Concept
Christians
Overview
person who adheres to Christianity
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He knows that the enumeration of the fruits of the Spirit is not a record of laws the observance of which is imperative or Christ will be denied. He is aware the passage is to be interpreted as meaning that Christians are to strive to be kind; that is the mark at which they aim. However, even though they have made a beginning and some progress in this virtue, they often are unkind and bear fruits directly the…
Martin Luther, Epistle Sermons, Vol. 2
The chapter “THE GLORIOUS ADORNMENT OF CHRISTIANS.” is titled for Christians; names Christians several times.
Nevertheless, it is prophesied of the heathen that they will at one time be received into the brotherhood of the disciples of Christ. At the end of time, there is to be but _one_ shepherd and _one_ flock upon earth. Thus, in the missionary activity which the Christian recognizes as his calling, the assertion, All men are brothers, is based on the two ideas, All Christians are brothers, and All men are destined to…
Wilhelm Max Wundt, Elements of Folk Psychology Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind
States what Christians is; names Christians several times.
43. Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does a better work than buying pardons; 44. Because love grows by works of love, and man becomes better; but by pardons man does not grow better, only more free from penalty. 45. Christians are to be taught that he who sees a man in need, and passes him by, and gives [his money] for pardons, purchases not the indulgences of the pope…
Martin Luther, Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
Names Christians several times; states what Christians is.
Philosophers who discussed Christians
- Ammonius Saccas
- David Ray Griffin
- Anekantavada
- Judah Halevi
- Carl Jung
- Islam
- Karl Löwith
- Themistius
- Baltasar Gracián
- The End of Faith
- Matthew Tindal
- Pierre Charron
- Richard Kroner
- Gaius Marius Victorinus
- Peregrinus Proteus
- David ibn Merwan al-Mukkamas
- Bruce Parry
Related ideas
- Eusebius
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- French language
- Armenia
- Jesus
- BBC News
- Persian language
- Germany
- German language
- Greek language
- Anglicanism
- Galilee
- Gender equality
- Hebrew language
- Abrahamic religions
- Isaac Newton
- Johannes Kepler
- Arab world
- Byzantine Empire
- Levant
- Latin America
- Caribbean
- Maltese language
- Islamic world
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Communism.