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- 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 (4,343 words) - 03:06, 2 May 2024
- 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
