Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Resurrection, Gospel of the See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Resurrection, General Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life. The Fourth Lateran Council teaches that all men, whether elect or reprobate, “will rise again with their own bodies which they now bear about with them” (cap. “Firmiter”). In the language of the creeds and professions of faith this return to … Continue reading “Resurrection, General”

Resurrection I. General Considerations.-The resurrection of Christ does not fall to be discussed in this article, the next article being devoted to it. Nevertheless it will be impossible to treat of the Pauline view of resurrection without some discussion of his attitude towards the nature of Christs resurrection. St. Paul is practically the only NT … Continue reading “Resurrection”

RESULTS DEMANDED Mat 3:8; Mat 5:16; Mar 4:20; Luk 13:9; Luk 19:23; Luk 20:10; Joh 15:8; Joh 15:16 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

RESTRAINTS, DIVINE (1) Exercised over the Righteous 1Sa 25:39; 1Ch 4:10; Psa 19:13; Psa 141:3; Luk 11:4; Joh 17:15 (2) Exercised over the Wicked 2Ki19:28; Psa 32:9; Psa 76:10 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Restrain See REST, B, No. 2. “to hold fast or down,” is translated “restraineth” in 2Th 2:6-7. In 2Th 2:6 lawlessness is spoken of as being “restrained” in its development: in 2Th 2:7 “one that restraineth” is, lit., “the restrainer” (the article with the present participle, “the restraining one”); this may refer to an individual, … Continue reading “Restrain”

Restore The Scriptural sense of restoration is to give back to its rightful owner whatsoever had been taken away. And nothing can more fully come up to this standard, than when Christ made restoration to God for his people of all that they had taken away, or injured God in. Our nature by sin and … Continue reading “Restore”

Restorationists the name assumed by a body of professing Christians who are to a very great extent identical with the Unitarians, on the one hand, and the Universalists, onl the other. Their peculiar doctrine is, that all men will ultimately become holy and happy. They maintain that Godd created men only to bless them, and … Continue reading “Restorationists”

Restoration Of The Jews This term is applied to two very different classes of prophecies relating to the Hebrew race. 1. Their Return from Captivity. It is maintained by Von Bohlen (Genesis, p. 116) that the ten tribes intermarried so freely with the surrounding population as to have become completely absorbed; and it appears to … Continue reading “Restoration Of The Jews”

Restoration Of Offenders In the discipline of the Apostolic Church the restoration of the offender was the main idea and that of punishment subordinate. Even excommunication was not final, if the expelled member, conscious of guilt, was led to repentance and reformation. The Christian Church has the right and the authority to admit, to exclude, … Continue reading “Restoration Of Offenders”