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Do humans become angels when they die?
As the above says, the Bible does not equate humans as angels in either the current or afterlife. In fact it says this of angels: “Therefore, angels are only servants--spirits sent to care for people ...
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Origin of Folk-Belief that the Faithful Dead become Angels
The theme of particularly pious or worthy humans becoming angels or at least "angel-like" seems to have been widespread enough already around the 2nd century C.E.. To quote David Hamidovic's ...
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What is the original ancient Egyptian names for the "Book of Two Ways"?
Hi,
Most likely, you would probably need an interlinear bilingual translation with phonetization of the hieroglyphs. As far as I'm concerned, no such edition exists.
Perhaps the late Theban version &...
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