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Moral Law
Moral law is a theological term for the part of the Old Testament law that expresses God's moral will and applies to all people regardless of era or nation; it is commonly held to be summarized in the Ten Commandments.
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- Threefold Division of the LawDoctrine & Theology
The threefold division of the law is a theological framework that divides the Old Testament law into moral, ceremonial, and civil (judicial) law in order to explain which parts remain binding on Christians.
- Judicial LawDoctrine & Theology
In the theological tradition that divides the Mosaic law into moral, ceremonial, and judicial law, judicial law refers to the civil and criminal regulations that governed the national and social life of ancient Israel. It is also called civil law.
- Ceremonial LawDoctrine & Theology
Ceremonial law is a theological term for the part of the Mosaic law that governed Israel's worship and religious rites, including the regulations concerning sacrifices, feasts, circumcision, food, and purity.
- Three Uses of the LawDoctrine & Theology
The three uses of the law is a teaching of Reformation theology that organizes the work of God's law into three functions: restraining evil in society, bringing people to recognize their sin, and guiding the life of the believer.
- Leo TolstoyPeople
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a Russian novelist and religious and moral thinker, the author of *War and Peace*, *Anna Karenina*, and *Resurrection*. He interpreted the teachings of Jesus as a call to nonviolence and nonresistance, and after criticizing the church he was excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1901.
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