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Seth appears in the biblical narrative as the third named son of Adam and Eve, born following the fratricide of Abel by Cain. The Book of Genesis records that Adam was one hundred and thirty years old when he fathered a son in his own likeness and image, naming him
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The Guardian Angel constitutes a distinct reality within the pneumatological framework of the Orthodox Christian faith, viewed not as a metaphorical construct but as an objective, created intelligence. These celestial beings are the first part of the creative act of God, brought into existence from nothingness prior to the formation
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Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. Within the context of Orthodox Christian theology, a particular stance on the death penalty and its relation to pacifism has been historically affirmed, divergin...
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Lecture X of SAINT CYRIL'S 23 INSTRUCTIONS
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The Nature and Purpose of the Tree The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil stood in the centre of the Garden of Eden, alongside the Tree of Life, functioning as the pivot of human Free Will and the instrument of moral maturation. While the Tree of Life represented
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!Holy Trinity
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This sacred chest contained the **Two Tablets of the Law**. Sources indicate varying opinions regarding the Ark's full contents; some maintain it held both the first set of tablets broken by Moses and the second intact set, as well as the Torah scroll written by Moses. The Ark was also known as t...
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Angels serve as the ultimate link in the chain of divine mediation, translating the revelations and illuminations of the higher orders into accessible guidance for humanity.
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Adam and Eve, is understood not merely as the biological propagation of the species, but as a reflection of the ontological nature of the Divine.
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The first-formed man, the father of all mankind, and the prototype of humanity. Created by God from the dust of the earth on the sixth day.