| James the Just Saint James the Just (Hebrew: יעקב or Jacob) (Greek Iάκωβος), (died 62AD), also known as James of Jerusalem, James Adelphotheos, James, the Brother of the Lord,James as well as Jude, Simon and Joses — are mentioned in Matthew 13:55, Mark 6:3, and referred to in Acts 12:17. James alone is mentioned as a brother of Jesus by Paul in Epistle to the Galatians 1:19. James_the_Just
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| The Imitation of Christ (book) The Imitation of Christ (or De imitatione Christi), by Thomas à Kempis, is a widely read Christian spiritual book. It was first published anonymously, in Latin, ca. The_Imitation_of_Christ_(book)
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| Jesus/Archive 2 Talk:Jesus/Archive_2
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| David Blondel David Blondel (1591 - April 6, 1655) was a French Protestant clergyman, historian and classical scholar. David_Blondel
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| Deuterocanonical books Talk:Deuterocanonical_books
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| Peter the Fuller Peter Fullo ("the Fuller") was Patriarch of Antioch (471 - 488) and Monophysite. Peter_the_Fuller
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| Theophilus of Antioch Theophilus, Patriarch of AntiochEusebius Ecclesiastical History iv. 20; Jerome Ep. Theophilus_of_Antioch
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| Meister Eckhart Meister Eckhart O.P. Meister_Eckhart
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| 2 Maccabees 2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible which focuses on the Jews' revolt against Antiochus and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus, the hero of the work. 2_Maccabees
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| Michael (archangel) Talk:Michael_(archangel)
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| Christian Church Christian Church and the word church are used to denote both a Christian association of people and a place of worship. The word church is usually, but not exclusively, associated with Christianity. Christian_Church
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| Circumcision in cultures and religions Male circumcision, when practiced as a rite, has its foundations in the Bible, in the Abrahamic covenant, such as , and is therefore practiced by Jews and Muslims and some Christians, those who constitute the Abrahamic religions. Circumcision_in_cultures_and_religions
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| Ebionites Talk:Ebionites
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| Didache The Didache (Koine Greek: , Didachē, meaning "Teaching"See Strong's G1322; in English, in Modern Greek) is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (dated by most scholars to the late first/early second century Draper, JA (2006), The Apostolic Fathers: the Didache, Expository Times, Vol.117, No. Didache
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| Bcorr/contributions User:Bcorr/contributions
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| Interconnectedness Interconnectedness is part of the terminology of a worldview which sees a oneness in all things. A similar term, interdependence, is sometimes used instead, although there are slightly different connotations. Interconnectedness
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| Babylas of Antioch Saint Babylas (died 253). A patriarch of Antioch (237 - 253), who died in prison during the Decian persecution (according to Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica, VI, 39). Babylas_of_Antioch
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| Cimon Avaro/archive3 User_talk:Cimon_Avaro/archive3
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| Letter of Aristeas The so-called Letter of Aristeas or Letter to Philocrates is a Hellenistic work of the second century BCE, one of the Pseudepigrapha.Harris, Stephen L. Letter_of_Aristeas
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| Heidelberg Catechism The Heidelberg Catechism is a Protestant confessional document taking the form of a series of questions and answers, for use in teaching Reformed Christian doctrine. It has been translated into many languages and is regarded as one of the most influential of the Reformed catechisms. Heidelberg_Catechism
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| Exilarch Exilarch (Aramaic: ריש גלותא Reish Galuta lit. "Head of the Exile") (Greek: Æchmalotarcha) refers to the leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile. Exilarch
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| Premillennialism Premillennialism in Christian eschatology is the belief that Christ will literally reign on the earth for 1,000 years at his second coming. The doctrine is called premillennialism because it views the current age as prior to Christ’s kingdom. Premillennialism
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| John Woolman John Woolman (October 19, 1720 – October 7, 1772) was an itinerant Quaker preacher, traveling throughout the American colonies, advocating against conscription, military taxation, and particularly slavery. John_Woolman
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| Pragmatic sanction A pragmatic sanction is a sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law. In the late history of the Holy Roman Empire it referred more specifically to an edict issued by the Emperor. Pragmatic_sanction
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| Westminster Shorter Catechism The Westminster Shorter Catechism (also known simply as the Shorter Catechism, hereinafter referred to as the WSC) was written in the 1640s by English and Scottish divines. The assembly also produced the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Westminster Larger Catechism. Westminster_Shorter_Catechism
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| Philotheos Bryennios Philotheos Bryennios (March 26 (Old Style) 1833 - 1914 or 1918) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Nicomedia, and the discoverer in 1873 of an important manuscript with copies of early Church documents. Philotheos_Bryennios
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| Macrina the Younger Saint Macrina the Younger (324 - 379) was born at Caesarea, Cappadocia. Her parents were Basil the Elder and Emmelia, and her grandmother was Saint Macrina the Elder. Macrina_the_Younger
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| Jacob of Serugh Jacob of Serugh (, ; his toponym is also spelt Serug or Sarug; c. 451 – 29 November 521) was one of the foremost Syriac poet-theologians, perhaps only second in stature to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. Jacob_of_Serugh
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| Historicity of Jesus The historicity of Jesus concerns the historical authenticity of Jesus of Nazareth. Scholars often draw a distinction between Jesus as reconstructed through historical methods and the Christ of faith as understood through theological tradition. Historicity_of_Jesus
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| Jesus and textual evidence Talk:Jesus_and_textual_evidence
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| Mormonism and Christianity/Archive 3 Talk:Mormonism_and_Christianity/Archive_3
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| Dies Irae Talk:Dies_Irae
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| Christian anarchism Talk:Christian_anarchism
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| Muratorian fragment The Muratorian fragment is a copy of perhaps the oldest known list of the books of the New Testament. The fragment is a seventh-century Latin manuscript bound in an eighth or seventh century codex that came from the library of Columban's monastery at Bobbio; it contains internal cues which suggest that the original was written about 170 (possibly in Greek), although some have regarded it as later. Muratorian_fragment
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| Christian theology Christian theology is discourse concerning Christian faith. Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rational analysis and argument to understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote Christianity. Christian_theology
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| Enneads The Six Enneads, sometimes abbreviated to The Enneads or Enneads, is the collection of writings of Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry (c. 270 AD). Enneads
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| Calvary Calvary or Golgotha are the English language/Western Christian names given to the site, outside of ancient Jerusalem’s early 1st century walls, ascribed to Jesus's crucifixion. The exact location is handed down from antiquity. Calvary
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| Jacobus Arminius Jacobus Arminius, the Latinized name of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jakob Harmenszoon (also known by the Anglicized names of Jacob Arminius or James Arminius), (October 10,1560–October 19, 1609), served from 1603 as professor in theology at the University of Leiden. He wrote many books and treatises on theology and became prominent for his opposition to the five points of Calvinism, though in actuality he objected to only three: unconditional election, limited atonement; and irresistible grace, and doubted one: perseverance of the saints. Jacobus_Arminius
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| Cerinthus Cerinthus (c 100) was an early Christian originator of a heretical sect, a "heresiarch" in the view of the Church Fathers.See, in particular, Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, Book I, III and relative External links Contrary to proto-orthodox Christianity, Cerinthus's school followed the Jewish law, denied that the Supreme God had made the physical world, and denied the divinity of Jesus. Cerinthus
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| Justification (theology) In Christian theology, justification is God's act of declaring or making a sinner righteous before God. Justification, from the Greek (dikaioō), "to declare/make righteous", is a word occurring in the books of Romans, Galatians, Titus, and James, among other places; the root noun δικαιοσ,-η,-ον righteous occurs throughout both Old and New Testaments. Justification_(theology)
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| Heavenly Mother (Latter Day Saints) In some branches of the Latter Day Saint movement, Heavenly Mother or Mother in Heaven is the mother of human spirits and the wife of God the Father. Those who accept the Mother in Heaven doctrine trace its origins to the movement's founder Joseph Smith, Jr. Heavenly_Mother_(Latter_Day_Saints)
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| Trappists The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C. Trappists
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| Theodora (6th century) Talk:Theodora_(6th_century)
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| Ali | othertitles = Father of Hasan (Arabic: Abu Al-Hasan) Father of Dust/Soil (Arabic: Abu Turab) Murtada (“One Who Is Chosen and Contented”) Lion of God (Arabic: Asad-ullah) Lion (Arabic: Haydar)First ʿAlī (Turkish: Birinci Ali) Ali
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| History of antisemitism The history of antisemitism, hostile actions or discrimination against Jews as a religious or ethnic group goes back many centuries. Antisemitism has been called "the longest hatred. History_of_antisemitism
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| Institutes of the Christian Religion Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western world"John Calvin" from "131 Christians everyone should know" in Christian History & Biography and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in Latin in 1536 and in his native French in 1541, with the definitive editions appearing in 1559 (Latin) and in 1560 (French). Institutes_of_the_Christian_Religion
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| Divine Providence In theology, Divine Providence, or simply Providence, is the sovereignty, superintendence, or agency of God over events in people's lives and throughout history. Divine_Providence
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| Fire and brimstone Fire and brimstone is a term used, sometimes pejoratively, to describe a motif in Christian preaching which uses vivid descriptions of judgment, and the damnation to Hell of sinners forever to encourage repentance out of fear of divine wrath and punishment. Fire_and_brimstone
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| Book of Judith The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book, included in the Septuagint and in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible, but excluded by Jews and Protestants. It has been said that the book contains numerous historical [which is why many scholars now accept it as unreliable history; it has been considered a parable] or perhaps the first historical novel. Book_of_Judith
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| Excalibur Talk:Excalibur
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