born again
professing a new or renewed faith or enthusiasm | ||||
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Born again Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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born-again
Adjective
1. spiritually reborn or converted; "a born-again Christian"; "a converted sinner"
(synonym) converted, reborn
(similar) regenerate
Adjective
1. spiritually reborn or converted; "a born-again Christian"; "a converted sinner"
(synonym) converted, reborn
(similar) regenerate
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Born again
Meaning
Christians who affirm their strengthened commitment to their religion are called 'born again Christians'. To be born again is to be 'born of the spirit', the first birth being the physical birth of the flesh.
Origin
From the Bible, John 3.3 'Jesus answered and said ... Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
Meaning
Christians who affirm their strengthened commitment to their religion are called 'born again Christians'. To be born again is to be 'born of the spirit', the first birth being the physical birth of the flesh.
Origin
From the Bible, John 3.3 'Jesus answered and said ... Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
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born again
born again
(theol.), regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. "except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of god." 3...
see also born
born again
(theol.), regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. "except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of god." 3...
see also born
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Born again (disambiguation)
Born again, in Christianity, is synonymous with spiritual rebirth and salvation.
Born again may also refer to:
- "Born Again", a book by Charles Colson, who was implicated in Watergate, about his subsequent experience of becoming a born again Christian (ISBN 0-8007-9377-3)
- "Born Again", a Nebula Award-nominated short story by K. D. Wentworth
- Born Again (film), a 1978 film dramatization of Colson's Watergate experience and religious conversion
- "Born Again", a stage musical version of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, directed by Peter Hall at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1990, with music by the then young British composer Jason Carr, and lyrics by Peter Hall
- "Born Again", a software written by Brochner Software that allows legacy computers to run Mac OS 8.1
- , a story from the comic book Daredevil by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli
- Born Again (The X-Files episode), an episode of The X-Files
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Born again Christianity
In Christianity, the term born again or regenerated is synonymous with spiritual rebirth — salvation. The term is most frequently used by the Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Pentecostal, and some Mainline branches of Protestant Christianity. It is sometimes associated with non-denominational individuals, groups and/or churches.
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