The rhetorical purpose of Israel's notion of the 'whole body' as the ideal body in the psalms: A comparative study of selected psalms from four different genres by Cornelius J.J. Wessels, Johan H. Coetzee

“…Psalm 32, as a psalm of thanksgiving, pictures God as the whole body in terms of the saviour, protector and healer of the broken (sinful) body.</span>…”
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Sposoby przeciwstawiania się złemu duchowi w ujęciu św. Jana Chryzostoma by Adam Zmuda

“…One should fight by prayer – during which one asks God for strength to fight, by fasting – which extinguishes the evil passions and „moves so much evil away from us” and by almsgiving – which removes the lust, opens the gates of heaven, takes away sins. …”
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Juana of Castile’s Book of Hours: An Archduchess at Prayer by Lesley K. Twomey

“…The striking mirror of conscience with its reflected skull, like other similar objects decorated with a skull that Juana possessed, sought to lift her from the decay and sinfulness of the world to the spiritual realm.…”
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Francisco Suárez and the non-believers by Robert Fastiggi

“…Although Suárez believes the infidels of the first order cannot be saved, he does believe those in the second and third orders can be saved if: a) they are not culpable for rejecting the faith; b) they are not guilty for sins against the natural law; c) they are seeking the truth; and d) they have a desire to belong to the Church at least in desire and longing. …”
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ONTOLOGICAL ATAVISMS IN THE DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE AND ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL RISK by Владимир Валентинович Разумов

“…However, in occupational pathology approaches, the fundamental concepts of occupational diseases, occupational risks, and diseases associated with work are actually based on the occupational pathology mentality of the middle of the last century; medical terminology sins with vagueness, understatement; ambiguity or inconsistency, which complicate the practical work of all links of occupational pathology support for workers in harmful working conditions. …”
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Penitence, Confession, and the Power of Submission in Late Medieval Women's Religious Communities by Rabia Gregory

“…These medieval Christian women understood the relationships between confessors and confessants as one which conferred power and authority to the penitent, complicating Foucault's influential claim that the sacrament of confession granted all power to the confessor who heard sins in secret. In the Sisterbooks, interactions between women religious and their confessors are depicted as relational, complex, and constantly in flux.…”
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Old Polish and Spanish Penitentials as a Source of Knowledge on Folk-paganism in a Christian Society by Joanna Partyka

“…Four penitentials which include large lists of sins and the penances prescribed for them are the main object of comparison: the 13th-century Latin work Summa de confessionis discretione by Brother Rudolf, the penitential from 1633 Instrución de confesores, como han de administrar el Sacramento de la Penitencia by Spanish Jesuit Antonio Fernandez de Cordoba, El fuero de la conciencia by Valentín de la Madre de Dios from 1704, and the Polish penitential from 1753 entitled Kolęda duchowna parafianom od pasterzów [The Pastoral Visit] authored by Marcin Józef Nowakowski. …”
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Baptism and the pollution of Africa’s water by Ben J. de Klerk

“…The research question that is discussed in this article is the following: in what way may baptism, as holy sign and seal of the washing away of sins by the blood and Spirit of Jesus Christ, contribute to sensitise believers to combat waste in our rivers and dams and the pollution of our waters? …”
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TAQLID ITTIBA FOR MUKALLAF IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ISLAMIC LAW ON POSITIVE LAW IN INDONESIA by Hazar Kusmayanti

“…Someone who carries out taqlid ittiba that is not appropriate in the Qur'an and Sunnah has a legal consequence that is sinful because it does not follow the commands of Allah SWT and Rasul while according to the Law Positive in Indonesia taqlid ittiba allowed for someone who is an adult and does not violate the existing Positive Law so as to create peace between religious communities.…”
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Challenge of Translating “Snow” In Yoruba Bible and Its Influence on Congregational Singing Among Yoruba Christian Worshipers by Gabriel Oyeniyi

“…The word snow in Isaiah 1:18b which was transliterated as sno in the second line of the refrain of the hymn “What Can Wash Away My Sins?” in Yoruba Baptist hymnal poses a challenge of understanding to Yoruba Christians who lacked the expression of snow in the Yoruba language. …”
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The Term ἀντίψυχος as an Expiatory Sacrifice of Martyrs in the Light of The Fourth Book of Maccabees and Other Ancient Extra-Biblical Literature by Marcin Tomasz Chrostowski

“…This adjective appears only twice in the Septuagint (LXX), to be precise, in 4 Macc The context of both passages suggests a broader meaning of the term, translated with reference to a sacrifice of life having a propitiatory, expiatory, vicarious and voluntary character, and even atonement for the sins of the Jewish people. In this article, the subject of expiatory martyrdom in 4 Macc will be taken in the context of the biblical, apocryphal and other ancient texts, with reference to the flow of ideas and terminology of Greco-Roman religion, poetry and philosophy. …”
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Addictions as passions. Ancient wisdom for modern issues by Moldovan S.

“…In order to theologically explain the concept of addictive (dependent) behavior as distorting processes of self-determination and will (sinful passion), the author analyzed the classic work of the Eastern Christian Orthodox traditional school represented by Maximus Confessor (VII th century CE). …”
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Kontribusi Pemikiran Egbert Schuurman mengenai Permasalahan dan Solusi Teknologi Modern by Adrian Jonathan

“…This perspective is aware of the deep influence of human sinfulness in technological development. However, it also considers the beauty of creational design and Christ’s redeeming power for technological development. …”
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KEUTAMAAN ISTIGFAR: KANDUNGAN MAKNA ISTIGFAR TERHADAP HADIST RIWAYAT IBN MAJAH by M Syahar Ma’arif

“…Of course, there are many verses that explain the wisdom He has revealed to those who practice istighfar, such as the reception of grace, the removal of sins, the conquest, the triumph of good and so on. …”
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Kirves Nergali jaoks. Täheldusi sumerite ja akkadlaste allilmakujutlustest by Vladimir Sazonov

“…The text reflects the imaginations of ancient Sumerians and Akkadiansconcerning afterlife in the netherworld.In ancient Egypt the fate of people after death was decided by the great gods of the netherworld and people could be happy if they had not committed any serious sins. In Mesopotamia life after death in the kingdom of Nergal was quite different from that of ancient Egypt – people suffered under very bad conditions. …”
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Ritual Worship of the Narasiṁhamantra as Depicted in the Sātvatasaṁhitā by Ewa Dębicka-Borek

“…Its aim is formulated in SātS 16, where it is stated that an initiation with the help of narasiṁhamantra (narasiṁhadīkṣā) as well as the further worship of this mantra remove sins committed in previous lives, even in the case of nāstikas. …”
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On the «zorras» Celestina and Lozana: Animal symbolism in the configuration of the character of the whore and go-between by Irene López-Rodríguez

“…Celestina and Lozana are sweet and hard-working as bees, promiscuous and motherly as hens, loquacious and free as birds, temptress and sinful as serpents, libidinous and obstinate as donkeys and even docile and helpless as sheep. …”
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Maxime Kamin, Représentations et poétiques du jeu dans la poésie française (langues d’oïl et d’oc) et latine du Moyen Âge (xiie-xiiie siècles) by Maxime Kamin

“…The reason for this is the tradition of mistrust surrounding playful activities, which were at best considered by ecclesiastical and civil authorities as silly or idle recreations, and at worst as a vain and sinful distraction likely to harm the social order. …”
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Long-Term Stability of the SGA-WZ Strapdown Airborne Gravimeter by Yangming Huang, Meiping Wu, Kaidong Zhang, Shaokun Cai

“…The accelerometer’s drift determines the long-term accuracy of the strapdown inertial navigation system (SINS), which is the primary and most critical component of the strapdown airborne gravimeter. …”
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KARAKTERISASI FENOTIPE Streptococcus suis = THE PHENOTYPE CHARACTERIZATION OF Streptococcus suis by Khusnan, Khusnan, S , Oktavia, Isrina, Siti

“…Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sifat fenotipe Streptococcus sins rneliputi sifat pertumbuhannyi dalam media cair, media soft agar, morfologi koloni dan sifat pelekatannya dalam uji heksadekan. …”
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