Questions tagged [cleanliness]
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What is the significance of St Paul referring to 'unclean children' in 1 Cor 7:14 vis a vis God's instructions in Lev 10:8-10?
We read in Lev 10:8-10 (NRSVCE):
And the Lord spoke to Aaron: Drink no wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons, when you enter the tent of meeting, that you may not die; it is a statute ...
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How is the idea of the ritual purity implemented in the Catholic Church?
How is the idea of the ritual purity implemented in the Catholic Church? We know that in the Old Testament priests needed to be ritually pure in order to perform rituals. How is this idea implemented ...
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Had Moses changed something in the Law as when Deuteronomy 12:15 - 16 is compared to Leviticus 10:10 and 11:4-8?
Deuteronomy 12:15-16
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Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy
soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he ...
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Is cleanliness next to Godliness?
I've been ardently searching the Bible for a proverb my wife keeps quoting. But somehow, I don't think it is in there. So, where did the notion that being clean had anything to do with being holy? I ...
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