The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (838 page)
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Gemeinschaft
(social ties of family and friendship)
:
(social ties of family and friendship)
:
Gemilut
asidim
asidim(Heb., ‘the bestowal of loving kindness’). The essential Jewish virtue of concern for one's fellow human beings. Gemilut
asidim is more than
charity
in that it can be given to the rich as well as to the poor, and can involve personal service as well as the mere gift of money. It is one of the major characteristics of Jewish ethics.
asidim is more thancharity
in that it can be given to the rich as well as to the poor, and can involve personal service as well as the mere gift of money. It is one of the major characteristics of Jewish ethics.
Gempon S
gen Shint
(school of shinto)
:
gen Shint(school of shinto):
General Baptists
.
.
The name given to those Arminian Baptists who believed in ‘general’ redemption for all humanity. This group united with the
Particular Baptists
in 1891.
Particular Baptists
in 1891.
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