Search results for "Communion (Christian)" - New World Encyclopedia
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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 ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions ... a single common religious tradition or communion. In particular, the Eastern ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- human authority, yet usually remains in communion with other affiliated churches ... although his church remains in full communion with the other Eastern ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- 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 ...7 KB (1,190 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- quot; of Christ. It is also known as Holy Communion. Christians generally ... * "Communion" (from Latin communio, "sharing in common ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- 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 ...10 KB (1,623 words) - 04:04, 26 November 2022
- The Anglican Communion is a world-wide affiliation of Anglican Churches ... The status of full communion means that all rites conducted in one ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 18:08, 27 July 2023
- its king, Æthelbert, had married a Christian Frankish princess named ... Augustine, working toward Christian unity, tried to reach an agreement ...8 KB (1,136 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- The Christian church of Stephen's time was torn by a major schism ... which by this time raged in the Christian churches throughout the ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- Apostolorum) is an early statement of Christian belief, that is widely ... defined in the later Nicene and other Christian Creeds. This makes it acceptable ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- Apostles before his death, according to Christian tradition. Described in ... The Last Supper is particularly important in Christian tradition as ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 15:39, 30 April 2023
- the Latin name for England) describes the Christian denominations that follow ... Orthodoxy. Adherents within the Anglican Communion worldwide number around ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- back to the beginnings of first century Christian thought, and the seven ... Vellian 2001. becoming Hindu in culture, Christian in religion, and ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... Eastern Catholics are in full communion with the Roman Pontiff, and ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- grace: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist (Communion), Reconciliation (Penance ... ==Precursors to Christian sacraments== Several ancient practices of ...20 KB (3,310 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer ... Abounding" was to exalt the Christian concept of grace and to ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 04:30, 3 August 2022
- of Christ, one of the most well-known Christian books on devotion. ... sermons, a life of Saint Lydewigis (a Christian woman who remained steadfast ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... This doctrine is claimed by the ancient Christian Churches (the Roman ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- Novatianism was a Christian "heresy" originating in the ... refused such persons readmission to full communion. At stake in the controversy ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- This situation was mirrored in other Christian communities in the Byzantine ... the Catholic Church. To commemorate this communion, in 1100 Maronite Patriarch ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 16:35, 27 January 2022
- 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) - 18:54, 11 March 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
