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Luke

Male given name

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Nov 17, 2025
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Is Satan and Lucifer the same person

Different traditions and translations have treated "Lucifer" and "Satan" in overlapping but not identical ways: many Christian traditions equate Lucifer (a Latin rendering of a Hebrew term in Isaiah 1...

Nov 8, 2025
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How reliable are the four Gospels as historical accounts of Jesus' life?

Scholars agree Jesus of Nazareth existed, but the four canonical Gospels’ reliability as straightforward historical biographies is contested: defenders argue they preserve eyewitness testimony and anc...

Dec 19, 2025
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When and why did early Church Fathers identify Isaiah 14:12's 'helel/heshel' with Satan or Lucifer?

Early Christian interpreters began treating Isaiah 14:12's Hebrew phrase Helel ben Shachar ("shining one, son of the morning") as a portrait of a fallen angel chiefly because Greek and Latin translati...

Jan 14, 2026

How do historians evaluate the Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?

Historians treat Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as ancient, theologically driven biographies whose value for reconstructing the historical Jesus depends on methodical parsing of authorship, date, sourc...

Dec 3, 2025

How many grandchildren does Donald Trump have and who are their parents?

Donald Trump is reported in multiple recent profiles to have 11 grandchildren following the birth of Tiffany Trump’s son, Alexander Trump Boulos, on May 15, 2025 — earlier 2025 reporting listed 10 gra...

Nov 22, 2025

How do Paul’s descriptions of apostleship in Romans, 1 Corinthians, and Ephesians differ from Acts’ criteria?

Paul’s letters portray apostleship as a commission granted directly by Christ, validated by spiritual experiences, church fruit, and miraculous signs (Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians), while Acts pre...

Jan 10, 2026

preservation of the 4 gospels

The preservation of the four canonical Gospels involves two linked questions: how the texts were composed and transmitted from first-century memories into manuscripts, and how the four-canonical form ...

Dec 7, 2025

How do major gnostic texts like the Gospel of Thomas differ theologically from the New Testament gospels?

The Gospel of Thomas is a noncanonical collection of 114 sayings that differs sharply from the narrative, apostolic, and resurrection-centered gospels in the New Testament; scholars date Thomas mostly...

Nov 10, 2025

What is the biblical basis for opposition to abortion in Christianity?

The biblical basis for Christian opposition to abortion rests on a combination of explicit legal texts, theological claims about divine creation and personhood, and consistent early Christian teaching...

Oct 23, 2025

Are there any biblical accounts of abortion or miscarriage?

The collected analyses show , but the Bible contains multiple passages and traditions used to argue differing views about prenatal life and miscarriage. Scholars and pastors cite Exodus 21:22–25, Psal...