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- The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is ... The letter indicates that some of the Galatians had been influenced ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- The First Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament traditionally ... The Epistle conforms with the teachings of Paul, and blends moral ...7 KB (1,040 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- The Muratorian fragment, also known as the Muratorian canon, is a ... The author notably omits the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistle of ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- Gamaliel the Elder, or Gamaliel I, was the leading Jewish teacher ... disciples from death in a story in the Book of Acts, in which he is quoted ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:07, 18 April 2024
- The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, and Cephas—original ... *The Acts of Peter and Paul, based partly on a section of the Acts ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- The Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is an example of popular ... Written by a Christian author in Peter's name during the first ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 06:02, 11 August 2023
- The Epistle of Jude is a book in the New Testament of the Christian ... was permissible under the doctrine of Christian freedom from the ...9 KB (1,490 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- The Second Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament attributed ... The dating of this epistle has proved very difficult. Commentaries ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- (10 B.C.E. – 44 C.E.), was the last king of the Jews. He was the grandson ... but suffered several dramatic changes of fortune until the ascension ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- The New Testament is the name given to the second and final portion ... Greek by various authors after c. 45 C.E. and before c. 140. Its 27 books ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the New Testament. It is commonly ... Acts tells the story of the Early Christian church, with particular ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- In Christianity, the disciples were originally the students of Jesus ... John the Baptist also had disciples, as did some of the Old Testament ...15 KB (2,501 words) - 03:45, 31 July 2022
- Ecclesiology, in Christian theology, is the study of doctrine pertaining ... In its early history, one of the Church's earliest ecclesiological ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:54, 11 March 2024
- Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, ... Given its primarily derogatory meaning, "Simon Magus" and ...29 KB (4,732 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- Matthew the Evangelist (Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew: Mattay ... Described as a tax collector working near the Sea of Galilee, Matthew ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of early Christian gnostic ... 52 mostly gnostic gospels, apocalypses, and esoteric treatises. They also ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:06, 10 November 2022
- by God to spread the "good news" of the Christian message to the ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...30 KB (4,741 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- June 3, 1963), was elected as the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ... Church to reform by launching Vatican II and abolishing some antiquated ...21 KB (3,310 words) - 08:07, 3 August 2022
- in Madrid) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and philosopher who devised the ... One of the most controversial thinkers in the history of Catholic ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- Orthodox tradition, was a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint ... as their patron saint including Scotland, Russia, and Romania. ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- Resurrection is most commonly associated with the reuniting of the ... What the nature of the resurrected body is may still be an issue. ...21 KB (3,169 words) - 19:58, 8 December 2022
- The Epistle of Barnabas, also known as Pseudo-Barnabas, is a Christian ... that God's covenant with Abraham and Moses was never established ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- affirms that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. ... According to the encyclical, the Church has two aspects, a visible ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 22:43, 10 November 2022
- ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... or Whit Sunday in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking areas. ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- The Acts of John is a second century collection of Christian-based ... The Acts of John describes his journeys to Ephesus, filled with dramatic ...18 KB (3,042 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- meanings. The first describes the members of the early Christian movement ... Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- In Christian religious practice, infant baptism is the baptism of ... Most Christian denominations accept the doctrine of infant baptism ...16 KB (2,399 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- The Epistle of James is a book in the Christian New Testament. The ... a later writer who was not a direct disciple of Jesus. Its date has been estimated ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- The Third Council of Constantinople, also known as the Sixth Ecumenical ... well as posthumously restoring Pope Martin I and Saint Maximus the Confessor ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- In Christianity, a gospel is generally one of four canonical books ... been printed in the Bible is not the order of their composition, and that ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- In philosophy, the adjective transcendental and the noun transcendence ... which is conceived as absolute, eternal, and infinite. Negative theology ...11 KB (1,539 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars ... Two Greek fragments of the Gospel of Mary were discovered (Papyrus ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- 'remains') is a venerated object of religious and/or historical ... A relic is also the term for something that has survived the passage ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- 1946) is a Catholic Saint, the second person of Indian origin to be canonized ... Claims of her intervention began almost immediately upon her death ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- The term Holy Orders comes from the Latin Ordo (order) and the word ... Members of holy orders, as leaders of their religious communities ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- The Shepherd of Hermas was a very popular Christian writing of the ... was done by the original author as a sign of the authenticity of the translation ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- spelled Halacha) is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including ... changing social norms in some cases. Reform and Reconstructionist Jews believe ...19 KB (2,783 words) - 16:56, 21 January 2024
- Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status ... It was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty as a vestige of the much ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- Belief is the state of mind in which an individual is convinced of ... There is a degree of belief and certainty. While faith often includes ...14 KB (2,132 words) - 08:53, 27 September 2023
- Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... Saul is described in the New Testament as a Hellenized Jew and Roman ...56 KB (9,113 words) - 00:50, 23 December 2022
- Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920 – April ... His early reign was marked by his opposition to Communism, and he ...28 KB (4,358 words) - 07:02, 3 August 2022
- quot;the poor ones") were an early sect of Jewish followers of Jesus that ... Scholarly knowledge of the Ebionites is limited and fragmentary, deriving ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... with social ethics, the poor, women, and other oppressed groups.Harris ...37 KB (5,253 words) - 12:12, 24 January 2023
- , in theology, is the idea that members of a particular religious group ... The topic of antinomianism is quite complex because it involves the ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 06:34, 31 July 2023
- Didymus, meaning "Twin") was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ... throughout the nations. While Saints Peter and Paul were said to have ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- Limbo is a Roman Catholic theological term, referring to the concept ... The word limbo (late Latin limbus) is a word of Teutonic derivation ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 04:09, 29 October 2022
- The Gospel of Thomas is an important but long lost work of the New ... biblical gospels in that the resurrection of Jesus plays no part in it, ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 20:09, 11 September 2021
- The Veil of Veronica, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy ... The story, however, is not found in the Bible and does not appear ...20 KB (3,228 words) - 14:45, 3 May 2023
- The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from ... With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, the ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- Religious exclusivism is the doctrine that the adherents of a particular ... it manifests in certain interpretations of the concepts of the Chosen ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... Folk rock had antecedents in the labor movement of the 1930s, notably ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- Marcion of Sinope (ca. 110-160 C.E.) was a Christian theologian who ... Marcion was deemed a heretic for his rejection of the whole Hebrew ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- Gregory of Nyssa (Latin:Gregorius Nyssenus, Greek: Άγιος Γρηγόριος ... Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Roman Catholic Christianity ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 18:10, 31 January 2023
- :This article is about the Gnostic Valentinus. For the martyr of the ... Valentinus (ca. 100–ca. 160) was the best known and, for a time ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- by the belief that while one set of beliefs is absolutely true ... Broadly speaking, there are two schools of Inclusivist thought: ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- together" or "council") is an assembly of 23 ... The Talmud (tractate Sanhedrin) identifies two classes of rabbinical ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- ) is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (c. 50–160 ... the New Testament canon with the exception of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name ... those that can no longer be observed because of the destruction of the Temple ...17 KB (2,713 words) - 00:25, 19 November 2023
- Absolution is the act of receiving forgiveness for one's sins ... Ancient Jewish religion involved rites of priestly sacrifice of animal ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- May 6, 1949) was a Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist writing in French ... In September, 1874 he was sent to the Jesuit College of Sainte-Barbe ...15 KB (2,277 words) - 16:59, 7 November 2022
- Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... Due to the sacramental theology of these churches, only bishops and ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- 1962) was a French writer, anthropologist, and philosopher, though he avoided ... The members of the College were united in their dissatisfaction with ...19 KB (2,778 words) - 02:07, 25 November 2022
- ) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the ... Due to the extraordinary talents of Michelangelo (1475-1564), the ...23 KB (3,674 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- ) was the governor of the Roman Iudaea province from 26 -36 C.E. He ... Claudius can be found in the apocryphal Acts of Peter and Paul. ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- The Jesus Seminar refers to a group of "scholars with advanced ... One of the most active groups in biblical criticism, [http://www.religioustolerance ...36 KB (5,268 words) - 08:35, 3 April 2024
- The historicity of Jesus concerns the historical authenticity of Jesus ... and a minority "The nonhistoricity thesis has always been controversial ...44 KB (6,589 words) - 16:59, 22 February 2023
- or event that goes against the ordinary laws of physics, which are especially ... Although many religious followers and texts confirm witnessing "miracles ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... for three periods between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563, as a response ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- Maronites are members of one of the Syriac Eastern Catholic Churches ... Before the conquest of Lebanon by Arabian Muslims, which resulted ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 16:35, 27 January 2022
- The conscience refers to a person’s sense of right and wrong. Having ... ==The elements of conscience== Conscience refers to a person’s sense ...25 KB (3,722 words) - 21:26, 7 September 2023
- Category:Politicians and reformers Category:Media Professionals Category:Philosophy and religion Day, Dorothy [[Image:Dorothy Day, ...16 KB (2,524 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- Saint Barbara (d. c. 306 C.E.) was a Christian saint and martyr who ... Veneration of Saint Barbara was common from the ninth century until ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- The Occupation of the Channel Islands refers to the military occupation ... The islands were too small to serve as a launching pad for an invasion ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive ... For example, the works of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 17:00, 2 January 2023
- "spiritus" ("breath") and has several interrelated meanings: ... thereof, such as the Holy Spirit. (The study of the Holy Spirit in Christian ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- that serve the spiritual aspirations of its adherents, and mark dispensational ... defines a sacrament as “an outward sign of an inward (invisible) grace ...20 KB (3,310 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- Stream of consciousness is a literary technique, used primarily in ... Modern stream of consciousness writing is closely related to, but ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 20:56, 26 February 2023
- Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...24 KB (3,839 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- , Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) (Alternative transliterations of ... ) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and ...32 KB (4,755 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- an American singer, songwriter, band leader, and mandolin player, often referred ... Monroe developed his technique and the furious tempo that often characterizes ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[File:Drawing of William de Marisco.jpg|right|thumb|300px|As illustrated ...18 KB (2,928 words) - 19:19, 14 August 2020
- (the Dialogist) in Eastern Orthodoxy because of the Dialogues he wrote. Gregory ... A senator's son and himself the governor of Rome at 30, Gregory ...18 KB (2,721 words) - 14:47, 31 January 2023
- folk musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his powerful ... Lead Belly was one of the most colorful, albeit notorious figures ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- The term Biblical canon refers to a definitive list of inspired, authoritative ... These lists of authoritative scriptures emerged through a prolonged ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – November 8, 1308) was one of the most ... by undermining the Augustinian concept of divine illumination of the ...15 KB (2,194 words) - 04:59, 3 August 2022
- was a first-century CE Jewish-Idumean ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore ... The son of Herod the Great, Antipas ruled as a client king of the ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 14:56, 12 February 2022
- Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution practiced in the Roman ... The purpose of crucifixion was to provide a gruesome public way to ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- "messenger") is a supernatural and ethereal being found in many ... The belief in powerful and benevolent spiritual beings is an ancient ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- The Manhattan Center building, built in 1906 and located in the heart ... From its first incarnation as the Manhattan Opera House, home of Oscar ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 06:48, 5 November 2022
- 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his ... enough serious commentary on current affairs and on events in the worlds of ...20 KB (3,216 words) - 19:16, 3 August 2022
- Roman Catholic Church elects a new Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- , is a landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise ... Marbury, who had been appointed as Justice of the Peace in the District of ...23 KB (3,669 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under ... Forms of nonviolence draw inspiration from both religious or ethical ...51 KB (7,370 words) - 02:40, 16 November 2022
- is believed to be a powerful, evil entity and the tempter of humankind. ... The Hebrew Bible does not assign this level of personification to ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- yoga")Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (Macmillan ... The origins of the scholarly Indian Yogācāra tradition were rooted ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- Thomas Gage (1719 – April 2, 1787) was a British general and commander ... Gage was born in Firle, England the second son of the first Viscount ...15 KB (2,235 words) - 21:09, 30 April 2023
- to Easter (lasting, in Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism, from Ash Wednesday ... It is a time of somber reflection, fasting, and spiritual preparation ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening ... Finnney ignited a wave of spiritual transformation among a sector ...24 KB (3,726 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
