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  • part of Catholic Mass, the Anglican Holy Communion service, the Lutheran mass ... attribute the term to Western and Judeo-Christian traditions, music accompanying ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Whether or not Jesus himself ever intended it, the Christian church ... the fact remains that throughout most of Christian history, the Orthodox Church ...
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  • |feast_day= August 31 (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion) ... to its indigenous religion, bastions of Christian thought continued to thrive ...
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  • miraculous powers. The legend may combine Christian lore with a Celtic myth ... romances, deriving perhaps from some pre-Christian folklore, in the later ...
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  • Valerian was reportedly tolerant of the Christian faith until well after ... with the state's policy against the Christian religion, he earned the ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • they landed. Under duress, the received communion from Acacius in a liturgy ... When the Acoemeti monks, alone at Constantinople, remained in communion ...
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  • himself for his commitment to Christian monastic ideals, leaving ... Saint Alphege) was born into a noble Christian family in Weston (Somerset). ...
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  • the trades union movement. His stress on Christian social responsibility was ... Hughes, Maurice founded a movement called Christian Socialism. They had noticed ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • of the Faith, is an ecumenical Christian statement of faith accepted ... based on the Bible as interpreted in Christian Tradition. ...
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  • ) is one of the oldest continuously functioning Christian monasteries ... by angels. Catherine of Alexandria was a Christian martyr initially sentenced ...
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  • According to Jerome, Victor was the first Christian author to write ... toward the Christians, perhaps even a Christian herself. One day she summoned ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Original sin is a Christian doctrine describing the first human act ... However, it was not firmly established in Christian tradition until the Pelagian ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • and is depicted as a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem ... === Non-Christian sources === Celsus, a late second-century Greek philosopher ...
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  • This was a significant step towards restoring communion between Rome ... a heart attack—but managed to receive communion one last time. He then ...
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  • March 28, 1930) was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, essayist, Biblical ... groups deliberately unaffiliated with any Christian denomination, who believed ...
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  • Roman Catholic Church, and within the Anglican Communion. ... Celtic elements from Ireland and combines Christian and fairy tale elements ...
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  • The Hussites were a pre-Protestant Christian movement centered on ... The agreement granted the concession of communion in both kinds to ...
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  • the Three Chapters and breaking off communion with Pelagius I, whom it ... and forcibly compelled him to enter into communion with the "orthodox ...
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  • quot; a term that is still widely used in Christian spiritual practice today ... show=worksBy St. John of the Cross] Christian Classics Ethereal Library ...
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  • Old Catholics, and a number of Western Christian groups. ... a tool of the eastern emperor, broke off communion with Rome. This schism ...
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  • 31, 2007. In contrast to the dominant Christian sects that viewed Jesus ... theologians and writers in the Christian Church, who viewed the ...
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  • (ca. 335–ca. 394 C.E.) was a Christian bishop and saint. He was ... Gregory's second major contribution to Christian theology was ...
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  • Calvinism is a system of Christian theology advanced by John Calvin ... Calvinism is also known for some notable experiments in Christian ...
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  • pleasant flowers… The soul of a true Christian… appeared like such a ... the frontier to church, including opening communion to all who would come. ...
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  • Ecumenical Council was a meeting of Christian leaders in the Roman Empire ... recognize Flavian's successor. The Christian world also witnessed the ...
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  • John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a prominent Christian ... and virtually ruled over an experiment in Christian government, though he did ...
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  • The Albigenses observed feetwashing in connection with communion, ... After Holy Communion, and before the dismissal, the brethren all go ...
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  • battle ground between various versions of Christian truth. Discovering that ... of Ávila (died 383) was the first Christian to be executed for heresy ...
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  • Cathedral and already a prominent Christian figure at home and abroad ... him in the principle of our universal Christian brotherhood, which rises ...
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  • imbued with the purpose of reviving Christian theology according to the ... adopted a rigoristic position in Christian ethics and criticized their ...
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  • a term referring to any member of the Christian church, which was seen ... case and effect their restoration to communion with the bishop's ...
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  • school run by the Sisters of Charity and Christian Instruction in order to ... school run by the Sisters of Charity and Christian Instruction. It was there ...
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  • Catholics, and a number of other Western Christian groups. ... the things that are proper to it in a communion with the other; then in ...
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  • in Arpookara. She received First Communion on 27 November 1917. In ... an end to a recent deadly wave of anti-Christian violence: "I urge ...
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  • of Leinster; and her mother was Brocca, a Christian Pict who had been baptized ... Whether she was raised a Christian or converted, as some accounts ...
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  • the wine for consecration are placed. All Christian Churches see the altar ... Altars occupy a prominent place in most Christian churches, both Eastern ...
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  • to be sedevacantists and returned to full communion with Rome. ... Those who are known to have returned to full communion with Rome did ...
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  • a methodical approach to scriptures and Christian living. The term “Methodist” ... Methodism follows the traditional and near-universal Christian belief ...
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  • in any other way could not claim to be Christian, and advocated the demotion ... Bible. He stressed the Sacrament of Holy Communion as the best way for the ...
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  • Most Spiritualists were content to attend Christian churches. Unitarian and ... the appeal of religious movements such as Christian Science. It was at this ...
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  • reformers of the relationship between the Christian church and use of military ... added only, "so far as every pious Christian is bound." Stanislav ...
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  • Protestantism encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that ... the vernacular languages. In addition the Christian humanism of the Renaissance ...
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  • the history and tradition of the early Christian church. ... Hippolytus immediately left the communion of the Roman Church. ...
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  • are generally accepted as authentically Christian by other communions. ... wavered in this attitude when he offered communion to Deacon Photinus of Thessalonica ...
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