Staupitz gave Luther a Bible before he left Erfurt, and it was the beginning of Luther’s journey to spiritual healing. The first shards of doubt were beginning to pierce his obsession with finding forgiveness and righteousness through his own efforts. Shortly after the encounter, he once again fell ill, and a fellow monk paid him a visit.

Since the Bible was hand written in the centuries prior to the invention of the printing press, few copies were available. The Latin translation (Vulgate) was the most common. Reformers such as Luther and Tyndale translated portions of the Latin Bible into the common language of the people; Luther into German and Tyndale into English.

Some Christians taught that in addition to the Bible, true believers needed the church’s guidance and rituals in order to follow God and be saved. Sola Scriptura does not mean that pastors, teachers, or Bible commentaries will no longer be helpful in understanding the Bible. The Bible contains things that are difficult to understand (2 Peter ...

The Bible does not say that Jesus paid a propitiation, but that He "is" a propitiation for our sins (Romans 3:25, 1 John 2:2; 4:10). This means that He, being God, bears the hurt in order to give mercy and forgiveness. The Bible has many other ways to show how God Himself bears our sinfulness in order to bring us back into fellowship with Him.

The Bible says that Jesus will come in glory with the angels (see Matthew 16:27); that He will come with the shout of the archangel and a blast from the trumpet of God (see 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17); that the wicked will see Him coming and cry out for the rocks and mountains to fall on them and hide them from His face (see Revelation 6:14-17 ...

The Bible says: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Even infidels will agree with the Bible on this—that no one is perfect. Yet God’s holy law demands perfection and “Sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4).

Jediné, co se po tomto tisku dochovalo, byla asi třetina textů na fotografiích a opisech. Zato se do dnešní doby zachovala Bible Litoměřicko-třeboňská z let 1411–1414 nebo např. dvoudílná Olomoucká bible z r.1417. Vzhledem k tomu, že Bible je knihou velice rozsáhlou, zhotovení jejího opisu trvalo dlouhou dobu.

It's in the Bible, Jeremiah 31:33, NIV. "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the Lord. "I will put My law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people." The new covenant comes through the death of Jesus Christ. It's in the Bible, Luke 22:20, NIV ...

The sixth seal can be found in Revelation 6:12-17 and reads as follows… “I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.

It signifies those great truths of salvation through faith proclaimed by such mighty reformers as John Calvin, Martin Luther, John Knox, and others. Philadelphia This word “Philadelphia” means brotherly love, and applies to the church during the great Advent awakening and the days that have succeeded it.