Christianity

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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Apocatastasis

Religion; Christianity

(Greek apokath'istemi, "to restore"). Doctrine that every creature, including the devil, will be reconciled with God in the end. Most notably taught by Origen of Alexandria. Also known as ...

Transubstantiation

Religion; Christianity

The doctrine that the bread and wine of the Eucharist actually becomes the body and blood of Christ, although it continues to have the appearance of bread and wine. Transubstantiation was rejected in ...

Hagiography

Religion; Christianity

A biography of a saint, usually written from an admiring and idealised perspective.

Justification

Religion; Christianity

The act by which God moves a sinner from a state of sin to a state of grace or, especially in Protestantism, the act by which God declares a sinner righteous.

Vestry

Religion; Christianity

In Anglicanism, the board of directors of a church. The vestry elects the rector and oversees the church's secular affairs.

Patriarch

Religion; Christianity

(Gk. "father ruler") Generally, an early biblical figure such as Abraham or one of the "church fathers" of the early Christian church. Specifically, the spiritual leader of a major city in Eastern ...