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This article is virtually the Christian term. For other uses, see Built-in Again.

Evangelical Christian term

Born once more, or to experience the new nativity, is a phrase, peculiarly in evangelicalism, that refers to a "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the human spirit. In contrast to 1'southward physical birth, being "born once again" is distinctly and separately acquired past baptism in the Holy Spirit, it is not caused by baptism in water. It is a core doctrine of the denominations of the Anabaptist, Moravian, Methodist, Quaker, Baptist, Plymouth Brethren and Pentecostal Churches along with all other evangelical Christian denominations. All of these Churches strongly believe Jesus' words in the Gospels: "You must be born once more before yous can meet, or enter, the Kingdom of Sky." Their doctrines besides mandate that to be both "born again" and "saved", one must have a personal and intimate human relationship with Jesus Christ.[1] [2] [three] [4] [five] [6]

In contemporary Christian usage and autonomously from evangelicalism, the term is singled-out from similar terms which are sometimes used in Christianity in reference to a person who is beingness or becoming a Christian. This usage of the term is usually linked to baptism with h2o and the related doctrine of baptismal regeneration. Individuals who profess to exist "born again" (pregnant in the "Holy Spirit") often land that they have a "personal relationship with Jesus Christ".[vii] [5] [6]

In addition to using this phrase with those who exercise not profess to be Christians, some Evangelical Christians use the phrase and evangelize those who vest to other Christian denominations or groups. This do is based on the belief that non-Evangelical Christians, even those Christians who are professed Christians, are not "born again" and exercise not have a "personal relationship with Jesus." They therefore believe that they should evangelize to non-Evangelical Christians in the same style that they would evangelize to people who practice not profess the Christian faith.

The phrase "built-in once again" is too used as an adjective to describe private members of the movement who espouse this belief, and it is also used as an describing word to depict the movement itself ("born-again Christian" and the "born-again movement").

Origin [edit]

Jesus and Nicodemus painting past Alexander Bida, 1874

The term is derived from an event in the Gospel of John in which the words of Jesus were not understood by a Jewish pharisee, Nicodemus.

Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell yous, no one tin meet the kingdom of God unless they are born once more." "How can someone be born when they are former?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely they cannot enter a 2nd time into their female parent'south womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell yous, no 1 can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit."

—Gospel of John, John affiliate 3, verses 3–five, NIV[8]

The Gospel of John was written in Koine Greek, and the original text is ambiguous which results in a double entendre that Nicodemus misunderstands. The word translated as again is ἄνωθεν (ánōtʰen), which could mean either "again", or "from above".[9] The double entendre is a figure of spoken language that the gospel writer uses to create bewilderment or misunderstanding in the hearer; the misunderstanding is so clarified by either Jesus or the narrator. Nicodemus takes just the literal meaning from Jesus's statement, while Jesus clarifies that he ways more of a spiritual rebirth from above. English translations have to pick i sense of the phrase or another; the NIV, King James Version, and Revised Version apply "born again", while the New Revised Standard Version[10] and the New English Translation[11] adopt the "built-in from above" translation.[12] Most versions will annotation the alternative sense of the phrase anōthen in a footnote.

Edwyn Hoskyns argues that "built-in from to a higher place" is to be preferred every bit the key meaning and he drew attention to phrases such as "nativity of the Spirit",[13] "nascency from God",[fourteen] only maintains that this necessarily carries with it an emphasis upon the newness of the life as given by God himself.[15]

The final use of the phrase occurs in the Commencement Epistle of Peter, rendered in the King James Version as:

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] dearest one another with a pure centre fervently: / Beingness born over again, not of corruptible seed, simply of incorruptible, by the give-and-take of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

—1 Peter 1:22-23[xvi]

Here, the Greek word translated as "born once again" is ἀναγεγεννημένοι ( anagegennēménoi ).[17]

Interpretations [edit]

The traditional Jewish understanding of the promise of salvation is interpreted as beingness rooted in "the seed of Abraham"; that is, physical lineage from Abraham. Jesus explained to Nicodemus that this doctrine was in error—that every person must have two births—natural birth of the physical trunk and some other of the h2o and the spirit.[18] This discourse with Nicodemus established the Christian belief that all human beings—whether Jew or Gentile—must be "born once again" of the spiritual seed of Christ. The Apostle Peter further reinforced this agreement in 1 Peter one:23.[19] [17] The Cosmic Encyclopedia states that "[a] controversy existed in the archaic church over the interpretation of the expression the seed of Abraham. Information technology is [the Apostle Paul's] teaching in one instance that all who are Christ'southward by faith are Abraham'southward seed, and heirs according to promise. He is concerned, notwithstanding, with the fact that the promise is not existence fulfilled to the seed of Abraham (referring to the Jews)."[20]

Charles Hodge writes that "The subjective modify wrought in the soul by the grace of God, is variously designated in Scripture" with terms such as new birth, resurrection, new life, new creation, renewing of the mind, dying to sin and living to righteousness, and translation from darkness to light.[21]

Jesus used the "birth" analogy in tracing spiritual newness of life to a divine start. Contemporary Christian theologians accept provided explanations for "born from above" beingness a more accurate translation of the original Greek word transliterated anōthen. [22] Theologian Frank Stagg cites two reasons why the newer translation is significant:

  1. The emphasis "from to a higher place" (implying "from Heaven") calls attention to the source of the "newness of life". Stagg writes that the word "once more" does not include the source of the new kind of get-go;
  2. More than personal improvement is needed. "a new destiny requires a new origin, and the new origin must exist from God."[23]

An early example of the term in its more modern use appears in the sermons of John Wesley. In the sermon entitled A New Nativity he writes, "none can exist holy unless he be born again", and "except he be born over again, none can be happy fifty-fifty in this world. For ... a human should not exist happy who is not holy." Too, "I say, [a man] may exist built-in once again and so become an heir of conservancy." Wesley also states infants who are baptized are born over again, but for adults it is unlike:

our church supposes, that all who are baptized in their infancy, are at the same time born over again. ... But ... it is certain all of riper years, who are baptized, are non at the aforementioned time built-in again.[24]

A Unitarian work called The Gospel Anchor noted in the 1830s that the phrase was not mentioned past the other Evangelists, nor by the Apostles except Peter. "Information technology was not regarded by whatsoever of the Evangelists simply John of sufficient importance to record." It adds that without John, "nosotros should hardly have known that it was necessary for ane to exist built-in again." This suggests that "the text and context was meant to apply to Nicodemus particularly, and not to the world."[25]

Historicity [edit]

Scholars of historical Jesus, that is, attempting to ascertain how closely the stories of Jesus match the historical events they are based on, generally treat Jesus'due south conversation with Nicodemus in John 3 with skepticism. It details what is presumably a individual conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus, with none of the disciples seemingly attending, making it unclear how a record of this conversation was acquired. In addition, the conversation is recorded in no other aboriginal Christian source other than John and works based on John.[26] According to Bart Ehrman, the larger issue is that the aforementioned trouble English translations of the Bible accept with the Greek ἄνωθεν (anōthen) is a problem in the Aramaic language every bit well: there is no single word in Aramaic that means both "again" and "from above", yet the chat rests on Nicodemus making this misunderstanding.[27] As the chat was between two Jews in Jerusalem, where Aramaic was the native language, in that location is no reason to retrieve that they'd accept spoken in Greek.[26] This implies that even if based on a existent conversation, the author of John heavily modified it to include Greek wordplay and idiom.[26]

Denominational positions [edit]

Catholicism [edit]

Historically, the archetype text from John three was consistently interpreted by the early on church fathers as a reference to baptism.[28] Mod Catholic interpreters have noted that the phrase 'born from above' or 'born again'[29] is clarified as 'being born of h2o and Spirit'.[30]

Catholic commentator John F. McHugh notes, "Rebirth, and the commencement of this new life, are said to come about ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος, of water and spirit. This phrase (without the article) refers to a rebirth which the early on Church regarded as taking place through baptism."[31]

The Catechism of the Cosmic Church (CCC) notes that the essential elements of Christian initiation are: "proclamation of the Discussion, acceptance of the Gospel entailing conversion, profession of faith, Baptism itself, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and admission to Eucharistic communion."[32] Baptism gives the person the grace of forgiveness for all prior sins; it makes the newly baptized person a new creature and an adopted son of God;[33] it incorporates them into the Body of Christ[34] and creates a sacramental bond of unity leaving an enduring mark on our souls.[35] "Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, the person baptized is configured to Christ. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark (character) of his belonging to Christ. No sin can erase this mark, even if sin prevents Baptism from bearing the fruits of salvation. Given one time for all, Baptism cannot exist repeated."[36] The Holy Spirit is involved with each aspect of the movement of grace. "The showtime work of the grace of the Holy Spirit is conversion. ... Moved by grace, homo turns toward God and away from sin, thus accepting forgiveness and righteousness from on high."[37]

The Catholic Church building also teaches that under special circumstances the need for water baptism can be superseded by the Holy Spirit in a 'baptism of want', such equally when catechumens dice or are martyred prior to receiving baptism.[38]

Pope John Paul II wrote in Catechesi Tradendae well-nigh "the problem of children baptized in infancy [who] come for catechesis in the parish without receiving any other initiation into the faith and notwithstanding without any explicit personal attachment to Jesus Christ.".[39] He noted that "being a Christian means saying 'yes' to Jesus Christ, just let us remember that this 'yes' has 2 levels: Information technology consists of surrendering to the word of God and relying on it, but it also ways, at a later stage, endeavoring to know improve—and ameliorate the profound pregnant of this word."[forty]

The modern expression beingness "born again" is really most the concept of "conversion".

The National Directory of Catechesis (published by the Us Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB) defines conversion as, "the credence of a personal relationship with Christ, a sincere adherence to him, and a willingness to conform one'southward life to his."[41] To put it more just "Conversion to Christ involves making a 18-carat commitment to him and a personal decision to follow him as his disciple."[41]

Echoing the writings of Pope John Paul Two, the National Directory of Catechesis describes a new intervention required by our modern world called the "New Evangelization". The New Evangelization is directed to the Church herself, to the baptized who were never effectively evangelized before, to those who take never fabricated a personal delivery to Christ and the Gospel, to those formed past the values of the secular civilization, to those who have lost a sense of organized religion, and to those who are alienated.[42]

Declan O'Sullivan, co-founder of the Catholic Men's Fellowship and knight of the Sovereign Armed services Lodge of Republic of malta, wrote that the "New Evangelization emphasizes the personal encounter with Jesus Christ equally a pre-condition for spreading the gospel. The born-again experience is not just an emotional, mystical high; the really important matter is what happened in the convert's life after the moment or period of radical change."[43]

Lutheranism [edit]

The Lutheran Church holds that "we are cleansed of our sins and built-in again and renewed in Holy Baptism by the Holy Ghost. Merely she also teaches that whoever is baptized must, through daily contrition and repentance, drown The One-time Adam then that daily a new man come up forth and arise who walks before God in righteousness and purity forever. She teaches that whoever lives in sins after his baptism has once again lost the grace of baptism."[44]

Moravianism [edit]

With regard to the New Nativity, the Moravian Church holds that a personal conversion to Christianity is a blithesome experience, in which the individual "accepts Christ as Lord" after which faith "daily grows within the person."[45] For Moravians, "Christ lived as a man because he wanted to provide a design for future generations" and "a converted person could attempt to live in his image and daily become more than like Jesus."[45] As such, "centre religion" characterizes Moravian Christianity.[45] The Moravian Church has historically emphasized evangelism, especially missionary work, to spread the religion.[46]

Anabaptism [edit]

Anabaptist denominations, such as the Mennonites, teach that "True faith entails a new nascency, a spiritual regeneration by God's grace and power; 'believers' are thsoe who accept become the spiritual children of God."[47] In Anabaptist theology, the pathway to salvation, is "marked not past a forensic understanding of salvation past 'faith solitary', but by the entire process off repentance, cocky-deprival, faith rebirth and obedience."[47] Those who wish to tarry this path receive baptism after the New Nascence.[47]

Anglicanism [edit]

The phrase built-in once again is mentioned in the 39 Articles of the Anglican Church in article Xv, entitled "Of Christ alone without Sin". In part, it reads: "sin, as S. John saith, was not in Him. But all we the rest, although baptized and born again in Christ, yet offend in many things: and if we say we accept no sin, nosotros deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."[48]

Although the phrase "baptized and born once again in Christ" occurs in Article Fifteen, the reference is conspicuously to the scripture passage in John 3:iii.[49]

Reformed [edit]

In Reformed theology, Holy Baptism is the sign and the seal of one'southward regeneration, which is of comfort to the believer.[50] The time of one's regeneration, still, is a mystery to oneself according to the Canons of Dort.[50]

Co-ordinate to the Reformed churches existence born again refers to "the inward working of the Spirit which induces the sinner to respond to the effectual call". According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, Q 88, "the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, peculiarly the word, sacraments, and prayer; all of which are made effectual to the elect for salvation."[51] Effectual calling is "the piece of work of God'southward Spirit, whereby, disarming us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the cognition of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable usa to encompass Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel."[52] [53]

In Reformed theology, "regeneration precedes faith."[54] Samuel Storms writes that, "Calvinists insist that the sole cause of regeneration or being born once again is the will of God. God first sovereignly and efficaciously regenerates, and but in effect of that do we human activity. Therefore, the individual is passive in regeneration, neither preparing himself nor making himself receptive to what God will practise. Regeneration is a change wrought in us by God, not an autonomous act performed by u.s. for ourselves."[55]

Quakerism [edit]

The Central Yearly Coming together of Friends, a Holiness Quaker denomination, teaches that regeneration is the "divine work of initial salvation (Tit. iii:5), or conversion, which involves the accompanying works of justification (Rom. v:eighteen) and adoption (Rom. viii:xv, 16)."[3] In regeneration, which occurs in the New Nativity], at that place is a "transformation in the heart of the believer wherein he finds himself a new cosmos in Christ (II Cor. five:17; Col. 1:27)."[three]

Following the New Birth, George Play a joke on taught the possibility of "holiness of heart and life through the instantaneous baptism with the Holy Spirit subsequent to the new birth" (cf. Christian perfection).[56]

Methodism [edit]

In Methodism, the "new birth is necessary for salvation because it marks the motion toward holiness. That comes with faith."[1] John Wesley, held that the New Birth "is that great change which God works in the soul when he brings information technology into life, when he raises it from the decease of sin to the life of righteousness."[58] [1] In the life of a Christian, the new nascence is considered the start work of grace.[59] In keeping with Wesleyan-Arminian covenant theology, the Articles of Religion, in Article XVII—Of Baptism, state that baptism is a "sign of regeneration or the new birth."[60] The Methodist Visitor in describing this doctrine, admonishes individuals: "'Ye must be built-in again.' Yield to God that He may perform this work in and for y'all. Acknowledge Him to your heart. 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt exist saved.'"[61] [62] Methodist theology teaches that the New Birth contains two phases that occur together, justification and regeneration:[63]

Though these ii phases of the new nativity occur simultaneously, they are, in fact, 2 separate and distinct acts. Justification is that gracious and judicial act of God whereby a soul is granted complete absolution from all guilt and a full release from the penalty of sin (Romans 3:23-25). This act of divine grace is wrought by religion in the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Romans five:1). Regeneration is the impartation of divine life which is manifested in that radical change in the moral graphic symbol of human, from the dear and life of sin to the love of God and the life of righteousness (2 Corinthians five:17; 1 Peter i:23). ―Principles of Religion, Emmanuel Association of Churches[63]

Baptists [edit]

Baptists teach that people are born again when they believe that Jesus died for their sin, and was buried, and rose again (ane Cor xv:3-4), and that by believing/trusting in Jesus' death, burial and resurrection, eternal life shall be granted every bit a gift by God (John 3:14-xvi, Acts 10:43, Romans 6:23). Those who have been born again, according to Baptist teaching, know that they are "[children] of God because the Holy Spirit witnesses to them that they are" (cf. assurance).[64]

Plymouth Brethren [edit]

The Plymouth Brethren teach that the New Nascency effects salvation and those who evidence that they take been born over again, repented, and take faith in the Scriptures are given the right hand of fellowship, afterward which they can partake of the Lord's Supper.[65]

Pentecostalism [edit]

Pentecost by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Woodcut for "Die Bibel in Bildern", 1860.

Holiness Pentecostals historically teach the new nativity (first piece of work of grace), entire sanctification (second work of grace) and baptism with the Holy Spirit, every bit evidenced by glossolalia, as the third work of grace.[66] [67] The New Nascence, according to Pentecostal teaching, imparts "spiritual life".[iv]

Jehovah's Witnesses [edit]

Jehovah'due south Witnesses believe that individuals practice not have the ability to choose to exist born once more, but that God calls and selects his followers "from above".[68] But those belonging to the "144,000" are considered to exist built-in over again.[69] [70]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [edit]

The Volume of Mormon emphasizes the demand for everyone to be reborn of God.[71]

Disagreements between denominations [edit]

The term "built-in again" is used by several Christian denominations, but there are disagreements on what the term means, and whether members of other denominations are justified in claiming to be born-again Christians.

Catholic Answers says:

Catholics should ask [Evangelical] Protestants, "Are y'all born again—the way the Bible understands that concept?" If the Evangelical has not been properly water baptized, he has not been born once again "the Bible way," regardless of what he may think.[72]

On the other hand, an Evangelical site argues:

Another of many examples is the Cosmic who claims he likewise is "born again." ... Nevertheless, what the committed Catholic means is that he received his spiritual birth when he was baptized—either as an infant or when as an adult he converted to Catholicism. That's non what Jesus meant when He told Nicodemus he "must be born again."[73] The deliberate adoption of biblical terms which have unlike meanings for Catholics has become an effective tool in Rome'southward ecumenical agenda.[74]

The Reformed view of regeneration may be fix apart from other outlooks in at to the lowest degree two ways.

First, classical Roman Catholicism teaches that regeneration occurs at baptism, a view known as baptismal regeneration. Reformed theology has insisted that regeneration may take place at whatsoever time in a person's life, even in the womb. It is not somehow the automated result of baptism. 2d, it is mutual for many other evangelical branches of the church to speak of repentance and religion leading to regeneration (i.e., people are built-in again only later on they do saving organized religion). By contrast, Reformed theology teaches that original sin and total depravity deprive all people of the moral ability and will to do saving faith. ... Regeneration is entirely the work of God the Holy Spirit - we can do nothing on our own to obtain information technology. God alone raises the elect from spiritual death to new life in Christ.[75] [76]

History and usage [edit]

Historically, Christianity has used various metaphors to describe its rite of initiation, that is, spiritual regeneration via the sacrament of baptism by the power of the water and the spirit. This remains the common understanding in most of Christendom, held, for example, in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Lutheranism,[44] Anglicanism,[77] and in other historic branches of Protestantism. However, erstwhile afterwards the Reformation, Evangelicalism attributed greater significance to the expression born again [78] as an feel of religious conversion,[79] symbolized by deep-water baptism, and rooted in a commitment to one'south own personal faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. This aforementioned conventionalities is, historically, likewise an integral part of Methodist doctrine,[80] [81] and is connected with the doctrine of Justification.[82]

According to Encyclopædia Britannica:

'Rebirth' has often been identified with a definite, temporally datable form of 'conversion'. ... With the voluntaristic type, rebirth is expressed in a new alignment of the will, in the liberation of new capabilities and powers that were hitherto undeveloped in the person concerned. With the intellectual blazon, information technology leads to an activation of the capabilities for understanding, to the breakthrough of a "vision". With others information technology leads to the discovery of an unexpected beauty in the guild of nature or to the discovery of the mysterious significant of history. With still others it leads to a new vision of the moral life and its orders, to a selfless realization of dear of neighbour. ... each person affected perceives his life in Christ at whatsoever given time equally "newness of life."[83]

According to J. Gordon Melton:

Born again is a phrase used past many Protestants to describe the miracle of gaining religion in Jesus Christ. It is an experience when everything they have been taught as Christians becomes existent, and they develop a directly and personal human relationship with God.[84]

According to Andrew Purves and Charles Partee:

Sometimes the phrase seems to be judgmental, making a distinction between 18-carat and nominal Christians. Sometimes ... descriptive, like the distinction between liberal and conservative Christians. Occasionally, the phrase seems historic, like the division between Cosmic and Protestant Christians. ... [the term] usually includes the notion of man choice in salvation and excludes a view of divine election by grace alone.[85]

The term born again has become widely associated with the evangelical Christian renewal since the late 1960s, first in the Usa so effectually the world. Associated possibly initially with Jesus People and the Christian counterculture, born again came to refer to a conversion experience, accepting Jesus Christ every bit lord and savior in social club to be saved from hell and given eternal life with God in heaven, and was increasingly used equally a term to identify devout believers.[12] By the mid-1970s, born once again Christians were increasingly referred to in the mainstream media as office of the born once again motility.

In 1976, Watergate conspirator Chuck Colson'south book Born Again gained international find. Time mag named him "One of the 25 near influential Evangelicals in America."[86] The term was sufficiently prevalent then that during the year's presidential campaign, Democratic party nominee Jimmy Carter described himself as "born over again" in the offset Playboy magazine interview of an American presidential candidate.

Colson describes his path to religion in conjunction with his criminal imprisonment and played a significant role in solidifying the "built-in again" identity equally a cultural construct in the US. He writes that his spiritual experience followed considerable struggle and hesitancy to have a "personal encounter with God." He recalls:

while I sat alone staring at the sea I love, words I had not been certain I could understand or say roughshod from my lips: "Lord Jesus, I believe in You. I accept You. Delight come into my life. I commit information technology to You." With these few words...came a sureness of listen that matched the depth of feeling in my heart. There came something more: strength and serenity, a wonderful new assurance about life, a fresh perception of myself in the world effectually me.[87]

Jimmy Carter was the commencement President of the United States to publicly declare that he was born-over again, in 1976.[88] By the 1980 campaign, all three major candidates stated that they had been born once more.[89]

Sider and Knippers[ninety] state that "Ronald Reagan'south election that fall [was] aided by the votes of 61% of 'born-once again' white Protestants."

The Gallup Organization reported that "In 2003, 42% of U.Southward. adults said they were built-in-again or evangelical; the 2004 percentage is 41%" and that, "Black Americans are far more likely to identify themselves as born-again or evangelical, with 63% of blacks maxim they are born-once again, compared with 39% of white Americans. Republicans are far more than probable to say they are born-again (52%) than Democrats (36%) or independents (32%)."[91]

The Oxford Handbook of Faith and American Politics, referring to several studies, reports "that 'born-once more' identification is associated with lower support for government anti-poverty programs." It also notes that "cocky-reported born-again" Christianity, "strongly shapes attitudes towards economic policy."[92]

Names which have been inspired by the term [edit]

The idea of "rebirth in Christ" has inspired[93] some common European forenames: French René/Renée, Dutch Renaat/Renate, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Croatian Renato/Renata, Latin Renatus/Renata, all of which mean "reborn", "born again".[94]

Statistics [edit]

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics notes: "The GSS ... has asked a born-again question on 3 occasions ... 'Would you say you take been 'born again' or have had a 'built-in-again' feel?" The Handbook says that "Evangelical, black, and Latino Protestants tend to respond similarly, with nearly two-thirds of each grouping answering in the affirmative. In contrast, only about one third of mainline Protestants and i sixth of Catholics (Anglo and Latino) claim a built-in-once again experience." Nevertheless, the handbook suggests that "born-once again questions are poor measures fifty-fifty for capturing evangelical respondents. ... it is likely that people who study a born-again feel as well claim it every bit an identity."[95]

Run across also [edit]

  • Altar telephone call – Tradition in some Christian churches
  • Baptismal regeneration – Doctrines held by major Christian denomination
  • Born-once again virgin – Person who commits to forbearance subsequently having had sexual intercourse
  • Child dedication – Deed of consecration of children
  • Jesus movement – Former evangelical Christian movement
  • Dvija – Twice-born status of Hindu male after Upanayana
  • Evangelism – Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Monergism – View within Christian theology
  • Sinner's prayer – Evangelical Christian term referring to any prayer of repentance

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  • The New Birth, John Wesley, sermon No. 45. Wesley'due south teaching on being born again, and argument that it is fundamental to Christianity.

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