Difference between revisions of "World"

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The term "world" is an alternate term for the word Earth, the celestial body that WAS formed in the Big Bang, not god

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-The term "world" has three distinct meanings:
+The term "world" is an alternate term for the word Earth, the celestial body that WAS formed in the Big Bang, not god
-. In modern secular usage, it means simply the planet [[Earth]].
-. In traditional Christian usage, it means the visible universe subject to God's will.  "World" in English is the translation of "kosmos" from biblical Greek and "mundus" from the Latin Vulgate.  Phrases such as "world without end" mean "God's universe without end," not "Earth without end."
-. In certain Christian usage, it means the world of sin and estranged from God.  This is the sense when Christ said, "I am not praying for the world."<ref>John 17:9</ref>
-== References ==
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-[[Category:Christian Theology]]
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