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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 ...

The Eucharist is a sacramental or memorial reenactment of the Last ... Christians generally recognize a special presence of Christ in this ...

:the communion of saints, :the forgiveness of sins, :the resurrection ... The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of ...

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 ...

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 ...

invigorated the Roman church after a period of harsh persecution under Emperor ... penances for those who had lapsed. Outbreaks of serious and widespread violence ...

of Lindisfarne, the Apostle of Northumbria (died 651), was an Irish ... Bede's meticulous and detailed account of Saint Aidan's ...

Saint Alphege is the Latinate name of Ælfheah (954–19 April, 1012 ... After Alphege's martyrdom at the hands of Danish invaders, his ...

Saint Brendan of Clonfert, or Bréanainn of Clonfert (c. 484 – c ... who is chiefly renowned for his legendary quest to the Isle of the ...

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 ...

Bartholomew was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. He is mentioned as ... ‎‎‎-בר‎‎), meaning son of Tolomai (Ptolemy) or son of ...

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 ...

Saint Margaret (c. 1046 – November 16, 1093), was the sister of ... piety, was essential to the revivification of Roman Catholicism in Scotland ...

developed by the established Church of England. Anglicanism has its roots in the Celtic Christianity of the earliest ...

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. ...

community. The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in ... Excommunication is the most grave of all ecclesiastical censures. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

leader, he effectively promoted the primacy of the Roman church and cooperated ... role in condemning Pelagianism, his support of deposed patriarch of Constantinople ...

In Christian religious practice, infant baptism is the baptism of ... Most Christian denominations accept the doctrine of infant baptism ...

The Saint Thomas Christians are a group of Christians from the Malabar ... Their tradition goes back to the beginnings of first century Christian thought ...

: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 ...

Pope Saint Fabian was bishop of Rome from January 236 to January 20 ... Fabian's episcopacy was one of substantial importance in the ...

" Traditionally, the office of deacon originated in the selection ... Saint Lawrence, and Saint Francis of Assisi. Others became powerful ...

Ribera was a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature ... mythological subjects, and portraits of ascetics and penitents. His ...

The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational prayer book of the Church ... The Book of Common prayer is considered to have significantly contributed ...

Maronites are members of one of the Syriac Eastern Catholic Churches ... Before the conquest of Lebanon by Arabian Muslims, which resulted ...

[[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 ...

Gregory of Nyssa (Latin:Gregorius Nyssenus, Greek: Άγιος Γρηγόριος ... and Roman Catholic Christianity, all of which celebrate his memory ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Donatist movement was a branch of Christianity in north Africa ... Donatism originated in the African capital of Carthage, during the last great ...

1946) is a Catholic Saint, the second person of Indian origin to be canonized ... Claims of her intervention began almost immediately upon her death ...

:This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...

The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... The Trinitarian doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a distinct "person ...

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 ...

while western church, under the discipline of the papacy, denounced the doctrine ... Monophysitism received new life again during the reign of Justinian ...

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 ...

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 ...

was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance ... Details of Botticelli's life are sparse, but we know that he ...

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 ...

The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for ... the apostle and evangelist in the middle of the first century (approximately ...

Protestantism encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that ... churches, and the Restorationist movements of the late eighteenth and nineteenth ...

The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, commonly called the Thirty-Nine ... Established by Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction ...

The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... dedicated to justice, outreach and youth. As of 2006, the Community of Christ ...

Christian ecstasy: Apostles receive the gift of tongues (Acts 2)]] bishops leading the Church, and the practice of ecstatic worship in which its ...

Sedevacantism is a theological position embraced by a minority of ... " the seat in question being that of the Papal See. The phrase is ...

Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated ... ). From the High Middle Ages his Saints' Day has been associated ...

Calvinism is a system of Christian theology advanced by John Calvin ... John Calvin's international influence on the development of the ...

their substance into the body and Blood of Christ. The doctrine of Transubstantiation ... The doctrine of Transubstantiation was criticized or misinterpreted ...

The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...

Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of the system of Christian theology ... John Calvin was a leader of the Swiss protestant reformation. Reformed ...

The Nicene Creed, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed or Icon/Symbol of ... There are several designations for the two forms of the Nicene creed ...

Mary (מרים, Maryām, "Bitter") was the mother of Jesus ... the crucifixion and is depicted as a member of the early Christian community ...

16, 1879) was a shepherd girl from the town of Lourdes in southern France ... From February to July 1858, Bernadette reported 18 apparitions of ...

was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga to ... He brought a more spiritual, as opposed to dogmatic, understanding ...

Absolution is the act of receiving forgiveness for one's sins ... Ancient Jewish religion involved rites of priestly sacrifice of animal ...

Marsilius of Padua (Italian Marsilio or Marsiglio da Padova) (1270 ... Marcilius was one of the first to apply the methods of Aristotelian ...

Saint John of the Cross (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591), born ... Best known for his introspective poetry and writings on the growth ...

Saint Agnes (291–304 C.E.) was a virgin martyr and saint of the ... Traditionally, Agnes was martyred for her faith during the persecution ...

The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... It entrusted to the Pope the completion of some sections of its work ...

An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious ... historical-medieval faiths also made use of them, including the Roman, ...

Fasting refers to the act of willingly abstaining from the consumption ... Fasting for religious and spiritual reasons has been a part of human ...

Silverius lived during the later stages of the Monophysite controversy ... Stripped of his episcopal dignity and degraded to the rank of a simple ...

Church is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ... God and us, us and God. “The Communion of Saints” is a phrase which ...

in 1411, condemned by the Council of Constance, and burned at the ... Hus was a precursor to the Protestant movement and many of his ideas ...

Pope Leo I, or Leo the Great, was pope of the Roman Catholic Church ... Leo was a native of Tuscany. He appears to have taken orders at an ...

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... held on March 17, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( ...

a nail), his head (bleeding from a crown of thorns), and his heart (one ... The causes of stigmata are largely mysterious, but some observers ...

Original sin is a Christian doctrine describing the first human act ... is traditionally understood to be the cause of "original sin." While ...

the Christian church after the legalization of Christianity by Emperor Constantine ... in 325. The Nicene Creed rejected the tenets of Arianism and exiled its main ...

Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, ... Born in Carpineto Romano, near Rome, he was the sixth of the seven ...

on individual merit although the forgiveness of sins was an unmerited act of ... The rigorous ascetic life of his adherents contrasted with the spiritual ...

Ulrich Zwingli or Huldrych Zwingli (1484 –1531) was the leader of ... Zürich against an attack by an alliance of Swiss Catholic forces. His ...

A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope ... Papal bulls were originally issued by popes for various reasons of ...

Saint Teresa of Ávila (known in religion as Teresa de Jesús, baptized ... permission to found a separate province of Descalced (shoeless) Carmelites ...

Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self ... channeling, prayer, and altered states of consciousness. The person may ...

any male person who has taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order ... There are several specific categories of monks including cenobites ...

revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening ... Finnney ignited a wave of spiritual transformation among a sector ...

Pio of Pietrelcina (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) was a Capuchin ... Pio is renowned among Roman Catholics as one of the Church's ...

believes that the second coming (or Advent) of Jesus Christ is imminent. Seventh ... The Seventh-day Adventists are active advocates for freedom of religion ...

The Divine Principle or Exposition of the Divine Principle (in Korean ... The Divine Principle follows the format of systematic theology, basing ...

The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers ... with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Historians generally ...

John Chrysostom (349– ca. 407 C.E.) was the archbishop of Constantinople ... (feast day, January 30), together with Saints Basil the Great and Gregory ...

The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... the "Black Pope" after the color of the Jesuit habit) has occasionally ...

ordinary washing, hand washing, or washing of the body. By extension, ablutions ... Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious ...

1858 - November 15, 1917) is known as one of the originators of modern sociology ... foundation for research on the structure of human society. ...

is a Christian belief, based on the Book of Revelation 20:1-6, that Christ ... These millennial views in Christianity, in spite of their differences ...

East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... Korean history has long included elements of Shamanism, Confucianism ...

or "garland of roses" [http://books.google.com/books?id=eqkFAAAAQAAJ ... practice, which denotes both a set of prayer beads and the devotional ...

Catholic Church to reform itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation ... clarification and reform in the areas of doctrine, ecclesiastical structure ...

Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – c. 547) was a major Christian ... known being Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. He became legendary ...

Chancellor from 1154 to 1162 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 ... As Lord Chancellor he defended the interests of the king but when he became ...

et de la Sainte Face ("Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the ... and joined a Carmelite convent at the age of 15. Never a physically strong ...

A Benedictine is an adherent of the teachings of Saint Benedict of ... Beyond its religious influences, the Rule of St Benedict has been ...

Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 – October 4, 1226) is for many people ... in secular life. He is the patron saint of animals, merchants, Italy, ...

#039;Avenir de la science (1890; The Future of Science) emphasized the importance ... Renan felt himself cut off from the communion of saints, yet desired to live ...

a Dutch painter who specialized in scenes of ordinary people going about ... lifetime he was relatively unknown outside of his hometown of Delft where ...

The Acts of Thomas is is one of the New Testament apocrypha, describing ... The work provides dramatic narratives of Thomas' miraculous evangelistic ...

The First Council of Nicaea was the earliest ecumenical council (meaning ... church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.Richard Kieckhefer ...

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (popularly known as Vatican ... the Council impacted virtually every element of Catholic life, as they included ...

is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of ... The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until May 1, 1707 ...

Justin Martyr (also Justin the Martyr, Justin of Caesarea, Justin ... evidently stirred up a sufficient quantity of controversy (either through ...

Popularly, Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related ... The ancient Greeks described love with a number of different words: ...

"bind, connect") denotes a set of common beliefs and practices ... The social structure of the world's religious traditions can ...

The Republic of Ireland, often referred to as simply Ireland, is a ... More than 40 million Americans, and millions of others around the ...

Founded by a group of separatists who later came to be known as the ... Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of people who later came to ...

Vaishnavism (Sanskrit for "belonging to Vishnu") is one ... within Hinduism, with the vast majority of adherents situated in India ...

North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...

in most cases, a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being. recognize each other through a process of landmarks and regularity. There ...

Augustine of Hippo or Saint Augustine (November 13, 354 – August ... Born in what is present-day Algeria as the eldest son of Saint Monica ...

the people indigenous to the United States|broader uses of "Native ... Native'One race: 2.5 million Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics ...

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet ... From at least the ninth century, the territory of present-day Ukraine ...

England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists ...