2 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Religion > Christian theology
Christian theology
The systematic study of the nature of God and religion.
Industry: Religion
Add a new termContributors in Christian theology
Christian theology
affusion
Religion; Christian theology
The baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head. Affusion became the common practice in the church around the 10th century.
agrapha
Religion; Christian theology
Sayings of Jesus not found in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. The term was used for the first time by J.G. Körner, a German Bible scholar in 1776.
baptistery
Religion; Christian theology
Part of church reserved for performing baptisms. The baptistry may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral and be provided with an altar as a chapel.
caesaropapism
Religion; Christian theology
Control of the church by a secular ruler. The term is just as applicable to similar reports between secular and religious power when the titles of one or both office holders are different, and even ...
benefice
Religion; Christian theology
Ecclesiastical office to which revenue is attached. It was used later in the era of the Roman Empire as a benefit to an individual from the Empire for services rendered.
bethel
Religion; Christian theology
A place of worship for seamen; nonconformist chapel. Bethel is mentioned several times in Genesis.
beadsman
Religion; Christian theology
Monk or almoner who prays for benefactor. In consequence of its use in this general sense of pensioner, "bedesman" was long used in English as equivalent to "servant."
