Search results for "Communion (Christian)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Saint Alban was the first known Christian martyr of Britain. Shortly ... Alban's career as a Christian was extremely brief, being executed ...10 KB (1,607 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- of Faith, and is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. ... psalms and paraphrases, supplemented by Christian music. The typical service ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- numerous persecutions by the new Christian Roman Empire until it finally ... during the last great persecution of the Christian church by Emperor Diocletian ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- The practice of confession in the Judeo-Christian tradition goes back ... In the Christian churches, confession became a more formalized practice ...20 KB (3,112 words) - 18:56, 15 May 2020
- The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in communion ... and formal proclamation of exclusion from Christian society. In Catholic tradition ...24 KB (3,632 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- Vasco da Gama, seeking preexisting Christian nations in India, discovered ... Three main regional concentrations of Christian population exist, namely ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- The filioque clause is a heavily disputed part of Christian trinitarian ... (a view that introduced sequence into Christian trinitarianism). The filioque ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- Catholics to mean only those in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ... sharing a common element, in this case the Christian bishops. ...25 KB (3,755 words) - 21:55, 5 October 2020
- leadership of religious group. Within the Christian Church, the term takes ... In ancient Israel, the culture from which the roots of the Christian ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- of doctrine, traditionally used in Christian religious teaching. Catechisms ... have been valuable repositories of Christian faith over the ages, containing ...21 KB (3,269 words) - 17:53, 30 November 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
- Carthage, martyr, and an important early Christian writer involved in several ... is no salvation outside of the orthodox Christian Church. ...14 KB (2,280 words) - 19:36, 22 December 2022
- Ecclesiology, in Christian theology, is the study of doctrine pertaining ... for a particular circumstance. Many Christian theologians see the Jewish ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 11:58, 7 May 2024
- origins in both classical philosophy and Christian theology. As a more specifically ... Christian theologians have suggested that the three levels of alienation ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 18:22, 21 July 2023
- of the Church to the Byzantine Christian emperor. After the Great ... Great Schism was a tragic instance of the Christian Church's inability ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 07:37, 4 January 2024
- debates and struggles within the early Christian community. ... cross or the sacraments of baptism and communion. Instead, it portrays Jesus ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 20:09, 11 September 2021
- is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt. The Church ... contribution to the development of early Christian monasticism and for its ...24 KB (3,712 words) - 21:25, 4 May 2020
- This later enabled the Anglican Communion to become a type of ecclesiastical ... He was also interested to know more about Christian in the East and ...19 KB (2,977 words) - 11:10, 10 May 2023
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... usually associated with admission to a Christian church. Although the primary ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- Lupercalia, which was replaced with the Christian holiday of Candlemas. ... month of February—was replaced with a Christian festival celebrating the ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 06:35, 18 April 2024
- used in other churches in the Anglican Communion. It replaced the four Latin ... characteristics of the Anglican communion. == History == ...28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- Montanism was an early Christian sectarian movement beginning in the ... put a virtual end to the tradition of Christian prophecy and ecstatic worship. ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:12, 9 November 2022
- decisions that would help build the Christian social group into a worldwide ... as to discontinue the Holy Sacrament of Communion due to its necessity of ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 16:14, 3 December 2023
- A deacon is a Christian church office generally associated with service ... in the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. ...20 KB (3,190 words) - 19:56, 22 May 2020
- Arius (256 - 336 C.E., poss. in North Africa) was an early Christian ... as Christie-Murray comments 'Every Christian shopkeeper became a theologian ...24 KB (3,928 words) - 02:41, 15 August 2023
- to condemn Arius, and they were in communion with Bishop George of Alexandria ... reports that bishops and wealthy Christian ladies were obliged to ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 11:07, 13 February 2022
- not, and other Churches of the Anglican Communion do not make such a requirement. ... The articles were not intended as a complete statement of the Christian ...23 KB (3,516 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- especially and primarily within the Christian faith. The "Ecumenical ... of Roman Emperors to clarify matters of Christian theology and doctrine. ...23 KB (3,375 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- ) is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (c. 50–160 ... instructive as a window into the early Christian community and their struggles ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- Transubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio) is a Christian doctrine ... bread or wine on the floor during the sacrament of Communion. ...30 KB (4,681 words) - 02:14, 2 May 2023
- part of Catholic Mass, the Anglican Holy Communion service, the Lutheran mass ... attribute the term to Western and Judeo-Christian traditions, music accompanying ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- E.) was a virgin martyr and saint of the Christian church. Also known as Saint ... other than that she was executed as a Christian at age 12 or 13. Later ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- Whether or not Jesus himself ever intended it, the Christian church ... the fact remains that throughout most of Christian history, the Orthodox Church ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- |feast_day= August 31 (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion) ... to its indigenous religion, bastions of Christian thought continued to thrive ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- miraculous powers. The legend may combine Christian lore with a Celtic myth ... romances, deriving perhaps from some pre-Christian folklore, in the later ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 16:11, 25 January 2023
- Valerian was reportedly tolerant of the Christian faith until well after ... with the state's policy against the Christian religion, he earned the ...11 KB (1,673 words) - 04:03, 26 November 2022
- leader Alaric. Innocent also restored communion between the apostolic sees ... Rome, he served as the head of the entire Christian church, both East and West ...15 KB (2,270 words) - 11:00, 13 February 2022
- they landed. Under duress, the received communion from Acacius in a liturgy ... When the Acoemeti monks, alone at Constantinople, remained in communion ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 18:33, 7 February 2022
- himself for his commitment to Christian monastic ideals, leaving ... Saint Alphege) was born into a noble Christian family in Weston (Somerset). ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- the trades union movement. His stress on Christian social responsibility was ... Hughes, Maurice founded a movement called Christian Socialism. They had noticed ...29 KB (4,360 words) - 10:32, 11 April 2024
- The Spirit is said to dwell inside every true Christian, each person ... can also be seen in second-century Christian writings such as the Didache ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- of the Faith, is an ecumenical Christian statement of faith accepted ... based on the Bible as interpreted in Christian Tradition. ...31 KB (3,964 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- ) is one of the oldest continuously functioning Christian monasteries ... by angels. Catherine of Alexandria was a Christian martyr initially sentenced ...14 KB (2,007 words) - 19:14, 22 December 2022
- According to Jerome, Victor was the first Christian author to write ... toward the Christians, perhaps even a Christian herself. One day she summoned ...14 KB (2,181 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- died in exile in the Sardinian mines, for Christian burial. It was also probably ... of Hippolytus was brought back into communion with the main body of the ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- Original sin is a Christian doctrine describing the first human act ... However, it was not firmly established in Christian tradition until the Pelagian ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 02:15, 18 November 2022
- his divine love for humanity. Depicted in Christian art as a heart shining ... from the domain of mysticism into that of Christian asceticism. Prayers and ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 18:34, 22 December 2022
- of his era. A strong advocate of visible Christian unity, he saw this as God ... He soon became involved in the Student Christian Movement. Attending many ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- and is depicted as a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem ... === Non-Christian sources === Celsus, a late second-century Greek philosopher ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- This was a significant step towards restoring communion between Rome ... a heart attack—but managed to receive communion one last time. He then ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 01:36, 23 November 2022
