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  • In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or Anti-Christ is a powerful ... " therefore, "opposite of Christ." The word anti can ...
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  • The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... and youth. As of 2006, the Community of Christ had approximately 200,000 ...
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  • The term Bride of Christ is normally a metaphorical reference to the ... In the Roman Catholic Church, the image of the Church as Christ's ...
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  • Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the ...
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  • affirms that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. ... live under the visible representative of Christ. However, there are many ...
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  • The term Bride of Christ is normally a metaphorical reference to the ... In the Roman Catholic Church, the image of the Church as Christ's ...
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  • of the meaning of the death of Jesus Christ taught in Roman Catholic ... doctrine in that they speak of how Christ's death was satisfactory ...
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  • of the Savior" or "the Christ," and is also related ... In the Roman Catholic Church, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before ...
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  • of Constantinople, who taught that Christ consisted of two distinct ... of the Holy Trinity as the man Jesus Christ. It taught that the human ...
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  • such as the death and resurrection of Christ, salvation, and Paul's ... from faith in Jesus, but by sharing in Christ's suffering and "working ...
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  • In the early church, the Alpha-and-Omega symbol became Christ's ... the first of all beings. There was no one before Him of whom He could have ...
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  • monk and author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most well-known ... of spiritual advice, The Imitation of Christ, in which he urges the reader ...
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  • The term Christus Victor (meaning "Victorious Christ") is ... one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as ...
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  • states that Jesus descended into Hell before being resurrected in order ... usage: first, it refers to the idea that Christ descended into Hell, as expressed ...
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  • life, he is purified by the blood of Christ. Such cleansing is necessary ... will not sin. However, if they do sin, Christ atones for them. Yet, to ...
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  • urged the Colossians to remain focused on Christ, whom he characterized as ... is a "high" Christology in which Christ, rather than his Heavenly ...
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  • and proponent of the view that Christ's humanity and divinity ... Before becoming patriarch (also known as pope in Alexandrian tradition ...
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  • By these accounts, Jesus earned the title Christ through his sinless devotion ... was unacceptable. Adoptionism was common before it was first declared heresy ...
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  • nature and character as the "body of Christ," predestined from the ... statements as: "He chose us in him (Christ) before the creation of the ...
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  • "body" and "blood" of Christ. It is also known as Holy ... Christians generally recognize a special presence of Christ in this ...
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  • Eastern Orthodox Churches. It emphasizes Christ's sacrifice—his death ... comes from the redemption offered through Christ's death on the cross ...
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  • analogy between the church and Christ, as well as husband/wife ... world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any ...
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  • He is to appear at a time in the future, before Yawm al-Qiyamah (The Day ... For some, such figures as the Anti-Christ, ad-Dajjal and their righteous ...
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  • Some consider him to represent Christ, while others believe he ... the events related to the Second Coming of Christ, also referred to as the ...
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  • encourages patience and holiness following Christ's example (3:14–4:19). ... own works, then it must have been written before the mid-second century. However ...
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  • of Nestorius, who had taught that Christ was composed of two distinct ... by insisting on "one nature" in Christ. This led to the Second Council ...
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  • the issue of how to express the concept of Christ as being both fully human ... formula that affirmed "two natures in Christ without confusion, change ...
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  • youth there, later going away to school at Christ's Hospital, a notorious ... published ten years or so later, shortly before Lamb's death. He died ...
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  • the logos (“divine nature”) and Christ (the Son, the Lord) as a ... to Mary, claiming that “Mother of Christ” was appropriate instead ...
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  • of the epistle urges believers to imitate Christ's self-emptying. In ... emphasizes following the example of Christ. Kenosis is only possible ...
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  • seventh century C.E. Its teaching was that Christ's human will was at ... centuries, Monothelitism held that while Christ had two natures (both human ...
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  • controversy over the question of whether Christ had one will or two. It condemned ... certain supposedly Nestorian writings on Christ's "two natures ...
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  • thousand-year, physical reign of Jesus Christ on earth, as espoused in ... Before the appearance of this term, it was apparently called "anti ...
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  • to humanity through the grace of Jesus Christ, and only by faith (not works ... from Jerusalem and spend some time there before moving on to Spain; he hopes ...
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  • Eutychianism, a heresy which taught that Christ's divinity overshadowed ... Hilarius was a native of Sardinia and served as archdeacon at Rome ...
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  • scenes of the Annunciation, Mary bathing Christ, Crucifixion, Entombment ... a detailed, twisted, and bloody figure of Christ on the cross in the center ...
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  • quot; and emphasized the humanity of Christ. Today, Irving is remembered ... a period of judgment in preparation for Christ's imminent return. These ...
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  • celebration of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, and included the commemoration ... is hemera genethlion toutestin epiphanion (Christ's "Birthday; that ...
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  • the souls of righteous people who lived before the time of Christ could ... situation of infants and children who died before they could be baptized. These ...
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  • an early heresy. The creed states that Christ suffered and died on the ... :I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. :He was conceived ...
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  • and which seemed at odds with the teachings of Christ. ... the community. He pointed out that Jesus Christ and his disciples submitted ...
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  • Timothy had returned from Thessalonika before the writing of I Thessalonians ... the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that ...
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  • an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, and is traditionally used ... aspects of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as well as the Christian ...
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  • first-born, Nous (known to history as the Christ). Christ seemed to be a man ... matter is the principle of all evil. Jesus Christ thus only appeared to be ...
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  • affirmed "two natures" within Christ rather than one. It also ... expressed the idea of the unity of Christ's humanity and divinity ...
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  • teaching on the two distinct natures of Christ, divine and human. Nestorius ... However, his teaching of "one nature" in Christ brought ...
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  • of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (known ... that would become the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) or ...
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  • of Chalcedon, which had determined that Christ had "two natures," ... in 451 over the question of whether Christ had "one nature" ...
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  • :And in this Trinity, no one is before or after, greater or less than ... faithfully believe that our Lord Jesus Christ became flesh. ...
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  • a direct encounter with God through Jesus Christ. He, thus, reaffirmed the ... University in Tokyo, Japan, but not before the publication of his three ...
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  • Arian heresy, which they saw as limiting Christ's divinity. ... with the Heavenly Father, and that Jesus Christ was adopted by the Father ...
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  • which Luther famously refused to do before the Diet of Worms in 1521 ... and eternal debt for sins and argue that Christ paid all debts in full by ...
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  • According to some astrologists, Jesus Christ represents the central figure ... several words. It stands for "Jesus Christ God's Son Saviour," ...
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  • their substance into the body and Blood of Christ. The doctrine of Transubstantiation ... in the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ and no longer bread and wine ...
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