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Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ...
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Jesus (8â2 BC/BCE to 29â36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ...
This page is about the title or the Divine Person. For the Christian figure, see Jesus. ...
This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...
For other uses, see Trinity (disambiguation). ...
In many religions, the supreme God is given the title and attributions of Father. ...
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Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 8:6). ...
Supersessionism (also called Replacement theology by some, e. ...
The Twelve Apostles (, apostolos, Liddell & Scott, Strongs G652, someone sent forth/sent out) were men that according to the Synoptic Gospels and Christian tradition, were chosen from among the disciples (students) of Jesus for a mission. ...
The phrase One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church appears in the Nicene Creed () and, in part, in the Apostles Creed (the holy catholic church, sanctam ecclesiam catholicam). ...
The Kingdom of God (Greek basileia tou theou,[1] or the Kingdom of Heaven) is a key concept in Christianity based on a phrase attributed to Jesus of Nazareth in the gospels. ...
For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ...
This article outlines the history of Christianity and provides links to relevant topics. ...
The purpose of this chronology is to give a detailed account of Christianity from the beginning of the current era to the present. ...
| | Holy Bible Old Testament · New Testament Decalogue · Sermon on the Mount Birth · Resurrection · Great Commission Inspiration · Books · Canon · Apocrypha Hermeneutics · LXX · English Translation NOTE: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh, but not Old Testament, because it does not recognize the New Testament as a continuation or completion of the Jewish bible. ...
John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ...
This 1768 parchment (612x502 mm) by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated the 1675 Decalogue at the Esnoga synagogue of Amsterdam The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were written by God and given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the...
The Sermon on the Mount was, according to the Gospel of Matthew, a particular sermon given by Jesus of Nazareth (estimated around AD 30) on a mountainside to his disciples and a large crowd (Matt 5:1-7:29). ...
The Virgin Birth is a key doctrine of the Christian faith, and is also held by Muslims (Quran 3. ...
The Death of Jesus and the Resurrection of Jesus are two events in the New Testament in which Jesus is crucified on one day (the Day of Preparation, i. ...
The Great Commission is a tenet in Christian theology emphasizing mission work and evangelism, particularly (but not exclusively) emphasized by evangelicals. ...
Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology concerned with the divine origin of the Bible and what the Bible teaches about itself. ...
The canonical list of the Books of the Bible differs among Jews, and Catholic, Protestant, and Greek Orthodox Christians, even though there is a great deal of overlap. ...
The Biblical canon is an exclusive list of books written during the formative period of the Jewish or Christian faiths; the leaders of these communities believed these books to be inspired by God or to express the authoritative history of the relationship between God and his people (although there may...
Apocrypha (from the Greek word αÏÏκÏÏ
Ïα meaning those having been hidden away[1]) are texts of uncertain authenticity or writings where the authorship is questioned. ...
Biblical Hermeneutics, part of the broader hermeneutical question, relates to the problem of how one is to understand Holy Scripture. ...
The Septuagint: A page from Codex vaticanus, the basis of Sir Lancelot Brentons English translation. ...
The efforts of translating the Bible from its original languages into over 2,000 others have spanned more than two millennia. ...
The Bible has been translated into many languages. ...
| | Christian Theology History of Theology · Apologetics Creation · Fall of Man · Covenant · Law Grace · Faith · Justification · Salvation Sanctification · Theosis · Worship Church · Sacraments · Future {Under construction!} The history of theology is about the way theology has developed and the way history has impacted theology. ...
Theology (Greek θεοÏ, theos, God, + λογοÏ, logos, word or reason) means reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God. ...
Christian Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of Christianity. ...
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Covenant, meaning a solemn contract, is the customary word used to translate the Hebrew word berith (×ר×ת, Tiberian Hebrew bÉrîṯ, Standard Hebrew bÉrit) as it is used in the Hebrew Bible. ...
NOTE: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh, but not Old Testament, because it does not recognize the New Testament as a continuation or completion of the Jewish bible. ...
In Christianity, divine grace refers to the sovereign favor of God for humankind, as manifest in the blessings bestowed upon all âirrespective of actions (deeds), earned worth, or proven goodness. ...
Faith in Christianity centers on faith in the existence of God, who created the universe. ...
In Christian theology, justification is Gods act of making or declaring a sinner righteous before God. ...
In religion, salvation refers to being saved from an undesirable state or condition. ...
Sanctification or in its verb form, sanctify, literally means to set apart for special use or purpose, that is to make holy or sacred (compare Latin sanctus holy). Therefore sanctification refers to the state or process of being set apart, i. ...
In Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic theology, theosis, meaning divinization (or deification or, to become god), is the call to man to become holy and seek union with God, beginning in this life and later consummated in the resurrection. ...
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In Christian theology, ecclesiology is a branch of study that deals with the doctrines pertaining to the Church itself as a community or organic entity, and with the understanding of what the church is âie. ...
A sacrament is a Christian rite that mediates divine graceâa holy [[Mystery The root meaning of the Latin word sacramentum is making sacred. One example of its use was as the term for the oath of dedication taken by Roman soldiers; but the ecclesiastical use of the word is...
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| | History and Traditions Ecumenical Councils · Creeds · Missions Great Schism · Crusades · Reformation Eastern Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy · Oriental Orthodoxy Syriac · Assyrian · Eastern Catholicism Western Christianity Roman Catholicism · Protestantism Thomism · Anabaptism · Lutheranism Anglicanism · Calvinism · Arminianism Baptist · Evangelicalism · Restorationism Liberalism · Fundamentalism · Pentecostal Other Denominations · Movements · Ecumenism Preaching · Prayer · Music Liturgy · Calendar · Symbols · Art In Christianity, an Ecumenical Council or general council is a meeting of the bishops of the whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice. ...
A creed is a statement of belief â usually religious belief â or faith. ...
A Christian mission has been widely defined, since the Lausanne Congress of 1974, as that which is designed to form a viable indigenous church-planting movement. ...
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The Crusades were a series of military campaigns conducted in the name of Christendom[1] and usually sanctioned by the Pope. ...
The Protestant Reformation, also referred to as the Protestant Revolution or Protestant Revolt, was a movement in the 16th century to reform the Catholic Church in Western Europe. ...
Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches which developed in Greece, the Balkans, the rest of Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity. ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church is a religious organization which claims to be the continuation of the original Christian body, founded by Jesus and his Twelve Apostles. ...
The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only the first three ecumenical councils â the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus â and rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon. ...
Syriac Christianity is a culturally and linguistically distinctive community within Eastern Christianity. ...
The Holy Apostolic and Catholic Assyrian Church of the East under His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian church that traces its origins to the See of Babylon, said to be founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle. ...
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Western Christianity refers to Catholicism, Protestantism, and Anglicanism (which is also usually included in the Protestant category). ...
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Protestantism is one of three primary branches of Christianity. ...
Thomism is the philosophical school that followed in the legacy of St. ...
Anabaptists (Greek ανα (again) +βαÏÏÎ¹Î¶Ï (baptize), thus, re-baptizers [1], German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the Radical Reformation. ...
Lutheranism is a movement within Christianity that began with the theological insights of Martin Luther in the 16th century> Luthers writings launched the Protestant Reformation of the Western church. ...
The term Anglican (from medieval Latin ecclesia Anglicana meaning the English church) is used to describe the people, institutions, and churches as well as the liturgical traditions and theological concepts developed by the established Church of England, the Anglican Communion and the Continuing Anglican Churches (a loosely affiliated group of...
Calvinism is a system of Christian theology and an approach to Christian life and thought within the Protestant tradition articulated by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the 16th century, and subsequently by successors, associates, followers and admirers of Calvin, his interpretation of Scripture, and perspective on Christian life and...
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A Baptist is a member of a Baptist church or a person who believes in baptism by full immersion. ...
The word evangelicalism usually refers to a tendency in diverse branches of conservative, almost always Protestant, Christianity. ...
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The Pentecostal movement within Evangelical Christianity places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the gifts of the Holy Spirit, as shown in the Biblical account of the Day of Pentecost. ...
A denomination, in the Christian sense of the word, is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and/or doctrine. ...
Christian movements are theological, political, or philosophical intepretations of Christianity that are not generally represented by a specific church, sect, or denomination. ...
The word ecumenism (also oecumenism, Åcumenism) is derived from Greek (oikoumene), which means the inhabited world, and was historically used with specific reference to the Roman Empire. ...
A sermon is an oration by a prophet or member of the clergy. ...
This article is about the many forms of prayer within Christianity. ...
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// Partial list of Christian liturgies (past and present) Roman Catholic church (churches in communion with the Holy See of the Bishop of Rome) Latin Rite Novus Ordo Missae Tridentine Mass Anglican Use Mozarabic Rite Ambrosian Rite Gallican Rite Eastern Rite, e. ...
The liturgical year, also known as the Christian year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in some Christian churches which determines when Feasts, Memorials, Commemorations, and Solemnities are to be observed and which portions of Scripture are to be read. ...
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| | Important Figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Luther · Calvin · Wesley · Carey · Barth Graham · John Paul II · Bartholomew I Paul of Tarsus, also known as Paul the Apostle or Saint Paul (AD 3â14 â 62â69),[1] is widely considered to be central to the early development and spread of Christianity, particularly westward from Jerusalem. ...
The (Early) Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential theologians and writers in the Christian Church, particularly those of the first five centuries of Christian history. ...
This article covers the events of, reaction to, and historical legacy of Roman Emperor Constantine Is legalization, legitimization, and conversion to Christianity. ...
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Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 â April 21, 1109), a widely influential medieval philosopher and theologian, held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. ...
Saint Thomas Aquinas [Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino] (c. ...
Gregory Palamas (1296 - 1359) was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece, and later became Archbishop of Thessalonica. ...
John Wycliffe (also Wyclif, Wycliff, or Wickliffe) (c. ...
Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 â February 18, 1546) was a German monk,[1] priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer. ...
John Calvin (July 10, 1509 â May 27, 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism. ...
John Wesley (June 17, 1703âMarch 2, 1791) was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. ...
William Carey (August 17, 1761 â June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ...
Karl Barth (May 10, 1886âDecember 10, 1968) (pronounced Bart) was an influential Swiss Reformed Christian theologian. ...
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| The Molokans (Russian: Молока́не) are a "Biblically-centered" sectarian religious movement, among Russian peasants (serfs), who broke away from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1550s. Molokans denied the Czar's divine right to rule and rejected the icons, Orthodox fasts, military service, the eating of unclean foods, and other practices, including water baptism. They also rejected the traditional beliefs (held by Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians) in the Trinity, the veneration of religious icons, worship in cathedrals, the adherence toward saintly holidays, and the decisions of Synods and Ecumenical Councils. Costumes of Slaves or Serfs, from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries, collected by H. de Vielcastel, from original Documents in the great Libraries of Europe. ...
The Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: ), also known as the Orthodox Catholic Church of Russia, is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...
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Tsar, (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь; often spelled Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. ...
The Divine Right of Kings is a European political and religious doctrine of political absolutism. ...
The Savior Not Made By Hands (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, image) is an artistic visual representation or symbol of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. ...
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The term Orthodox Christian refers to two Christian traditions: Oriental Orthodoxy, which separated from the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the 5th century; Eastern Orthodoxy, which the Roman Catholic church separated from in 1054 was the church that was started by the apostles. ...
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The Savior Not Made By Hands (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, image) is an artistic visual representation or symbol of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. ...
A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ...
A synod (also known as a council) is a council of a church, usually a Christian church, convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. ...
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History
During the reign of Ivan the Terrible (1547-1584 A.D.), Matthew Simon Dalmatov, the first martyr of the Molokan faith, began to evangelize his family, his master, and local village members in and around the city of Tambov. Dalmatov carried this sectarian belief into Moscow, where a group of sojourners from northern Russia (near the Finnish border), which were Mordvins, heard his message of spirit and truth and embraced it. Dalmatov was later martyred by Orthodox priests in a monastery prison by being placed upon a device in which two large wooden wheels with iron spikes would spin in opposite directions thereby pulling the individual’s body apart from the inside out. Unlike their Doukhobor neighbors, Molokans were actually ostracized from Russian society in 1400's for their refusal to bear arms and for their refusal to assist in any form of military service. Ivan IV (August 25, 1530–March 18, 1584) was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of tsar. ...
Komunalnaya Ulitsa, Tambov Tambov (ТамбоÌв) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Tambov Oblast. ...
Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2005) - Density 10,415,400 8537. ...
The Mordvins (Mordva) are a people who speak languages of the Finno-Permic branch of the Finno-Ugric language family. ...
The name "Molokan" was used for the first time in the 1670s, in reference to the people who ignored the 200 fasting days, drinking milk (moloko = "milk" in Russian). Molokans themselves did not completely reject the name—even adding words like "drinking of the spiritual milk of God" (according to I Peter 2:2, "Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation"). Events and Trends Newton and Leibniz independently discover calculus. ...
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Heretics were punished in Czarist Russia. Beatings, torture, kidnapping, imprisonment, banishment, dismembering, killing, and other forms of cruel punishment were inflicted upon these called "Spiritual Christians". In the 1800s, the government's policy was to send the heretics away from the center of the country into Ukraine, central Asia, and Siberia. In 1833, there was a reported outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon a number of Molokans in the Transcaucasus region. This created a schism between Constants and the newly evolved Jumpers and Leapers. With what the Molokans believed to be an additional manifestation of the Holy Spirit, this new smaller sect began a revival with intense zeal and reported miracles that purportedly rivaled that of Christ’s Apostles. Condemnation from the Constant sect lead to betrayals and imprisonment for many of the Jumpers and Leapers, now called New Israelites by their anointed leader Maxim Rudometkin. Maxim Rudometkin, while he was in prison, wrote a spiritual book that was smuggled out by close friends and relatives whom came to visit him that later become the basis for a sub-sect of the Molokan faith. This book, used as a companion to the Holy Bible, is known as the Book of Spirit and Life. Molokans who accepted this book and who followed Maxim's interpretations of the Bible are known as Maximisti, which make up most of the jumper and leapers sect. The famous writer Leo Tolstoy visited Russia's second most sacred religious site, Solovetsky Monastery (near the White Sea), in 1869 where he found the prison conditions to be repulsive. After having spoken to Maxim Rudometkin, Tolstoy found no basis for his 9+ year imprisonment, and so by favor of the Grand Duke, had him reassigned closer to his home at the Sudzal Monastery prison where he remained another 9 years. From then on, Tolstoy grew fond of the Molokans and secretly conversed with many of them regarding Spiritual matters. Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...
Spiritual Christianity (Russian: ) is a type of religious thought among the sectarianism of Russian Orthodoxy, with followers called spiritual Christians (Russian: ). Traditionally, the following sects are spiritual Christians: Molokans, Dukhobors, Khlysts, Skoptsy, and Ikonobortsy (Icon-fighters, Iconoclasts). These sects often have radically different notions of spirituality. Their common denominator is...
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Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the Catholic or Orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ...
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Siberian Federal District (dark red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia. ...
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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: , Lev NikolaeviÄ Tolstoj), commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 [O.S. August 28] â November 20, 1910 [O.S. November 7]) was a Russian novelist, writer, essayist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist, educational reformer, vegetarian, moral thinker and an influential member of...
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The title of Grand Duke (Latin, Magnus Dux; German, Großherzog, Russian, Великий князь) used in Slavic, Baltic, and Germanic countries, is ranked in honour below King but higher than a sovereign Duke (Herzog) or Prince (Fürst). ...
At the end of the 19th century, there were about 500, 000 Molokans in Russia. Before World War I there was a well-known colony of Molokans that had been exiled to the Caucasus (an area long within Russian hegemony), mainly to what is now Azerbaijan, Armenia and eastern Turkey (Kars). As a 12 year old boy, Efim G. Klubnikin became known as a "seer", or prophet, depending on one's viewpoint. As a young boy, he was divinely inspired to Prophesy about a coming time that would be unbearable and the time to leave Russia is now. For "Soon the doors will close and leaving Russian would be impossible." He "foreknew" that when he would be an adult that the Ottoman Turks were heading for Armenia and Ararat, and he was able to provide leadership in getting the Molokan community and others out of harm's way. Only about 2,000 Molokans (mostly of the Jumpers and Leapers Sect) left for the United States and settled in the Los Angeles area and some other parts of the West Coast and Canada. The Klubnikins continued to be involved in cattle and groceries, as they probably had done in the area of Tambov prior to exile. Others received a land grant from the Mexican government and settled in the Guadalupe Valley in Baja California, Mexico. An even smaller number of Constant Molokans fled Russia and settled mainly in the San Francisco, California and Sacramento, California. Presently there are about 20,000 people who "ethnically identify themselves as Molokans." There are also approximately 200 Molokan churches, 150 of them in Russia. Approximately 25,000 Molokans reside in the United States, of which only about 5,000 "ethnically identify themselves as Molokans;" most of which, reside in California, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. Molokans can be found in Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Armenia, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Australia, Uruguay, Mongolia, northwest China, and in the United States. Not long ago the Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured Molokans as one of their peoples. The Entholinguistic patchwork of the modern Caucasus - CIA map The Caucasus, a region bordering Asia Minor, is located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea which includes the Caucasus Mountains and surrounding lowlands. ...
Kars (Armenian: Ô¿Õ¡ÖÕ½) is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of the Kars Province, formerly at the head of a sanjak in the Turkish vilayet of Erzurum. ...
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Molokans adhere to the Old Testament kosher Food Laws and do not eat pork, shellfish, or other "unclean" foods. They also do not drink alcohol, smoke, take drugs, gamble, steal, file lawsuits, serve on juries, or partake in pornography. Church services are conducted in the Russian language, men and women sit apart, and services are usually quite active--comparable to Pentacostal activities. Molokan families encourage endogamy. The circled U indicates that this can of tuna is certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Congregations. ...
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