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Intro
editJust 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
editIsaiah
editAnd 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
editGod 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
editMy 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
editO 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
editPersonally 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