To get a sense of how unprecedented this is, it is useful to consider the American Jewish community's response to Jews for Jesus.
David Brickner, the founder of Jews for Jesus, was a speaker.
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The pope also looks at scholarly studies of the Bible, some of which have indicated for decades that the traditionally accepted birth date for Jesus is wrong, Speciale said.
Within the community of the Deaf, someone who gets cochlear implants and joins the ranks of the hearing may feel like a Jew for Jesus at a Satmar Talmud class.
While Reform and Orthodox rabbis agree on almost nothing relating to Jewish laws and practices, since the emergence of Jews for Jesus in the 1970s, Reform, Conservative and Orthodox rabbis have been unified in their rejection of the Christian missionary group's protestations of being Jewish.
In his 2011 book, "Jesus of Nazareth, " he made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Christ, explaining biblically and theologically why there was no basis in Scripture for the argument that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death.
It was a Catholic college that had just started accepting men because apparently there weren't enough Catholic women left in the Western world who wanted to pay a lot of money to get an education with no men around except for Jesus and his priests, and even the priests who supposedly ran it didn't want to teach there.
Two years had elapsed since the Second Vatican Council convened by Pope John XXIII in 1962, which set out to dismantle the charge that Jews were responsible for killing Jesus.
Maurizio Vitale, an Italian entrepreneur and original owner of Jesus Jeans, thought of the name during a trip to New York City when he walked by a theater marquee for "Jesus Christ Superstar, " according to Mr. Sindico.
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BasicNet first applied for a "Jesus" trademark registration in the U.S. in 1999, but it took another eight years for the trademark office to grant it.
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His election also breaks new ground for the society of Jesus, a religious order renowned for its skepticism of authority and hierarchy.
For Oestricher, the idea that Jesus had the hots for Mary Magdalene is pure Hollywood and based on no biblical evidence.
Although he respects Jesus for promoting peace and love, he finds the character portrayed in the Gospels too glib and condescending to his disciples.
Catholics are still buzzing over his speech last year accusing fellow church officials of hypocrisy for forgetting that Jesus Christ bathed lepers and ate with prostitutes.
Even until the 1960s the official Catholic line was that the Jews were to blame for the death of Jesus.
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This, according to the Bible, was the starting point for Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.
Yesterday, many of us took a few quiet moments to try and fathom the tremendous sacrifice Jesus made for all of us.
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Some have accused Francis, then provincial superior for the Society of Jesus, of not doing enough to assert his influence and free them.
The steep-faced cliff looming behind Jericho is where Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was then tempted by the Devil (Matthew 4:1-11).
Deprived of its right to assert facts, Christianity, for example, is reduced to the status of a fan club for the sayings of Jesus.
In the '60s as it does now, Christian rock can evoke balding ministers attempting to rock and singers who substitute "Jesus" for "baby" and, after a cross into the mainstream, the other way around.
Jeff Foy, manager of training and evaluation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Employment Resource Services, said traffic has increased to the church's Providentliving Web site, which offers resources on family finances and employment assistance.
For like us, Jesus knew doubt.
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The Director of Economic Measurement for Mexico's Central bank, Jesus Cervantes, said that the job situation for Mexicans working in the US had become more complicated since the US mortgage crisis.
It seems to me that Jesus would provide for the health and well being of all persons.
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The Yankees wagered much on Pineda, trading their best prospect, Jesus Montero, for his services last winter.
Somehow, it is hard for me to imagine that Jesus would be against much of anything that might help out a person in need of healing.
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The cycle tells the story, drawn from Jacobus de Voragine's 13th-century compendium of saints' lives, "The Golden Legend, " of the wood used for the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
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