WebReconciliation, in Christian theology, is an element of salvation that refers to the results of atonement.Reconciliation is the end of the estrangement, caused by original sin, between God and humanity. John Calvin describes reconciliation as the peace between humanity and God that results from the expiation of religious sin and the propitiation of God's wrath.

WebPremillennialism, in Christian eschatology, is the belief that Jesus will physically return to the Earth (the Second Coming) before the Millennium, a literal thousand-year golden age of peace. Premillennialism is based upon a literal interpretation of Revelation 20:1–6 in the New Testament, which describes Jesus's reign in a period of a thousand years.

WebRules, customs, theology, and beliefs The accounts by Josephus and Philo show that the Essenes led a strictly communal life—often compared to later Christian monasticism . [33] Many of the Essene groups appear to have been celibate , but Josephus speaks also of another " order of Essenes" that observed the practice of being engaged for three years …

WebSemi-Pelagianism (or Semipelagianism) is a Christian theological and soteriological school of thought on salvation.Semipelagian thought stands in contrast to the earlier Pelagian teaching about salvation, Pelagianism (in which people are born untainted by sin and do not need salvation unless they choose to sin) which had been dismissed as heresy.