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General RevelationGod’s use of the natural world and its workings to make his existence, nature, presence, actions and will known to all humanity | |
GlorificationIn theology, it refers to the final stage of our salvation, when we receive a perfect eternal body and fully become what we were meant to be, having complete victory over sin and death. | |
GraceGod's unmerited favor | |
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Hades Greek term used in the New Testament, usually meaning the abode of wicked souls, but sometimes referring to the place of both the righteous and the wicked | |
Hagios Greek word (transliteration) for "holy" | |
HenotheismBelief in the existence of many gods, but offering special dedication on one primary god | |
HippolytusTheologian from Rome (c 170 – c 236 A.D.). Wrote Against the Heresy of One Noetus, in which he defended the Scriptures as our final authority in doctrine. | |
HolyMorally pure, free from sin and corruption, set apart for use in special service to God | |
HypostasisMeans "person." The term was used in the early centuries after Christ to express the doctrine that the divine nature and the human nature of Christ are united in one "person." | |