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- 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 ability of a chemical to behave as both an acid and a base is ... Generally, such a substance acts as an acid in the presence of a base ...5 KB (789 words) - 17:25, 26 July 2023
- John the Apostle, also known as John the Divine and John the Son of ... According to the New Testament, John came from a family of fisherman ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 17:09, 4 May 2024
- 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 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 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
- (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
- to a story recorded in the apocryphal Acts of Peter, he was crucified head ... ===Sayings and Acts of Peter=== Two sayings are attributed to Peter ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- 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
- The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws passed by the United States ... The most controversial of the four statutes was the Sedition Act, ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 18:22, 21 July 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
- 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
- C.E., best known for his role in the trial of Jesus. His full name was Yosef ... A member of the party of the Sadducees, Caiaphas was the son-in-law ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- 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
- Hebrew: Mattay or Mattithyahu; "Gift of Yahweh"—first century ... Described as a tax collector working near the Sea of Galilee, Matthew ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- colonists against against the imposition of a British tax on tea and to ... by Great Britain on the colonies. In protest of the tax, Sons of Liberty patriots ...9 KB (1,449 words) - 19:52, 20 November 2023
- Sabotage is deliberate action taken with the purpose of weakening ... Although the use of direct violence against people appears to be a ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 18:32, 22 December 2022
- Pope Saint Marcellinus was the bishop of Rome beginning c. 296 until ... that he indeed did so but had repented of his sin and redeemed himself ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 04:03, 26 November 2022
- and Hippolytus), and the apocryphal Acts of Peter and Clementine literature. ... ===Acts of Peter=== The apocryphal Acts of Peter (ca. 150-200 C.E. ...29 KB (4,732 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- 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 Moscow, Russia, which gives performances of ballet and opera. The theater ... ==Significance of the Name== The name comes from the Russian word, ...6 KB (876 words) - 07:17, 17 November 2023
- The Harrowing of Hell is a doctrine in Christian theology, derived ... The "Harrowing of Hell" doctrine was especially popular ...14 KB (2,171 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- :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
- ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... derives from the Greek name for Shavuot, one of the three Jewish Pilgrimage ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- The New Testament is the name given to the second and final portion ... collected into a single volume over a period of several centuries. They consist ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- affirms that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. ... who live under the visible representative of Christ. However, there are ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 22:43, 10 November 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
- The Letter of Peter to Philip; The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles; ... ** The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles ** The Thunder, Perfect Mind ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:06, 10 November 2022
- a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. He was renowned ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- The Third Council of Constantinople, also known as the Sixth Ecumenical ... for opposing Monothelitism during the reign of Emperor Constans II. ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- The Third Epistle of John (also referred to as 3 John) is a book of ... Though short, the letter describes a fascinating set of circumstances ...7 KB (1,190 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- #039;s will remains free under the action of divine grace. Molina developed ... One of the most controversial thinkers in the history of Catholic ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars ... Apocalypse of James," the "Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- known as St. Judas or Jude Thaddeus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ... Jude the apostle is widely viewed as a saint by different branches ...13 KB (2,095 words) - 06:38, 28 February 2023
- 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
- The Acts of John is a second century collection of Christian-based ... Circuits of the Apostles, including the Acts of Peter, Andrew, Thomas, and Paul. ...18 KB (3,042 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- 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
- Constantinople. During his reign the schism of the Three Chapters came to ... unwilling or unable to come to the aid of the West, and the pope ultimately ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 11:39, 13 February 2022
- 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
- June 3, 1963), was elected as the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ... throughout the world, despite the objections of small groups of traditionalists ...21 KB (3,268 words) - 04:45, 3 May 2024
- Paternalism refers to acting for the good of another person against ... Paternalism can effect various spheres of life, be it financial (mandatory ...22 KB (3,463 words) - 09:06, 18 November 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
- claim that "moral judgments are capable of being objectively true, because ... the ontological and epistemological assumptions of theism. ...15 KB (2,197 words) - 02:38, 16 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- is engaged in the ministry and leadership of religious group. Within the ... Members of holy orders, as leaders of their religious communities ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- The Epistle of Barnabas, also known as Pseudo-Barnabas, is a Christian ... Today, it is included in most collections of the Apostolic Fathers. ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- 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
- 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
- ђевић) (Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro, December 4/December ... The logic of Yugoslavia was that a unified Balkan state could maximize ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2023
