User:InquisitiveALot
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Intro
[edit]Just here to finally put my personal library to unselfish uses.
Knowledge is Known to be Shown.[1]
Mainly working on Religion, Philosophy, and History articles with a focus on ecumenical Christianity.
Descendant of Rabbi Moses Isserles (רמ״א), Rabbi Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon, banker Daniel Itzig, and the Jews of Chernivtsi.
Also a descendant of Don Hernando Maldonado and the Costa Rican "Fallas" 1800s bloodline (later via Puerto Rico).
Licensed Nondenominational Christian Pastor and Spiritual Counselor.
Despite my personal faith & beliefs, I stand by making unbiased edits and contributions; allowing the reader to learn without slant, and to decide on their own.
Forced faith is not faith at all, and knowledge is a gift.[1]
If I make any mistakes, I'd rather they be corrected than left for ego's sake. Thank you.
Favorite Quotes
[edit]Isaiah
[edit]And one would call onto the other, “Holy, holy, holy! Lord of Hosts— Your glory fills all the earth.” (Personal Translation of [2])
וְקָרָ֨א זֶ֤ה אֶל־זֶה֙ וְאָמַ֔ר קָד֧וֹשׁ ׀ קָד֛וֹשׁ קָד֖וֹשׁ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת מְלֹ֥א כׇל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃
Issac the Syrian
[edit]God is not one who requites evil, but he sets evil aright.[3]
ܐܠܗܐ ܠܬܝܐ ܚܐ ܕܟܝܒܗ ܦܪܫ ܗܕܝܢܝܕܟ ܐܠܐ ܡܚܬܠܐ ܚܩ
Balthasar Hubmaier
[edit]...he who belongs to God cannot injure anyone, unless he first deserts the gospel.[4]
...wer Gott angehört, kann niemandem Schaden zufügen, es sei denn, er verlässt zuerst das Evangelium.
Ibn Arabi
[edit]My heart has become capable of every form: it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks, And a temple for idols and the pilgrim's Kaaba and the tables of the Torah and the book of the Quran. I follow the religion of Love: whatever way Love's camels take, that is my religion and my faith.[5]
لقد أصبح قلبي قادراً على كل شكل: فهو مرعى للغزلان ودير لرهبان النصارى، ومعبد للأصنام وكعبة الحاج وألواح التوراة ومصحف القرآن. أنا أتبع دين الحب: مهما سلكت إبل الحب فهو ديني وعقيدتي.
Rabi'a Basri
[edit]O my Lord, if I worship you from fear of hell, burn me in hell. If I worship you from hope of Paradise, bar me from its gates. But if I worship you for yourself alone, grant me then the beauty of your Face.[6]
رب إن كنت أعبدك من خوف النار فأحرقني بالنار. إن كنت أعبدك رجاء الجنة فامنعني عن أبوابها. ولكن إذا كنت أعبدك لنفسك فقط فارزقني حسن وجهك.
Contributions
[edit]Personally compiled list of noteworthy contributions (in part for personal monitoring and focus).
(For the complete list of contributions, see Contributions/InquisitiveALot.)
- Gurneyite (whole)
- Maria Woodworth-Etter
- Maria Woodworth-Etter#Beliefs (whole)
- Maria Woodworth-Etter#Ministry (part)
- Maria Woodworth-Etter#Life (part)
- Maria Woodworth-Etter#Publications (whole)
- Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America
- Quakers
- Quakers in Europe#By Country (part)
- Quakers in Africa (part)
- Mennonites#Membership (part)
- National Council of Churches
- Christian Churches Together#Member churches and organizations (half)
- Golden Rule
- Golden Rule#Church Fathers (whole)
- Golden Rule#Islam (part)
- Moses Isserles
- Moses Isserles#Torat Ha-Olah (whole)
- Moses Isserles#Biography (part)
- World Vision International#Programs (part)
- Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (part)
- Dordrecht Confession of Faith (part)
- Lancaster Mennonite Conference (part)
- Evangelicalism#China (whole)
- Tallit#Tallit katan (part)
- Cessationism versus continuationism#18th - 21st centuries (part)
- Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)#Beliefs (part)
- Conservative Friends (part)
- Friends United Meeting (part)
- Friends General Conference (part)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (part)
- Evangelical Friends Church International (part)
- Ramallah Friends School (part)
- Nontheist Quakers#Statistics (whole)
- International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies (majority)
- Christian universalism#History (part)
- Liberal Christianity#Liberal Quakerism (whole)
- Orthodox Church in America#Response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (part)
- Will of God#Balthasar Hubmaier (whole)
- Balthasar Hubmaier#Two Wills of God (whole)
- John Gill (theologian)#Significance (half)
- Five Points of Calvinism (part)
- Evil eye#In Christianity (part)
- National Association of Evangelicals#Member denominations (part)
- United Church of Christ#Relationships with other denominations (part)
- Catholic Church and ecumenism#Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches (whole)
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops#Ecumenical Dialogue (whole)
- Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland (part)
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (part)
- William Penn#Legacy (part)
- Biblical inerrancy#Post-Reformation (part)
- Golan Heights#2023-2024 war (part)
- Nepolokivtsi#History (part)
- Black Dahlia suspects#Patrick S. O'reilly (whole)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "InquisitiveALot".
- ^ "Isaiah 6:3 Bilingual". Sefaria. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium II.39.15
- ^ "Balthasar Hubmaier: "Concerning Heretics and Those Who Burn Them" on Dealing with the Godless". Berkley Center. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq, by Ibn al-Arabi, tr. Reynold A. Nicholson, [1911] - Pg. 67
- ^ Rabi’a, “[O my Lord]” translated by Jane Hirshfield, from Women in Praise of the Sacred (New York: Harper Collins, 1994). https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55267/o-my-lord-56d236a947ec8