In Christianity, heaven is traditionally the location of the throne of God and the angels of God, and in most forms of Christianity it is the abode of...
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In Christianity, angels are the messengers of God. Hebrews 1:14 affirms that "all [of them are] ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who...
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Queen of Heaven (Latin: Regina Caeli) is a title given by Christians to Mary, mother of Jesus, mainly in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, and...
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In several Abrahamic religions, the Third Heaven is a division of Heaven in religious cosmology. In some traditions it is considered the abode of God...
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outside the tangible world (Heaven, Hell, or other) is referred to as the otherworld. At least in the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Islam, and some schools...
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afterlife. Heaven may also refer to: Celestial sphere, the sky as seen from the Earth Heaven in Judaism Garden of Eden Heaven in Christianity Heaven in Islam...
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Ascension of Jesus (redirect from Christianity Ascension)
the Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, that Jesus ascended to Heaven after his resurrection, where he...
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kingdom of Heaven. It is explicitly referenced in the Bible in Matthew 16:19. According to Catholic teaching, Jesus promised the keys to heaven to Saint...
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In Christianity, salvation (also called deliverance or redemption) is the saving of human beings from sin and its consequences—which include death and...
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Paradiso (Dante) (category Heaven in Christianity)
moment in front of the eagle to ask about the accessibility of Heaven to people who were born before Christ or lived in an area where Christianity was not...
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Throne of God (category Heaven in Christianity)
in the Abrahamic religions: primarily Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The throne is said by various holy books to reside beyond the Seventh Heaven which...
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Right hand of God (category Heaven in Christianity)
left hand. It is also a placement next to God in Heaven, in the traditional place of honor, mentioned in the New Testament as the place of Christ at Mark...
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coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the world's...
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The world to come, age to come, heaven on Earth, and the Kingdom of God are eschatological phrases reflecting the belief that the current world or current...
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The War in Heaven is a mythical conflict between supernatural forces in traditional Christian cosmology, attested in the Book of Revelation alongside proposed...
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Degrees of glory (category Heaven in Christianity)
In the theology and cosmology of Mormonism, in heaven there are three degrees of glory (alternatively, kingdoms of glory) which are the ultimate, eternal...
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Kingship and kingdom of God (redirect from Kingdom of God/Heaven)
the kingship of God appears in all Abrahamic religions, where in some cases the terms kingdom of God and kingdom of Heaven are also used. The notion of...
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New Jerusalem (category Heaven in Christianity)
" As such, the New Jerusalem is a conception of Heaven, see also Heaven (Christianity). Christianity interprets the city as a physical and/or spiritual...
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Assumption of Mary (redirect from Virgin Assumed In Heaven)
expressed in his encyclical Munificentissimus Deus the hope that the belief in the bodily assumption of the virgin Mary into heaven "will make our belief in our...
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Christianity has been present in China since the early medieval period, and became a significant presence in the country during the early modern era. The...
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Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It features an ensemble cast...
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Beatific vision (category Heaven in Christianity)
as a member of the communion of saints, perfect salvation in its entirety, i.e., heaven. The notion of vision stresses the intellectual component of...
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Pearly gates (category Heaven in Christianity)
name for the gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations. It is inspired by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:21: "The...
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Empyrean (redirect from Empyrean Heaven)
souls resided, and in medieval Christianity, the Empyrean was the third heaven and beyond "the heaven of the air and the heaven of the stars." The Empyrean...
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In Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things. Christians believe in a monotheistic conception of God, which...
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In some forms of Christianity, the intermediate state or interim state is a person's existence between death and the universal resurrection. In addition...
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Aevum (category Heaven in Christianity)
In scholastic philosophy, the aevum (also called aeviternity) is the temporal mode of existence experienced by angels and by the saints in heaven. In...
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with the main characteristic of the early Semi-Augustinian thought. Christianity portal Dyoenergism Dyothelitism Libertarianism (metaphysics) Monergism...
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Matthew 16:19 (category Heaven in Christianity)
of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." For a collection...
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Matthew 7:21 (category Heaven in Christianity)
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. John 6:40 “And this is the will of him that...
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