Biblical Authority
The biblical teachings of Jesus include:
- Love of God: "You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind" (an excerpt from the Shema, -Matthew 22:37
- Fidelity in marriage: "Whom God has joined together let no man put asunder"
- Renunciation of worldly goods: "Gather not your riches up upon this earth, for there your heart will be also",
- Renunciation of violence: "If a man strikes you on one cheek, turn the other cheek",
- Forgiveness of sins: "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us",
- Unconditional love: "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you".
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Famous quotes containing the word authority:
“Anyone who seeks for the true causes of miracles, and strives to understand natural phenomena as an intelligent being, and not to gaze at them like a fool, is set down and denounced as an impious heretic by those, whom the masses adore as the interpreters of nature and the gods. Such persons know that, with the removal of ignorance, the wonder which forms their only available means for proving and preserving their authority would vanish also.”
—Baruch (Benedict)