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Is the context of Mark 7:19 eating bread without ceremonial handwashing (Ref. Mark 7:1, Matt 15:2) or about unclean animals?
The contemporary Christian interpretation of the passage found in Mark 7:19 seems incompatible with the greater context of the chapter as a whole. How can this be about unclean meat?
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Do Protestants believe it is easier for New Testament believers to fulfill the moral law than it was before Christ?
Jeremiah prophesied that on the new covenant the law would be written on the hearts of the believer (Jr 31:33)
"But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
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What are the origins of the theory, present in the "Didascalia Apostolorum", about the existence of a "First Law" and a "Second Law"?
I recently read a study on the "Didascalia Apostulorum",probably composed in Syria in the first half of the third century AD.
I was very impressed by the theory contained therein, according to which ...
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What is the basis for believing that 40 lashes would be deadly (especially in Roman law or jurisprudence)?
I have commonly heard that 40 lashes were thought to be deadly and thus 39 were issued. It seems as though neither 40 nor 39 lashes had anything to do with the deadliness of the punishment in Jewish ...
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According to Catholicism, does the Old Law justify?
According to Catholicism, does the Old Law justify? Or is Christ, faith, and the New Law necessary to justify even those who lived before Christ?
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Is there Christian scripture or literature absolving the old Jewish laws of usury?
Most people are aware that Jewish law forbade earning interest from the lending of money to another. As Christianity gained momentum in the early first and second century, many of the Mosaic laws were ...
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Do Christians believe that Jews must still follow the Mosaic law?
Deuteronomy 13:1-4 states:
All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a ...
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Did Jesus wear tefillin?
Tefillin1 are boxes containing Torah verses, worn by Jews on the head and the upper arm, in accordance with instructions in Exodus 13:9, 13:16, and Deuteronomy 6:8, 11:18. There is a great deal of ...
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