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- of his time. Tindal believed that Christianity's basic principles ... Between the early 1690s and his death in 1733 Tindal made major contributions ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions ... and Catholicism split. The term Eastern Christianity, therefore, is more of ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- logos as the intermediate being. In Christianity, various doctrines about ... == Christianity == In Christianity, the prologue of the Gospel of John ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- was developed in Rome and adapted by early Christians, whose ideal was ... Early Stoics taught that the passions and emotions were to be eliminated ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 05:58, 11 August 2023
- The Apostolic Fathers were a group of early Christian leaders believed ... "proto-orthodox" strain of early Christianity, as well as its intellectual ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- blend of various traditions including Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism ... his father's mystic temperament. At an early age, Mani was influenced ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- governmental opposition to Christianity (Christian teachings threatened ... #039;s Confucian culture by eradicating Christianity; the sacrifice of these ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 17:52, 27 July 2023
- tones. Plato’s influence on medieval Christianity was mediated by Neoplatonism ... dualistic Manichaeism and convert to Christianity. Three or four years after ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- him from teaching after he converted to Christianity. He was an influential ... the thought of Augustine of Hippo and other early Christian philosophers. ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- Adolf von Harnack's The Essence of Christianity, established Jesus as ... and cultural circumstances of early Christianity by dismissing Judaism ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 20:03, 25 October 2022
- history. He is an important figure in the early twentieth century liberal ... In this context, he produced works on Christianity’s claim to absolute truth ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- the North" and the patron saint of Christianity in Scandinavia. the Danes dealt him severe setbacks in the early 840s. Later, he was able ...11 KB (1,722 words) - 05:16, 31 July 2023
- E. Ferguson, Doctrinal Diversity: Varieties of Early Christianity ... *Ferguson, E. Doctrinal Diversity: Varieties of Early Christianity ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- were made to endure. In Japan, where Christianity is the faith of but a ... Endo’s eternal theme was “the Japanese and Christianity.” When ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- to convert King Ethelbert of England to Christianity. Augustine baptized thousands ... their arrival, converting Æthelbert to Christianity. Æthelbert gave the monks ...8 KB (1,136 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- of Rome for seven to ten years in the early second century. According ... Liber Pontificalis reports that all the early popes were martyrs, the accuracy ...6 KB (917 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- According to the editors of the Jewish Encyclopedia, early Israelite ... and passages in the early Psalms: [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 18:30, 8 December 2023
- variously interpreted in traditional Christianity. Some, taking the numbers ... comes from descendants of Jacob, but from early Christians, and those of ...9 KB (1,421 words) - 06:27, 13 June 2023
- and within the contexts and history of Christianity. While Ethics as a philosophical ... and commentaries on Scripture of the early Church fathers. During the ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 21:19, 9 November 2022
- of a fish, said to have been used by early Christians as a secret symbol ... The use of the Ichthys symbol by early Christians appears to date ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- While non-Christian traditions such as Judaism used scrolls, early ... ==Socio-historical contexts of codex in early Christianity== ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- affixed to the cross. Within Western Christianity, many crucifixes and other ... with the various traditions of Christianity. A monogram is a motif ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls ... * McDonald, Lee M. Early Christianity and its Sacred Literature. Hendrickson ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 04:26, 24 May 2024
- a summary of the dogmatic writings of the Early Church Fathers. ... John de Damascene, and a treasured antiquity of Christianity. ...10 KB (1,476 words) - 08:10, 3 August 2022
- himself with the Dominicans in the early 1500s, Pfefferkorn condemned ... and released in 1504. He converted to Christianity, in 1505, and was baptized ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 07:19, 5 April 2024
- grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity in 987 and is generally ... through his military exploits. During his early reign, he remained a zealous ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- 150 – 215) (Titus Flavius Clemens) was an early Christian philosopher and ... Clement attempts to set forth Christianity for the faithful in the ...14 KB (2,240 words) - 11:08, 19 December 2023
- In the early church, Christians would acknowledge the anniversary ... religious traditions within and beyond Christianity have designated special ...6 KB (918 words) - 13:36, 17 May 2021
- the title of his lectures being Christianity and Civilization. ... strongly interested in a dialog between Christianity and secular life. He, ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 08:14, 31 December 2020
- who pioneered the effort to free Christianity from what he called its ... He was the leading historian of early Christianity—indeed of Christianity ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 06:02, 15 June 2023
- philosophy and Christian life. He was an early critic of John Locke, whose ... knowledge was only to better understand Christianity. Among his most popular ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 07:01, 3 August 2022
- N. S. Chandramouli, "Did Buddhism influence early Christianity ... *Chandramouli, N.S. "Did Buddhism influence early Christianity ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- Ebyonim, "the poor ones") were an early sect of Jewish followers ... The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- in the history of Scottish and Celtic Christianity. It is renowned as the ... renowned for its ancient connection to Celtic Christianity. ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- Giordano Bruno, and in 1696 published Christianity not Mysterious, claiming ... === Early Education === John Toland was born November 30, 1670 in Ardagh ...15 KB (2,286 words) - 07:58, 3 August 2022
- Peter. He was renowned for bringing Christianity to Romania, Ukraine, and ... Andrew was selected by Jesus to be an apostle. In Christianity, an ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- which "emerges unchallenged in early Christianity" (10), promotes ... * Garrison, Roman. 1993. "Redemptive Almsgiving in Early Christianity ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- Christianity stands as India's third largest religion, following ... ==Early Christianity in India== [[Image:Christian prayers in tamil ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Jewish and Islamic, rational theology. Early Christian writers modified ... == Emanationism in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity == Aspects of emanationism ...12 KB (1,737 words) - 17:51, 13 February 2024
- In early Christian schools, especially after the beginning of the ... The period extending from the beginning of Christianity through the ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 17:20, 25 January 2023
- Oswald's call to revivify English Christianity. In his missionary labors ... nothing is known of the monk's early life, save that he was a ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- in regards to its henotheistic framework. Early Roman divinities included ... but some observers have argued that Christianity may plausibly be described ...15 KB (2,313 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- including their parallels with early Christianity—is still utilized ... part was his parallel between early Christianity and other religions ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 21:27, 29 May 2023
- he later turned to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and was the first Bulgarian ... His embrace of Christianity may have been his attempt to unite the ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- chose to follow in these footsteps at an early age, experiencing a “personal ... in exercising his pastoral ministry. Two early influences impacted his thinking ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- Christians and the Mosaic Law within Early Christianity. ... also admits that he personally opposed the early Christian movement. Paul ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- which together make up Eastern Christianity, acknowledge that Adam ... in the Early Church. Studies in early Christianity, v. 10. New York: Garland ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 02:15, 18 November 2022
- and East Asia. "Nestorian" Christianity reached China by 635, ... and literary texts. Nestorian Christianity reached China by 635, ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- 1931, which drew attention to the classic early church ransom understanding ... of a historical study beginning with the early church and tracing their ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 21:44, 10 December 2023
- with the widespread legitimization of Christianity, together with the bitter ... Rome, as well as the acceptability of Christianity among the Roman elites ...13 KB (2,066 words) - 18:08, 24 January 2024
- Hegelian idealism which supported Christianity, and developed instead ... after the publication of The Essence of Christianity (1841), in which he contended ...24 KB (3,623 words) - 02:37, 5 November 2022
- In Christianity, Sabellianism is the belief that God the Father, God ... was the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy. ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- John is revered as a saint by most of Christianity, except for those ... unknown non-eyewitness from as late as the early second century. While the ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 17:09, 4 May 2024
- Mary had a much more powerful role in the early church than is currently ... an intriguing glimpse into a kind of Christianity lost for almost fifteen ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- theologian who was excommunicated by the early church at Rome as a heretic; ... New Testament. He declared that Christianity was distinct from, and ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- Because of his sympathetic attitude to the early Christians, at an early date Christian ecclesiastical tradition has supposed that Gamaliel I ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:07, 18 April 2024
- his name. Ephrem's works witness to an early, vibrant expression of Christian ... Various pagan religions, Judaism, and early Christian sects vied with ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- E.), and continues through the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Western ... to a millennium, until the rise of Christianity. It is considered by most ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 12:38, 5 May 2024
- In its early history, one of the Church's earliest ecclesiological ... Christian Church. Historically, the early Christianity began as a sect within ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 11:58, 7 May 2024
- important Platonists of the late fifth and early sixth centuries, including ... school were Christians, or converted to Christianity later. There is some debate ...15 KB (2,178 words) - 17:13, 26 July 2023
- and Arabs as barbarian. This may be an early example of Culture War. There ... Little is known about Philip's early life and political career ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- In biographical reminiscences recorded by Barbara Branden in the early 1960s, Ayn Rand named Lossky as her primary philosophy teacher at the ...12 KB (1,405 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- of Paul and Thecla was widely read in the early Christian churches and survives ... and the experience of persecution in early Christianity. Many have noted that ...15 KB (2,334 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- to physical anthropology. In his early career however, he spent ... from types already differentiated in the early Pleistocene. ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 11:11, 16 August 2023
- Rome at a crucial era in the history of Christianity, during the reign of Constantine ... During Sylvester's pontificate, Christianity became the favored ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- Commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV to preach Christianity in the Nearer ... the latter did apparently not embrace Christianity, he threw no obstacles ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:25, 22 May 2024
- of contact rather than a refuge. In the early ninteenth century, Christianity ... a treaty with Korea following the incident. Early in the following year, Japan ...8 KB (1,114 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- The Apostles' Creed (Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum) is an early statement of Christian belief, that is widely accepted in western Christianity ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- became martyrs to their faith, a form of Arian Christianity. ... Ulfilas is thus be considered by "orthodox" Christianity ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- in study of languages around the world. His early work was on the Mon-Khmer ... and essentially similar to the God in Christianity. Here are some typical ...10 KB (1,397 words) - 12:00, 5 May 2023
- #039;s views also indirectly shaped early Christianity, in which Jesus appears ... of the background to the story of early Christianity. When Jesus, at the ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 13:10, 27 January 2023
- in the West. While he was still young, Christianity became the officially ... Although still a married man, in his early 50s he was unanimously elected ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 13:14, 22 January 2024
- for his deeply mystical writings about Christianity, particularly about the ... === Christianity and pantheism: Historical background === ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 23:33, 14 November 2022
- Montanism was an early Christian sectarian movement beginning in the ... power politics in the development of early Christianity. It is important for ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:12, 9 November 2022
- a tradition which supposes that all the early popes were martyrs and saints ... * Chapman, John. Studies on the Early Papacy. Port Washington, NY: ...4 KB (592 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) of Christianity. At the age of sixteen ... anchored in the Bay of Edo. From a very early age, Uchimura exhibited a ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- Papias (d. mid-second century) was one of the early literary figures ... , Papias was highly regarded by many of the early Church Fathers. According ...14 KB (2,122 words) - 07:32, 18 November 2022
- in the mid-second century. In his time, the early papacy began to take on a ... years-of-age, was especially honored in the early church, as he had been a ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 09:26, 24 November 2022
- commonly known in relation to the European Early Middle Ages (from about 476 ... have come to the fore: Late Antiquity, the Early Middle Ages, and the Great ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- In the early 1900s, a Chinese Taoist named Wang Yuanlu appointed himself ... An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity. London: I.B. Tauris. ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- observed by several faiths including Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism. Within ... Within Christianity, the rite of foot-washing appears to have been ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern ... by some to be an innovation postdating the early church. It is likely that ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 17:05, 10 October 2020
- to every kind of external worship. Christianity has borrowed, without ... This symbolism was adopted by early Christianity, and thus many early ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along ... in 1819. His sermon, titled Unitarian Christianity, expounded upon the distinctive ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- Enoch and movements in both Judaism and Christianity. Later, Enoch was referred ... are divergent opinions of Enoch. After Christianity and Judaism had completely ...11 KB (1,772 words) - 11:37, 5 February 2022
- although some remained by converting to Christianity. Among these some remained ... (which had already been patronized by the early Damascus-based Umayyads) ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 20:23, 1 November 2023
- modern period relating to the history of early Christianity. ... Hammadi discovery for students of early Christianity and Gnosticism can ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:06, 10 November 2022
- Negative theology has a place in the Christianity as well, although ... Adherents of the apophatic tradition in Christianity hold that, outside ...18 KB (2,832 words) - 16:09, 11 November 2022
- At the end of 428, or in the early part of 429, Nestorius preached ... *Griggs, C. Wilfred. Early Egyptian Christianity from its Origins ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- who had a profound understanding of Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism ... For example, though he believed in Christianity, he had a number of questions ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ... quot; is often used in discussing early Christianity. Jesus, his family ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- force would keep foreign ideas (i.e., Christianity) and foreign powers at ... doors. Catholicism had spread to China as early as the sixteenth century ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- Adoptionism arose among early Christians seeking to reconcile the ... and God the Father, while maintaining Christianity's monotheism. ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 06:15, 15 June 2023
- quot;glorious" martyrdom. Although all early popes are called martyrs ... * Chapman, John. Studies on the Early Papacy. Port Washington, NY: ...4 KB (637 words) - 11:50, 13 February 2022
- During the closing years of the reign of Commodus (180-192) and the ... Rome: Social Order and Hierarchy in Early Christianity. Minneapolis: Fortress ...14 KB (2,181 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- First described by Anna Eliza Bray in the early nineteenth century, pixies ... about pixies was Anna Eliza Bray in the early nineteenth century. Bray ...8 KB (1,284 words) - 06:21, 24 November 2022
- and was consequently converted to Christianity and received baptism. ... *[http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/alban.html St Alban] Early ...10 KB (1,607 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- Early Christianity had a natural and special fondness for apocalyptic ... Literature in Judaism and Early Christianity] by Professor L. Michael ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- Manichaean faith before converting to Christianity, passionately denounced ... of Jesus Christ," but the early Christian Church rejected ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- had sinned could receive absolution. Early Christianity abandoned this practice ... itself was destroyed in 70 C.E., Jewish Christianity quickly declined and Pauline ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- criminal law may be seen as deriving from early halakhic tradition, such ... ===Early Christianity and halakha=== The history of earliest Christianity ...19 KB (2,783 words) - 16:56, 21 January 2024
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean Christianity today maintains a strong and vibrant presence ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- quot; in The Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, ed. Everett Ferguson ... Confessor" in Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (New York: Garland ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 01:06, 9 November 2022
- church had not yet emerged as Western Christianity's administrative ... dates and his position in the order of the early Roman bishops. Some place ...11 KB (1,675 words) - 04:02, 26 November 2022
- his "overlordship" of Ireland as early as 1155. ... may have unfolded differently. Celtic Christianity might have continued to ...16 KB (2,466 words) - 01:09, 2 July 2020
- == Early life, conversion, and marriage == of John Wesley), William developed an early interest in Methodism. His ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- of human society, and ignoring the effects of the early history and unique development of each community as influencing its economic phenomena. ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- Archaeological evidence for an early templon comes from the Hagios ... Though there is some architectural and archaeological evidence of ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- well as from his earlier immersion into Christianity. From this the Ghost Dance ... Little else is known about his early life, only that when he was about ...9 KB (1,467 words) - 14:00, 20 May 2023
- In the early church, the Alpha-and-Omega symbol became Christ's ... In early Christianity, the Alpha and Omega were often used as the ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- was celebrated at Antioch. Lucian was an early and influential theologian ... likely that the reconciliation took place early in the episcopate of Cyril ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- church after the legalization of Christianity by Emperor Constantine ... doctrine in all major branches of Christianity. Arius taught that although ...25 KB (3,876 words) - 06:26, 12 August 2023
- in the rural villages and hamlets after Christianity had been generally accepted ... recorded usage: "The divisions of Christianity suspended the ruin of ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- crucifix goes back to the beginning of Christianity, and Christ's death ... the East and the West, far predating Christianity itself in the form of ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- of the study of logic in England in the early part of the nineteenth century ... Whately was a great talker, and during his early life he loved to ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 01:50, 14 December 2022
- of Jesus. Its date has been estimated as early as 45 C.E. and as late as ... (Acts 12:1). However, some challenge an early date on the basis of some ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- Churches and The Absoluteness of Christianity and the History of Religions ... study of how secular factors fragmented Christianity in America. In 1930, he ...24 KB (3,589 words) - 18:47, 29 July 2023
- instrumental in the establishment of Christianity in India, the Malay Archipelago ... === Early Life and Education === According to a family register, Francis ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- of Carthage, martyr, and an important early Christian writer involved ... to whom he owed his conversion. In the early days of his conversion he ...14 KB (2,280 words) - 19:36, 22 December 2022
- the Colossian church, apparently an early form of ascetic Gnosticism ... asceticism, and Jewish practices with Christianity, thereby promising believers ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:41, 7 January 2024
- and bring the Vikings there to Christianity. According to one legend ... in Norway, Leif reportedly converted to Christianity, like many Norse of that ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- Kerala) in South India, who follow Syriac Christianity. ... of the Malabari locals who joined early Christianity returned to their earlier ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- the Enlightenment he trusted in a "Christianity of Reason" that orients ... Early in his life, Lessing showed interest in the theatre. In his ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 04:50, 24 May 2024
- used in Jewish Christian congregations as early as the first century CE. ... of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity. Rochester, Vt: Inner ...11 KB (1,737 words) - 04:36, 24 May 2024
- and demanding utmost discipline. These early experiences influenced Ely’s ... of God’s will. The role of Christianity was to reform society ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- to the theory and practice of Christianity: an endorsement of the ... and is regarded as one of the greatest early leaders of the church by ...20 KB (3,060 words) - 18:42, 19 August 2023
- #039;s monotheistic ideas were formed as early as 1804, when he published ... In the early 1820s, Roy assisted the Baptists at Serampore in their ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- these passages reflect the tradition of the early church at the time that the ... The Eucharistic celebrations of the early Christians were embedded ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- and his critical thought about Christianity, which Tillich thought ... to recreate a meaningful link between Christianity and contemporary society ...22 KB (3,350 words) - 01:34, 23 November 2022
- papyrus in a codex form during the early part of the second century. ... the handles, usually uncovered. In a later Early Christian era, scrolls became ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- Later in life Geronimo embraced Christianity, and stated: ... In his final days he renounced his belief in Christianity, returning ...9 KB (1,383 words) - 18:20, 21 May 2024
- Robert Eno, "Early Oracle Inscriptions" in Donald S. Lopez ... missionaries in northern China in the early twentieth century preferred ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- Two brothers, Antoine and Jean, died early in life. His father was able ... befriended Desiderius Erasmus. During the early sixteenth century, Basel ...12 KB (1,792 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- He is also known for making Christianity the official state religion ... ==Support for Christianity == Theodosius promoted Nicene Trinitarianism ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- and the homeless, she sought to bring Christianity to the people. She was ... of her life did little to slow Booth down. Early on, she was an advocate of ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 16:14, 3 December 2023
- the two major divisions within Christianity at the time. Its was followed ... was finally restored, and Chalcedonian Christianity was once again the official ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 18:33, 7 February 2022
- The spread of Christianity naturally created a great demand for copies ... printing was introduced into Boston as early as 1676, Philadelphia in ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- the Christians. The emperor thus left Christianity relatively free, and so ... his general proscriptions against Christianity to the ranks of the military ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 04:03, 26 November 2022
- priest and missionary who introduced Christianity and Western ideas to the ... in Peking. In addition to establishing Christianity in China, he showed Chinese ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- in the city which became one of early Christianity's most important ... quot; Works of the Church Fathers in early Christianity prior to Nicene Christianity ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- by Lawrence Stepelevich, 1989), and Christianity Exposed: A Recollection ... htm Bruno Bauer and Early Christianity] – Marx and Engels ...21 KB (3,103 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- were the conversion of Armenia to Christianity by St. Gregory the Illuminator ... Tiridates III in 301, Armenia adopted Christianity as its official religion ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- that the Monophysite branches of Christianity could be reconciled to ... The major leaders of Eastern Christianity cooperated with the imperial ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- death. Historically, both Judaism and Christianity harshly punished apostasy ... replicating the conditions of early Christianity, or any of the major ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- reaching back to Saint Maron in the early fifth century C.E. The first ... The city of Antioch became a center for Christianity following the destruction ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 16:35, 27 January 2022
- also appears in the New Testament and early Christian writings, and is ... heaven and hell was passed on to both Christianity and Islam (in which heaven ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- into the beliefs and controversies of early Christianity. ... Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury ...24 KB (3,164 words) - 00:13, 30 January 2024
- enlighten mankind, also competed with Christianity for the spiritual loyalty ... completed the façade, a highly influential early Baroque design. The dynamic ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- The kingdom adopted the religion of Christianity in the fourth century ... converting in the fourth century to Christianity, as the second official ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- pointing out that conversion to Christianity itself required the use ... In fact, the first introduction of Christianity and the success of all ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 05:24, 31 July 2023
- It is widely believed that, but for his early death, he might have attained ... both the radicalism of the time with a fervent Christianity. ...8 KB (1,221 words) - 06:55, 18 April 2024
- The monastery library preserves the second largest collection of early ... of art: mosaics, the best collection of early icons in the world, many ...14 KB (2,007 words) - 19:14, 22 December 2022
- It goes back to the Mycenaean language (an early form of Greek) where the ... with Egyptians who retained their Christianity. In the twentieth century ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
- that the tide of history was running in Christianity's favor. Despite ... by the army, although details of his early life are elusive. He married ...18 KB (2,788 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- messianic "world to come." In Christianity, religious exclusivism ... of monotheism in Israelite society. Early in Israel's history ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- emigrating to the United States in 1846. An early supporter of reforms such ... (now Lomnička), Bohemia. He received his early Hebrew education from his ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- Although early Vedic Hinduism is largely considered to be polytheistic ... theology was somewhat panentheistic. Some early Hasidic texts seemed to uphold ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- expectation of the Messiah. In Christianity, Malachi's prophecies ... to that of Martin Luther in the history of Christianity. ...17 KB (2,748 words) - 20:37, 17 May 2023
- and one of the great spokespersons for Christianity in the twentieth century. happen. In 1931, he reconverted to the Christianity of his youth. From that ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- of French industrialization. He also was an early believer in the emancipation ... banker from Dauphiné. After receiving his early education at a lyceum, he ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 10:59, 20 September 2023
- Mithraism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Shintoism. Indeed ... victory of light over darkness, and Christianity's Incarnation as ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- In Christianity, a gospel is generally one of four canonical books ... refers in general to works of a genre of Early Christian literature.Peter ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 04:23, 24 May 2024
- eighteenth-century movement in modern Christianity which taught that reason—rather ... to be a set of rational grounds for Christianity. They used Platonism to ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 09:13, 28 January 2024
- *Pagden, Anthony. 1987. The Languages of political theory in early-modern Europe. Ideas in context. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University ...9 KB (1,233 words) - 05:40, 11 August 2023
- end of the nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. Along ... in The Sources, specifically to Christianity. He returned to Peirce ...24 KB (3,666 words) - 19:58, 7 September 2022
- that preceded the Easter celebration in the early Church. ... With the imposition of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- dead before Constantine I made Christianity the state's favored ... Constantine: The Trial and Testimony of the Early Church. Worcester, Pa: Christian ...10 KB (1,623 words) - 04:04, 26 November 2022
- reign, the Visigoths of Spain converted to Christianity. ... The schism at Aquileia ended relatively early. Around 581, the Bishop ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 11:39, 13 February 2022
- The phoenix became a symbol of Christianity in early literature, either from the ancient Hebrew legend or from the incorporation of Greek and ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- U.S. Gibran's work, which blended Christianity with Middle Eastern spirituality ... Syriac and Arabic languages. During these early days, Gibran began developing ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 03:34, 6 October 2022
- interpretation reach deep into early Christianity. In the second century ... was virtually universal throughout early Christianity, being advocated by ...15 KB (2,463 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- Before the arrival of the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and ... Tenggara, Papua and Kalimantan. Later, Christianity spread from the coastal ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- == Conversion to Christianity == Hong recovered and returned to his ... evangelism and idiosyncratic quasi-Christianity. The sect segregated men ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls ... in E. Ferguson. Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, Second Ed. (Garland ...13 KB (2,215 words) - 15:25, 4 February 2023
- Charles Schmidt. The Social Results of Early Christianity. (London: ... *Schmidt, Charles. The Social Results of Early Christianity. London: ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 09:46, 12 May 2024
- Christianity constitutes India's third-largest religion, following ... in Old Goa, the capital of Goa in the early days of Portuguese rule, ...14 KB (2,118 words) - 03:56, 24 May 2024
- The Donatist movement was a branch of Christianity in north Africa, eventually deemed heretical, which began in the early fourth century C.E ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- exile or death. Nevertheless, during the early part of his reign, Sixtus ... Catholic and Novatianist sects of Christianity, and thus the antipope ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 11:45, 13 February 2022
- Skoptsi, Scoptsy) were a secret sect of Christianity in imperial Russia, best ... Christian times, with many of the early church (such as Origen) castrating ...10 KB (1,493 words) - 22:47, 29 January 2023
- This work is a mixture of Christianity and that Slavic paganism that ... its mix of ancient Slavic religion and Christianity. Igor's wife Yaroslavna ...10 KB (1,577 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, an astrologer ... Plethon, Ficino tried to synthesize Christianity and Platonism. ...12 KB (1,803 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2022
- with the proper religious impressions from an early age. ... two angels as the symbol of Judaism and Christianity united in peace. ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 06:05, 11 March 2024
- was was a strong proponent of liberal Christianity and was devoted to comparative ... after losing their faith in Christianity were dedicated to Budge ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- sought to live a "practical Christianity." One of their more ... persevered through some lean years. In the early 1880s, chapters were opened ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 15:41, 6 May 2023
- seventeenth centuries who adopted Christianity, either through coercion ... Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- in 1917. Chiang Kai Shek converted to Christianity and divorced his first ... China, and had converted to Methodist Christianity. Her father, Sung Yao ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- of various religions and nations, from Christianity and Islam to Morocco and ... === Christianity === Connections between the pentagram and Christianity ...20 KB (3,104 words) - 07:21, 23 November 2022
- sister monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that claim ... is sometimes contrasted to Judaism and Christianity, as for example in Surah ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- the understanding of Platonism until early modern times. His interpretation ... Porphyry is also known as an opponent of Christianity and defender ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- importance in the history of the early church. Most of his papacy ... #039;s tolerant policy toward Christianity temporarily ended. Decius ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- Stoic ideas had an influence on early Christianity, and on the thought ... only fragments of the written works of the early Stoics are preserved. In ...21 KB (3,500 words) - 00:46, 26 February 2023
- Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, many Orthodox Jews and Noahides ... is permissible for gentiles. The Tosafist (early Talmud commentators) Rabbi ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 09:58, 11 March 2023
- attempts have been made to connect early Christianity and Pythagoreanism ... in Pythagoreanism and the roots of Christianity in Essenism are flawed ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 21:31, 20 March 2024
- theologians and scholars of the early Christian Church. He is thought ... as the first endeavor to present Christianity as a complete theory of ...23 KB (3,479 words) - 01:25, 18 November 2022
- Priest in ancient Judaism and Christ in Christianity are examples. Christianity ... In Christianity the doctrine of atonement is very diverse unlike the ...32 KB (5,060 words) - 18:12, 21 August 2023
- His writings played a decisive role in the early development of medieval philosophy ... France. Little is known of William’s early life; the date of his birth ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- Sikh. When a boy, he converted to Christianity, incurring the rejection ... === Early years === Sundar Singh had been born into an important landowning ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- of Korea's Joseon Dynasty, An's early years were spent in an atmosphere ... In his late teenage years, he converted to Christianity, which was ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- disagreements about certain books in early Christianity and, indeed, still ... *Ferguson, Everett, ed. Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. (Garland ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- Buddhism, some denominations of Christianity, Hinduism, shamanism, ... Since the dawn of Christianity, relics have been an important part ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- in 369. He was ordained a priest in the early 380s and became a prolific ... By the early fifth century, Theodore had become the best known spokesman ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 17:59, 30 April 2023
- Evaluation of the relationship of early Christianity with Mithraism ... *Hoffmann, J.J. Mithraism and Early Christianity. Northwestern University ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- plot of land hosted Romans, Saxons, and an early abbey. According to the early church tradition Joseph of Arimathea was a ...11 KB (1,740 words) - 17:35, 23 May 2024
- ===Birth and Early Life=== The exact location of St. Patrick's ... which had little familiarity with Christianity. St. Patrick traveled ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 00:49, 23 December 2022
- as a saint by different branches of Christianity. For example, the Armenian ... that the names were not recorded perfectly by the early church. ...13 KB (2,095 words) - 08:48, 12 May 2024
- Morioka Clan in Iwate, he converted to Christianity while a student at the ... increasing militarism in Japan during the early 1930s. He wrote many books ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- image. He strove not only to plant Christianity, and especially Methodism ... denominations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. ==Legacy== ...11 KB (1,655 words) - 13:51, 8 February 2022
- ===The early church=== observes that this view is "as old as Christianity." ...19 KB (2,732 words) - 07:00, 25 July 2023
- and Gushnasaph, and in Ethiopian Christianity the Magi are named Karsudan ... An early Anglo-Saxon picture survived on the Franks Casket, probably ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- social movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It remains ... real change in society on earth. In his Christianity and the Social Crisis ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 21:44, 30 January 2023
- understanding of English literature, Christianity, and Western culture, ... Robert Kenneth Evans. Encounter with Christianity changed his value perspective ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- Test holes have confirmed the temple site was occupied as early as ... majority of Ephesians did convert to Christianity. The pagan temples were ...16 KB (2,567 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- Very little is known of Adrian's early life. Born a patrician ... State."Paul A. Johnson, History of Christianity. (NY: Atheneum, 1987. ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam understand ... the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, although it ...31 KB (4,834 words) - 01:16, 7 April 2022
- ). ibid.However, writings of the second and early third century indicate that ... taken to be about seven. In Eastern Christianity, including the Eastern ...16 KB (2,399 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- him well in the tumultuous climate of the early Church. Further, his studies ... and diplomat, little is known of his early life. In fact, the estimates ...21 KB (3,429 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- However, a tradition preserved by the early church historian Eusebius ... and this tradition is in evidence from as early as the second century. Textually ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- These early religious heroes, of whom Saint Anthony (251-356) is likely ... that he first came into contact with Christianity, in the form of local ...11 KB (1,740 words) - 00:48, 23 December 2022
- him to doubt the validity of orthodox Christianity. In 1863, he graduated ... knowledge could be reconciled, and early in his career, became a popular ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 06:36, 8 April 2024
- Bartholomew is reputed to have brought Christianity to Armenia in the first ... the Holy and Glorious Apostle Bartholomew] Early Church Fathers. ...11 KB (1,622 words) - 19:13, 22 December 2022
- The early part of the chronicle is rich in anecdotal stories, among ... Pogodin (RNB, Pogodin 1401 composed in the early seventeenth century). ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- more than one Buddha throughout time. The early Buddhist scriptures known ... in the Theravada school, and the other early Buddhist schools. ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- prayer that developed in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. ... Though not well known or understood in other branches of Christianity ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 11:44, 22 January 2024
- An Introduction to Theology in the Early Church. The great theologians ... Category:Christianity Category:biography Category:religious figures ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 05:26, 5 April 2021
- as well as the printing of books on Christianity in Chinese, Morrison and ... along well together. They also studied an early Chinese translation of Gospels ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- for initiation into an sect of Gnostic Christianity. ==Text and date== ... role in Gnosticism than in orthodox Christianity. An introduction appears ...17 KB (2,741 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- Catholic priest, he harbored many doubts about Christianity. ... by the humanitarian aspects of Christianity than its doctrines. ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 11:18, 28 September 2023
- a popular metaphor in both Judaism and Christianity, the creature nonetheless ... view faces some difficulty, however, as early Jewish people in the Near ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- the ancient world. Converting to Christianity in the fourth century ... Rome, and China. It converted to Christianity in 325 or 328, under King ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Aurelius, although it may still be too early to speak of him as a "pope ... Pius is one of the first early Roman bishops for whom we have a some ...7 KB (1,124 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- finds have been discovered there since the early twentieth century. It is ... Israeli Prisoners Dig Their Way to Early Christianity.] Retrieved November ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- important work, From the Stone Age to Christianity: Monotheism and the Historical ... of Palestine: From the Stone Age to Christianity, and The Biblical Period ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- much farther than Paul in divorcing Christianity from its Jewish roots ... other possible authors were suggested as early as the third century C.E ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- ===Influences and early work=== tradition of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century liberal ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- Midrashic lore. It was also well known to Early Christian writers in the ... unrecorded text for Genesis and the early chapters of Exodus, one that ...13 KB (2,033 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- designating the faithful), such that many early saints (even those who were ... theologian of the second millennium of Christianity) says, "Since the ...17 KB (2,634 words) - 19:27, 25 November 2023
- In his early adolescence, the youth chose to forsake his family (including ... Given his formative role in British Christianity, it is not surprising ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- of Peter is an example of popular early Christian apocalyptic literature ... Salvation of Non-Christians in Early Christianity. Oxford studies in ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 06:02, 11 August 2023
- Christian faith in order to strengthen Christianity among his subjects. wanted to ensure the maintenance of the Christianity in his kingdom and, therefore ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- is noted for opposing Arianism during his early career, but later seems to ... During Liberius' early reign he was much involved in defending ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 11:07, 13 February 2022
- scholars like Tasan worked to adapt Christianity and Western ideas with ... mounted against Tasan and his family. As early as 1785 and 1787 incidents ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 07:14, 31 July 2022
- Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism & Early Christianity. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson ... * Roukema, Riemer. Gnosis and Faith in Early Christianity: An Introduction ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- and accepted his wife's conversion to Christianity. ... The early years of Otetiani are a matter of tradition; some hold his ...21 KB (3,357 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- While believed by many scholars to have been written quite early, ... most important find in understanding early Christianity outside the New Testament ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 04:31, 24 May 2024
- was enacted in the colony of Virginia in the early 1600s, and required attendance at church on Sunday. Subsequently, blue laws were passed in the ...11 KB (1,685 words) - 23:53, 11 January 2023
- theologies, and scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and other world religions. ... was the "the Unification of World Christianity." However, the ability ...14 KB (2,005 words) - 18:06, 1 December 2023
- for a time, most successful theologian in early Christian Gnosticism. In ... in Alexandria, a metropolitan center of early Christian theology. There ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- term state church is associated with Christianity, and is sometimes used ... it permitted official favor for Christianity, which Constantine intended ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- core of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible. In Christianity, the Pentateuch forms ... In Christianity, the Pentateuch forms the beginning of the Old Testament ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
