Posted by Adam on November 14, 1999, at 3:11:52
In reply to Re: Depression, Evolution...(??for Adam), posted by CarolAnn on November 13, 1999, at 15:31:20
I was also a Religious Studies major in college. It was an insane thing to do. To get all those classes in, be bio/pre-med and attept to
stick a chemistry minor in there too (one class shy, damnit) just about killed me sometimes, but I still loved it.Anyway, I need to look up stuff in a lot of my old texts these days, but I'm pretty sure of the following:
Eschatology: Means "study of the end". Beliefs about the ultimate destiny of humankind as directed by God.
Paraclete: The presence of Christ after his death and ressurection, or the "Holy Spirit." I think it means "the comforter."
Parousia: The second coming of Christ, in the context of the standard Christian concept of the apocalypse.> Adam, How do you know so much about the bible, especially all those biblical terms. I thought I had read it pretty thouroughly, but I never heard of the following:
> eschatology - Paraclete - Parousia
> If you wouldn't mind, I'd love an exact definition of each of these. Thanx, CarolAnn
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