956. Through Trinity is a common Christian term, the Bible never mentions the Trinity as such. It was a doctrine developed much later when the church was more established.
957. Dreams were often used as a means for God to speak to His prophets and other favored children. Items within the dreams symbolized real events or people or even future happenings. Joseph's dream about wheat sheaves foretold the time when he would be powerful in Egypt and lead that people through a drought and famine.
958. The doctrine known as "Immaculate Conception," the belief that Mary herself was conceived without sin, has no Biblical justification. This belief began early in Christian history and was officially accepted as dogma essential to Roman Catholic beliefs by Pope Pius IX in 1854.
959. Knowing the basics. In a 1997 survey, the London Sunday Times found that only 34 percent of 220 Anglican priests could recite all of the Ten Commandments without help.
960. Two separate creation stories are told in Genesis (Gen. 1:1-2:3. and Gen. 2:4-25), but there is no mention of an apple in the Garden of Eden story.
961. The original Hebrew word for "ark" meant "box" or "chest" in English.
962. Although the King James Version is often associated with Shakespearean English, neither Moses nor Jesus is ever quoted as saying "thee" or "thou."
963. Place names in the Bible often from the person or persons who settled the area. They would give it a special name to commemorate the occasion.
