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- I Am That I Am
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- Iambic Pentameter
- Iambic Tetrameter
- Iambs
- Icaria
- Icarian Sea
- Icarus
- Icon
- Iconic
- Iconoclast
- Iconoclastic
- Iconography
- Ida, Mount
- Ideal Form
- Idealism
- Ideology
- Idiolect
- Idiom
- Idiomatic
- Idol
- Idolatry
- Idyll
- If thy right eye offend thee
- Ignatian
- Ignatius
- ignis-fatus
- Iliad
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- Imagination
- Imaginative truth
- Imagist
- Immaculate Conception
- Immanent
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- Imperative
- Imperative verb
- Improvisation theatre
- Impute
- In extremis
- Incantation
- Incantatory
- Incarnate
- Incarnation
- Incense
A-Z: General definitions: Immortality
Definition
Condition of being immortal, not subject to death; living for ever.Translation
Latin: mors, mortis, 'death'.A being who is not mortal ' that is, who will never die; living forever.
1. Genesis indicates that death was not part of the orginal plan for human beings but is one of the consequences of the Fall.
2. The death of Jesus is presented as opening up the possibility of reconciliation with God.
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