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[edit] New Gospel article

Hi, there is a new article Contradictions in the Gospels that really needs help from any of you who know the Gospel in detail. Cheers. History2007 (talk) 11:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I agree.

It also should be renamed to either Intra-consistency of the Gospels or Alleged discrepancies of the Gospels, but this may be more clear once the content is given more balance. (I note now that Bible contradictions was renamed in the past to the current Internal consistency of the Bible.) ^{Carlaude:Talk} 12:18, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, the content really needs help. But I am no expert on that topic, so it would help to get a few Gospel-knowledgeable people to look at it. I have tried to clean up just the Nativity section, but the other sections are still full of inconsistencies - an irony indeed. History2007 (talk) 12:27, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

You might want to read this huge article about the synoptic gospels in general (and the second and the third part - the third especially), this fairly hefty one about the Gospel of John, and this article about nativity in particular, and this one about the resurrection and ascension, all from the Encyclopaedia Biblica.

In particular, in this section ("Extent_of_discrepancies") of the last mentioned article has a table you might find useful/interesting. Newman Luke (talk) 01:45, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Christianity article

The Christianity article is under fire from a group of editors who think that "Restorationism" deserves to be one of the major groupings of Christianity, alongside Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism, and deserves equal mention with them. DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:51, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

DJ, you overstate the issue considerably. What you are trying to do is to limit the article two three topics: Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Protestantism and exclude any mention of all other groups. More importantly, you want to exclude any name of any Protestant church. There is no reason to exclude information that has been in the article for years. However, more input would be helpful. --^StormRider 21:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Out of interest, why does that list you've given here only include Trinitarian forms of Christianity, and not Arianism, Nestorianism, etc. ? The Assyrian Church of the East still exists after all these thousands of years, as do the Syrian Orthodox (who aren't the same at all as 'Eastern Orthodoxy'), neither of which are Chalcedonian, and both of which are major categories of Christianity. Newman Luke (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:56, 17 October 2009 (UTC).

[edit] On the subjct of Baptism

Just thought it might be of some note that I have found an encyclopedia published in 1909 that has about 45 pages of fairly small print devoted to the subject of Baptism in general, also including separate articles on Ethnic baptism, Baptism in the New Testament, Early Christian baptism, Later Christian baptism, Hindu Baptism, Jewish Baptism, Islamic baptism, Polynesian baptism, Sikh baptism, and Teutonic baptism. It's the Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, edited by James Hastings. I'm fairly sure, given the date of publication, it's in the public domain and can be pretty much copied into wikipedia, but I wanted to know if anyone thought there might be problems with trying to do so. John Carter (talk) 18:10, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

There's also this article on "Baptism" in a 1903 Encyclopedia. Newman Luke (talk) 01:59, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] GA Sweeps Reassessment of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Malleus Fatuorum 18:23, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Shameless Plug

I don't know if this is a breach of etiquette. If so, feel free to delete. I would recommend interested parties check this encyclopaedia with a Biblical wordlview. Obviously those not interested need not check it. LowKey (talk) 13:41, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I was interested! I am much less after looking through it for a few minutes, alas. Thanks though, LowKey. --JosiahHenderson (talk) 21:45, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] New article - An Evangelical Manifesto

Just to let you know that I've created An Evangelical Manifesto - expansion is welcome. Sidefall (talk) 13:47, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] List of religious organizations

Hi. The article List of religious organizations is in need of serious help. It was in an abandoned state and discussed for deletion, however I feel it has strong potential to become a useful list. But it needs lots of help and collaboration. Is someone of you interested? --Cyclopia^talk 23:41, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

As I have time, I will add Christian organizations that currently have an article R/T-รัก-ไทย (talk) 02:26, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Johannes Maas (missionary)

I've added the project template on the talk page of Johannes Maas (missionary), because I think it falls within the scope.

Please note that it is currently nominated for deletion, here.  Chzz  ►  23:39, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Template:GenderChristianity

I'm (VERY) new to the editing/editor concept, so please forgive me if I make a mistake or step over a line. I am willing to be corrected if need be.

That said, I've posted something on the talk page for Template:GenderChristianity about the use of the picture there. If you have a chance, please jump over there and read what I posted and comment. I won't repeat all of my arguments here, but I would appreciate your honest consideration. Thanks, Cajun tiger (talk) 22:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

That's Template talk:GenderChristianity, for a quick link. Huon (talk) 00:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Help with More-with-Less Cookbook article creation

Hi all! I would appreciate bored editors' help finding references for the general notability of the More-With-Less Cookboook. For the time being, the article exists here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JosiahHenderson/More-with-Less_Cookbook.

Peace of Christ,

--JosiahHenderson (talk) 21:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Amazing Grace

I rewrote this article and posted it yesterday, also tagging it with WP:Christianity. I would like to see if I can get the article to WP:FA. It is now at peer review and nominated for GA. If anyone would like to read it and make any suggestions, I would appreciate any input to improve its content. My library, formidable as it is, does not concentrate on theology. If I missed anything, I'll be happy to do whatever I can to cover it. I appreciate your help. --Moni3 (talk) 19:43, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Category rename

Hi, I have requested a rename of Category:Evangelical Church in Germany dioceses; see the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 November 15#Category:Evangelical Church in Germany dioceses. Thanks! +Angr 17:51, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of Clancularii

I have proposed the deletion of Clancularii. If anyone can find a verifiable source and additional information on this Anabaptist group, it may be salvageable. ✤ JonHarder ^talk 15:08, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] City of God (book) needs your help

I was surprised to see that our article on City of God (book) (De Civitate Dei) by Augustine of Hippo is basically just a stub (and has no cites.)
It's marked as "supported by the Theology work group" and of mid-importance on the Project's importance scale. Can anybody do anything to improve this? Thanks. -- Writtenonsand (talk) 15:20, 29 November 2009 (UTC)