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- The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the communion of Eastern Christian ... The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is considered the spiritual ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- The Eucharist is a sacramental or memorial reenactment of the Last ... Christians generally recognize a special presence of Christ in this ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- :the communion of saints, :the forgiveness of sins, :the resurrection ... The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, c. 604) was a ... He was the prior of the abbey of St Anthony in Rome when he was sent ...8 KB (1,136 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- Pope Saint Stephen I served as bishop of Rome from May 12, 254 to ... The Christian church of Stephen's time was torn by a major schism ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- invigorated the Roman church after a period of harsh persecution under Emperor ... penances for those who had lapsed. Outbreaks of serious and widespread violence ...10 KB (1,623 words) - 04:04, 26 November 2022
- of Lindisfarne, the Apostle of Northumbria (died 651), was an Irish ... Bede's meticulous and detailed account of Saint Aidan's ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- Saint Alphege is the Latinate name of Ælfheah (954–19 April, 1012 ... After Alphege's martyrdom at the hands of Danish invaders, his ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- Saint Brendan of Clonfert, or Bréanainn of Clonfert (c. 484 – c ... who is chiefly renowned for his legendary quest to the Isle of the ...12 KB (1,898 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- Pope Saint Telesphorus was bishop of Rome c. 128 to 138 C.E., during ... Irenaeus of Lyons recognized Telesphorus as a martyr, the first of ...4 KB (637 words) - 11:50, 13 February 2022
- Bartholomew was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. He is mentioned as ... -בר), meaning son of Tolomai (Ptolemy) or son of ...11 KB (1,622 words) - 19:13, 22 December 2022
- Saint Alban was the first known Christian martyr of Britain. Shortly ... including that he changed the course of a river on his way to the site ...10 KB (1,607 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- Saint Margaret (c. 1046 – November 16, 1093), was the sister of ... piety, was essential to the revivification of Roman Catholicism in Scotland ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 13:25, 5 September 2022
- developed by the established Church of England. Anglicanism has its roots in the Celtic Christianity of the earliest ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- third century C.E., based on the teachings of the antipope Novatian, who ... for the Roman church during the persecution of Emperor Decius c. 250 C.E. ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- community. The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in ... Excommunication is the most grave of all ecclesiastical censures. ...24 KB (3,632 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- a Renaissance Roman Catholic monk and author of The Imitation of Christ, one ... Thomas was born at Kempen in the duchy of Cleves in Germany around ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- the practice derives from the scriptures of the New Testament (John 13:1 ... The religious act of foot-washing is also practiced in Islam and Sikhism ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- also general council) is a conference of the bishops of the whole Church ... inhabited," and was originally a figure of speech referring to the territory ...25 KB (3,755 words) - 21:55, 5 October 2020
- leader, he effectively promoted the primacy of the Roman church and cooperated ... role in condemning Pelagianism, his support of deposed patriarch of Constantinople ...15 KB (2,270 words) - 11:00, 13 February 2022
- 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 Saint Thomas Christians are a group of Christians from the Malabar ... Their tradition goes back to the beginnings of first century Christian thought ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- :For Saint Bridgid of Sweden, see Bridget of Sweden. {{Infobox Saint ... adoption of a pagan goddess into the Communion of Saints may have been an effort ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- Pope Saint Fabian was bishop of Rome from January 236 to January 20 ... Fabian's episcopacy was one of substantial importance in the ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- " Traditionally, the office of deacon originated in the selection ... Saint Lawrence, and Saint Francis of Assisi. Others became powerful ...20 KB (3,190 words) - 19:56, 22 May 2020
- Ribera was a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature ... mythological subjects, and portraits of ascetics and penitents. His ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
- The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational prayer book of the Church ... The Book of Common prayer is considered to have significantly contributed ...28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- 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
- [[Image:Slc mormon tempel.jpg|thumb|right|345px|The Salt Lake Temple ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the ...28 KB (4,522 words) - 21:59, 10 December 2023
- Gregory of Nyssa (Latin:Gregorius Nyssenus, Greek: Άγιος Γρηγόριος ... and Roman Catholic Christianity, all of which celebrate his memory ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 18:10, 31 January 2023
- Ailred or Ælred or Ailred of Rievaulx, Abbot of Rievaulx (b. Hexham ... sent him to spend several years at the court of King David I of Scotland in ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- dated to 1054, the Schism was the result of an extended period of tension ... The primary causes of the Great Schism were the dispute over the authority ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 07:37, 4 January 2024
- saint, sometimes referred to as Columba of Iona, or, in Old Irish, as ... Columba) was born to Fedlimid and Eithne of the Uí Néill clan in Gartan ...21 KB (3,411 words) - 19:21, 22 December 2022
- The Donatist movement was a branch of Christianity in north Africa ... Donatism originated in the African capital of Carthage, during the last great ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- 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
- :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
- The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... The Trinitarian doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a distinct "person ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- 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
- while western church, under the discipline of the papacy, denounced the doctrine ... Monophysitism received new life again during the reign of Justinian ...23 KB (3,529 words) - 20:01, 9 November 2022
- in the Roman Catholic faith, is a piece of metal, often worn around the ... These medals have their roots in the very beginnings of Christianity ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 05:56, 25 August 2020
- Christian movement centered on the teachings of Czech martyr Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415 ... force in Moravia, Bohemia, and parts of Poland, with many Czech nobles ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 21:21, 9 February 2024
- was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance ... Details of Botticelli's life are sparse, but we know that he ...28 KB (4,094 words) - 03:13, 23 December 2022
- The Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated ... Aztec and Mesoamerican roots. The Day of the Dead is widely observed ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for ... the apostle and evangelist in the middle of the first century (approximately ...24 KB (3,712 words) - 21:25, 4 May 2020
- Protestantism encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that ... churches, and the Restorationist movements of the late eighteenth and nineteenth ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, commonly called the Thirty-Nine ... Established by Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction ...23 KB (3,516 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... dedicated to justice, outreach and youth. As of 2006, the Community of Christ ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- Christian ecstasy: Apostles receive the gift of tongues (Acts 2)]] bishops leading the Church, and the practice of ecstatic worship in which its ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:12, 9 November 2022
- Sedevacantism is a theological position embraced by a minority of ... " the seat in question being that of the Papal See. The phrase is ...21 KB (3,214 words) - 20:24, 21 December 2023
- Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated ... ). From the High Middle Ages his Saints' Day has been associated ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
