal. What is the most important fact is, the Light that passes through that crystal, NOT the rainbow of colours it produced through the crystal.\n\nThe Divine Grace is the Truth, the Truth is akin to the water of a river: the river can bend (religions and sects) as well as possessing waterfalls (religious zealots), but in the end -- the water always remained the same. \n\nThus, one can choose to be a tree next to the river absorbing its water (dogmatic religions), or to be a hard rock inside the river (atheists -- like rocks in the river, they eventually will be rounded, but not changed in essence), even better is to be a leaf that has fallen off a tree upon the river whose travel is to follow the river itself (a spiritual seeker of truth), and eventually the destiny of the river will be reached (Enlightment).\n\nEven if shall the water of the river be tainted by muddy soils (cults and ignorance), the water is always pure because, the soil can never actually be mixed into the water. The soil (lies and ignorances) can only produce a visual illusion of a dirty river but, the water in the river remained by itself as pure -- take a cup of the muddy water and, let it rest (a clear and unbiased mind): the water and the soil will be divided (water/truth is alway on top of the soil/lies/ignorances).
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Biblical origins. Think of St Peter. Think of the omnipresent medieval church and think of hitting your thumb with a hammer. You can't swear, else the local priests will have you up before the Bishop and the Lord alone knows what the outcome of that will be, so you exclaim, in appropriate tone of voice, "For Saint Peter's sake" and carry on erecting the shelves. This phrase was amended to "For Pete's Sake" in later, less religiously oppressive, times.\n: This is called a "minced oath," a substitution of a less offensive word. \nFOR PETE'S SAKE - The phrase is simply a polite version of a common and profane expression involving the name of Christ. We'd surmise that the original 'Pete' was St. Peter."  Substituting less offensive words - like Godfrey Daniel for the other GD - is called a minced oath.
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Literal Meaning from Latin to English: Abundant supply of things and words. (At least thats what I think)\n\n'de Copia Rerum et Verborum' (1511) was written by a self-taught scholar of ancient Greek, Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) of Rotterdam. He devoted his lifetime to developing a curriculum for early education in which the atmosphere would be one of encouragement and compassion for the student. He also made it quite clear that the only curriculum in which he had any confidence was one that would be entirely classical.
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It´s a Greek word,in one of the passages of  Peter 2:21-25 \n           \npogeno/menoi - is the nominative masculine first person plural aorist deponent middle participle from the verb APOGINOMAI, which means “to be away,to be off, not to be part of ..."\n\nFollowing Christ's Example: An Exposition of :1 Peter 2:21-25            41\n\n \n\ndeep shame of implied criminality. He expiated the curse of sin \n\non the cross in man's stead.\n\n \n\nTHE PURPOSE OF HIS REDEMPTIVE SUFFERINGS (v. 24b)\n\n            Christ's redemptive sufferings had a practical purpose: "that \n\nwe might die to sin and live to righteousness. " The former aspect \n\nrelates to the believer's sinful past, while the latter depicts God's \n\npurpose for his present life. An experiential realization of the \n\nrelease from sins makes possible a vital personal entry into a life \n\nof righteousness. "That we might die to sin" marks the negative \n\npurpose in Christ's redemptive sufferings. These words render \n\nan aorist participial construction in the original:  i!na tai?j \n\na[marti<aij a]pogeno<menoi ("in order that from the sins having \n\ngotten away"). The participle occurs only here in the New Testa-\n\nment and not at all in the Septuagint. Its root meaning is "to be off \n\nfrom, to have no part in" something; by classical writers it was \n\nused to mean "cease to exist" as a euphemism for death. The \n\naorist tense marks a definite break with sin and looks back to the \n\ntime of their conversion. The dative "sins" (tai?j a[marti<aij) indi-\n\ncates the relationship that has been terminated: "to have ceased \n\nin relation to the sins." The plural denotes all the sins in the \n\npast, those for which Christ died. In the believer's union with \n\nChrist, whose death effected the termination of sin's guilt and \n\ndomination, the believer has been freed from the demands of \n\nsin on him (Rom. 6:2; Col. 3:3). In Him the power of the tyrants \n\nof sin has been broken, enabling the believer, now to be done \n\nwith sins and, by the power of the indwelling Spirit, to enjoy \n\nliberation (Rom. 6:11; 8:12-13).\n\n            The redemption from sin is intended to have a practical effect \n\nin daily life, "that we might ... live to righteousness." Peter's \n\nword order, t^? dikaiosu<n^ zh<swmen ("to the righteousness \n\nwe might live") makes prominent the new relationship in this life. \n\nThe goal of the new life is "the righteousness," that righteousness \n\nwhich God's righteousness and holiness require in His saints and \n\nwhich the indwelling Holy Spirit works in and through His \n\npeople. The singular, "righteousness," in contrast to the plural, \n\n"the sins," implies the unitary nature of this new life, marked by \n\nsubmissive obedience to God and His will in daily life. "That" \n\n(i!na) with the aorist subjunctive, "should live," means that the \n\nredeemed must actually enter in on such a life of righteousness. \n\nOnly in this way is the full purpose of the Cross realized.
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This is from the repentance recited in churches such as the Catholic and Anglican churches. It can be found in the prayer books of the church. I have the Anglican ASB 1980 and it seems to be a more modern version in that, so I believe you need to get a copy of the Book of Common Prayer. Try Amazon or Ebay, or your local church, which should have several.
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ummm...they come from damnation which is a synonym for condemnation.  to damn is to condemn.  people use it but don't really know what it means.  when they say it, they're actually condemning the person to hell, or in the case of "goddamn" asking God to sentence the person to hell.  it truly is a curse on someone.\n\ni'm not sure when it was first used, but it would have started as a regular word used as "to condemn".  most likely, it was a religiously-affiliated word considering its topic of hell and God.
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Act 20:35, Saint Paul records a saying not found in the Gospel.\nRomans 10:17 Faith comes from what is heard.\nJohn 21:25 Not everything Jesus said recorded in Scripture\n\n1 Cor 11:2, Hold fast to the traditions I handed on to you.\n\nBible Alone dogma is a man made doctrine that is not found in the Bible.  \n\nJesus teaches through outward signs instituted by Jesus Christ to give Grace, and written Scripture.  \n\nBoth form the Word of God.
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The word in the Greek Textus Receptus is agape, which means "charitable love."  (I would have included the Greek here, but my version of Yahoo! won't let me paste it in).  What do you mean in your question when you differentiate between human and agape love?  In any case, 1 Cor 13:4-13 explains what Paul means by charity.
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Well, the word has 2 meanings, as follows:\n\n1.  To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith.\n2. To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine
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A form of religion, dictionary says; Of or relating to ecclesiastical government by presbyters. \nPresbyterian Of or relating to a Presbyterian Church.
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Freedom \nThis comes from German (literal, modern-day translation, "Freiheit"), but is actually closer in derivation to the German word "Friede", which means "peace" and is a word of pre-Christian, Germanic origin (originally "Frith"). The archaic term was used to signify the period following the termination of a bloodfeud between two Germanic clans when the softer, feminine qualities of the god "Freda" or "Frita" held sway. To achieve such a peace, some consideration had to given up on the part of the clan whose member had committed the most recent wrong against another clan, such as a certain quantity of meat or animal hides. What was given up was called "Bot" (delivered good) or "Botschaft" (literally delivered shank (of meat), but currently is the modern German word for "message"). It is interesting to note that this is from where we get the English term "boat" (Apparently, as time went on, the term was used less to describe what was being delivered and more to describe the deliverer or means of delivery--Hence, the modern German words "Bote" (messenger) and "Boot" (boat--which can be visualized as a means of delivering something or someone)).