Christianity culture and traditions

Is Eastern Orthodox Christianity against doing yoga or meditation?

Can protestant churches join the Eastern Orthodox Church?

How is the idea of the ritual purity implemented in the Catholic Church?

How long did Adam stay in Eden?

Can I take notes during a mass?

Is it more Participatio Actuosa if the congregation hears the words of the Consecration?

How does Catholic Church differentiate between the presence of Jesus and that of the Holy Spirit on the earth?

Why was the Holy Family instructed to flee to Egypt?

What is the source of this quote testifying Mary's assumption?

The Greatest Commandment - Loving God with all our 1) heart, 2) soul, and 3) strength

Why are sandals considered to be unholy?

What non-Catholic Christian groups existed in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?

Trinity and incarnation

What is the Biblical basis for the idea that spiritual gifts are no longer relevant?

View on divorce after civil marriage in Protestant Churches?

Does the latest Scofield Reference Bible delete or substantially alter any of the original notes?

What is the distinction between Consubstantial and One in Being?

Are there different views on the nature or/and understanding of the Trinity among Trinitarians?

Why do some Christians bowdlerise words like "God", writing "G-d" instead?

According to the Catholic Church, was Mary's Magnificat a spontaneous utterance?

What is the Christian definition of "The Messiah"?

What is the overview belief of the SDA regarding the Gift of Tongues?

What is the earliest source containing the 'Stabat Mater' melody from the 1961 Liber Usualis?

Was the date of Christmas just derived from Saturnalia and other winter pagan festivals?

What LDS scriptures support the doctrine that Jesus is Jehovah of the Old Testament?

What is the biblical defence used by Anglicans to appoint female vicars/bishops?

Why was Thanksgiving in the US traditionally the last Thursday before Advent?

7 mentions of night in Gospel of John

Does 2 Timothy 1:9 prove the Doctrine of Election?

According to Catholicism at the Upper Room, did the Apostles follow the tradition of laying of hands and pouring of oil like the prophet Samuel?

Why do some traditions *not* celebrate Christmas or Easter in any official fashion?

Why is Pontius Pilate blamed for killing Jesus in the Apostles' Creed?

Did Martin Luther write his own Bible?

What does it mean to judge the fatherless?

Do angels sing?

Where does the idea that you cannot conceive of light until you see it come from?

Is the Society of St. Pius X schismatic or not?

Why did Clement and Eusebius believe that Paul was married?

If the dinosaurs and man co existed, why did the dinosaurs perish?

What was the explanation for why Catharism identified the Old Testament God as Satan?

What effects do Christ's passion and resurrection have on us right now?

(LDS) What kind of payment can a murderer make to receive a pardon?

In the Catholic Church, what is the explanation for having, and the history behind Principal Co-Consecrators?

What is the earliest indication of controversy regarding the anarthrous θεός in John 1:1?

Did John Bunyan believe in predestination and irresistible grace?

According to Protestant interpretations, is Romans 3:5-6 a text relating to Theodicy or something else?

Is there any evidence that in the middle ages (France and maybe Spain), there was a wafer/bread given to the priests as a gift for the priest?

What are the arguments in favour of the 'beginning' at John 1:1 being the new beginning?

What is the basis for an omnipotent God allowing imperfect transmission of his Word?

In the Lord's Vineyard what does the grafting teach (Jacob 5)?

What is the origin of the Christmas tree and is it accepted in all Christian traditions?

Did Jesus hear people's confessions while He was living on the Earth?

What is an overview of criteria used by different denominations to identify authentic prophets?

Did Jesus consider OT events to be literal history?

Why is Mark not the first gospel?

Is there a reason why female Mormon missionaries wear such varied dresses but male Mormon missionaries wear uniforms?

Did Jesus Christ appear in the Old Testament in bodily form?

How is sin transfered from one to another?

How do Mormons view this prophecy Joseph Smith seemingly added about himself in Genesis 50:33?

Could Angels and Demons die?

Was Islam originally considered to be a Christian sect?

Since there is only one God who is not formed then how can the Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that Jesus is a created god?

What is the biblical basis for commemorating the birth of Jesus?

Why do we say "My Jesus" and then "Our Father"?

According to Catholicism, what is an imprimatur?

Inconsistency in Biblical interpreatation (Genesis & Judges)

Sarah laughed at God and He did not mind

What is the relationship between YEC and rapture theology?

How does the power of the Holy Spirit manifest in Christians, as opposed to non-Christians who don't have access to this power?

What is saving faith?

Was Charles Russel, Founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses, a Freemason?

What is the biblical basis for Jesus being able to redeem the Jewish people in his second coming?

How was Saul changed to Paul?

Why did Joseph Smith translate the Book of Mormon into Jacobean English, not in use in 1830?

To where was Satan cast out?

What basis is there for defining sin as "rebellion"?

What is the official Roman Catholic opinion on Swedenborg?

What is the biblical basis for claims that certain manifestations are not of the Holy Spirit but counterfeits (e.g. Kundalini awakening)?

Is there a sect of Christians that believe in the divinity of Mary, Mother of Jesus?

Is Catholicism heretical due to perceived idolatry?

Is the authorship of the New Testament Sacred Tradition in the Catholic and Orthodox churches?

How man created by God gets along with anthropology?

What does Origen mean in his response when Celsus accuses Christ' of using black magic when performing miracles? What is the actual argument?

Why might have God allowed the burning of Jephtha’s daughter when he condemned child sacrifice as worship in Deuteronomy 12?

Trinity as God in Three Persons or Manifestations?

What is the biblical basis for Jesus being God incarnate?

Does anything different happen during General Conference when there's a new president?

Does everything - everything in our heart and every external event- happen according to God's plan? (Catholic)

According to Protestantism why did God choose the persona of a Father?

What is the Wesleyan Church's View of Initial, Progressive, and Entire Sanctification?

What are the biblical arguments against Arianism?

What are the minimum requirements for becoming pope?

Soteriology: How does God save free moral agents?

What is the "Jews' language" spoken of in Nehemiah 13:24?

Did Martin Luther know Hebrew or Greek?

How does mainstream Christianity view "Heaven is for Real"?

When did Christians switch from an ‘immediate baptism’ to ‘after years of instruction and scrutiny’ baptism, such as in the Apostolic Tradition?

How do Jehovah's Witnesses explain the dramatic changes in their eschatology?

Can I be baptized as a non-Catholic Christian if I was baptized as a Catholic when I was little?

What is the significance of the name, "The Word"?

What are the historical arguments against a literal interpretation of Luke 22:44?

What is the scope of gambling prohibitions for JW's?

Why did God kill a man for picking up sticks on the Sabbath?

What is meant by "order" in reference to ministries within the Church, and how did its usage come about?

Do people go to heaven immediately when they die?

Why are some people born into famine and starvation?

Is it true that Luther claimed Popes and priests commonly practiced sodomy?

Does the Bible say when the day of the Lord (as described in 2 Peter 3:10) will occur, and does it go into more detail about this particular event?

How did Catholic Church adapt after the Black Plague in Europe if at all any adaptation occurred?

What is the significance of water from Jesus' side?

Is the New Covenant a unilateral or a bilateral covenant?

What is the Baptist justification for anti-confessionalism?

What is the background of the verse Heb 10:25

What is the state of Christianity among the Huaorani people today?

Why does the Roman Catholic Church not hold to the perspicuity of Scripture?

When Paul says "I don't allow women to teach" why is this read as an instruction?

Are Catholics allowed to entertain that the Old Vulgate might contains errors?

Bland white rice and tea in Chinese-American Christian Churches

The founder of Zion's Watch Tower Charles Taze Russell made the following statements and now directly contradict new information by the organization

St Augustine's saying on redemption

Why would Zachariah doubt Angel Gabriel?

What was influence of Thomism on the Council of Trent?

How does the Catholic Church explain the omission of identity of the young man referred to in Mk 14:51?

Would every prayer without pre-written words be called mental prayer?

Are Mormons Protestants?

Are there more detailed descriptions how it is in Heaven?

Sex outside of marriage is a sin. But what about "less than sex"?

How tall was Jesus?

In what ways do human beings reflect God?

Are the gospels enough to convince one of the divinity of Christ?

For those who oppose interfaith worship on Biblical grounds, what Scriptures do they use to show that such worship is unacceptable?

Can a declaration of nullity obtained by deception be valid?

What is the evidence that suggests that the Apostle Paul was married?

Did the 1st Century Church Accept the Deuterocanonical books?

Does the Bible ever mention class systems?

What arguments support the view that Ephesians WAS written by Paul?

If someone claims himself to be Jesus Christ does The Bible tell me to immediately disbelieve him?

Why does God resort to genocide and destruction?

Has ever a lunatic locked up in a insane asylum/psych ward converted to Christianity after having their soundness of mind miraculously restored?

Does Jesus's name lose authority in other languages? (Catholic)

Lutherans: Shells, baptism, why?

Praying for someone's salvation. Is there a point?

How to compare Christian pastor credentials?

Is dressing oneself in formal attire on Sundays (Sunday hat and dress) solely an American Christian custom?

Can anyone explain Pope Paul VI's arguments in favor of Padre Pio?

Does the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church believe in replacement theology?

Why is the Old Testament included in the bible if we are no longer under those old laws?

What would be a theologically sound and measured response to Joan Osbourne's "One of us"?

Is the Pope morally obliged to submit to every secular authority?

Was tithing 10% required or encouraged by the early church?

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