theology
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In Christian theology, the arms of Christ are spread wide on the cross—wide enough, the tradition insists, to embrace everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Greek pistis—trust as social persuasion—became, in Christian theology, fides: a structured commitment of the intellect to a claim that cannot be directly demonstrated, grounded not in feeling or rhetorical force but in evaluated reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The biblical passage recounts how the serpent, typically interpreted as the devil in Christian theology, tempted Eve to sin by eating the forbidden fruit.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
David and Margaret meet in England in 1963, where David is a popular young priest and Margaret, though a layperson, is working at his side to teach theology to female seminarians.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
He tells Ma and Pa that he hates the theology school in Amsterdam.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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