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  • The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only the first four ecumenical councils—the ...
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  • Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions ... a single common religious tradition or communion. In particular, the Eastern ...
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  • human authority, yet usually remains in communion with other affiliated churches ... although his church remains in full communion with the other Eastern ...
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  • It is the sixty-fourth book of the Christian Bible—its second-shortest ... the head of the local church for refusing communion to these strangers and ...
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  • quot; of Christ. It is also known as Holy Communion. Christians generally ... * "Communion" (from Latin communio, "sharing in common ...
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  • over the question of re-admitting to communion those whose faith had lapsed ... faith and now sought to be readmitted to communion. Nearly two years passed ...
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  • The Anglican Communion is a world-wide affiliation of Anglican Churches ... The status of full communion means that all rites conducted in one ...
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  • its king, Æthelbert, had married a Christian Frankish princess named ... Augustine, working toward Christian unity, tried to reach an agreement ...
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  • The Christian church of Stephen's time was torn by a major schism ... which by this time raged in the Christian churches throughout the ...
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  • Apostolorum) is an early statement of Christian belief, that is widely ... defined in the later Nicene and other Christian Creeds. This makes it acceptable ...
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  • Apostles before his death, according to Christian tradition. Described in ... The Last Supper is particularly important in Christian tradition as ...
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  • the Latin name for England) describes the Christian denominations that follow ... Orthodoxy. Adherents within the Anglican Communion worldwide number around ...
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  • back to the beginnings of first century Christian thought, and the seven ... Vellian 2001. becoming Hindu in culture, Christian in religion, and ...
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  • The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... Eastern Catholics are in full communion with the Roman Pontiff, and ...
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  • grace: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist (Communion), Reconciliation (Penance ... ==Precursors to Christian sacraments== Several ancient practices of ...
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  • John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer ... Abounding" was to exalt the Christian concept of grace and to ...
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  • of Christ, one of the most well-known Christian books on devotion. ... sermons, a life of Saint Lydewigis (a Christian woman who remained steadfast ...
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  • Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... This doctrine is claimed by the ancient Christian Churches (the Roman ...
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  • Novatianism was a Christian "heresy" originating in the ... refused such persons readmission to full communion. At stake in the controversy ...
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  • This situation was mirrored in other Christian communities in the Byzantine ... the Catholic Church. To commemorate this communion, in 1100 Maronite Patriarch ...
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