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Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, whom adherents believe to be the son of God. According to Christianity Jesus Christ is the savior of humanity phophesied in the Old Testament.
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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 Christian practice and ...
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, either by personal ...
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, wrote and campaigned ...
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 has its roots in the ...
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 Aristotelian philosophy, ...
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 Apocrypha in the ...
