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Religion

Refers to any set of beliefs of any community or nation, concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of life and the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural or divine agency.

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Breviary

Religion; Christianity

Book containing the Divine Office (liturgy) of the Roman Catholic Church.

Apologists

Religion; Christianity

(Latin apologia, "defense"). Early church fathers writing from about 120 to 220 AD who sought to defend Christianity against its critics, usually by explaining misunderstood ...

Apostolic Fathers

Religion; Christianity

Group of Christian leaders and writers from the late first and early second centuries A. D. These authors were not apostles themselves, but had close proximity to the apostles, ...

Arianism

Religion; Christianity

Belief, taught by Arius in the 4th century, that Christ was created by the Father, and although greater than man he is inferior to the Father. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, ...

Baptists

Religion; Christianity

One of the largest Protestant denominations, with 40 million members (and many more non-member adherents) worldwide and 26. 7 million in the United States. The Baptist tradition ...

Antiochene School (also Antiochene theology)

Religion; Christianity

Modern designation for the school of thought associated with the city of Antioch in Syria, as contrasted with the Alexandrian School. Antiochene theology was influenced by ...

Apocrypha

Religion; Christianity

(Lit. Greek "out of the writings"). Books not included in the Hebrew canon of the Old Testament, but included in the Greek Septuagint. Catholic and Orthodox Christans include the ...