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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Grace

Religion; Christianity

The undeserved gift of divine favour in the justification and then sanctification of sinners. The Greek term charis, usually translated in English as "grace," is about 150 times in the New Testament, ...

Confession

Religion; Christianity

1. A profession of faith (e.g. By the martyrs) or statement of doctrine (e.g. Augsburg Confession). 2. Admission of sin, either directly to God in prayer, generally to the congregation, or privately ...

Canon

Religion; Christianity

(Greek kanon, "rule" or "reference point"). (1) The body of scriptures accepted as authoritative. (2) A priest who serves on the staff of a catehdral.

Canonise

Religion; Christianity

To officially declare a deceased Christian to be a "saint. " In the Catholic church, saints are canonised by the pope (since the 13th cent. ) and must have performed at least two miracles. In the ...

Mitre

Religion; Christianity

(Greek mitra, "turban"). Liturgical headdress of a bishop. In the Eastern Church it resembles a crown similar in form to that worn by Byzantine Emperors. In the Western Church it is shield-shaped and ...

Apostolic succession

Religion; Christianity

Doctrine that the authority of ordained clergy (to perform valid sacraments and teach right doctrine) derives from an unbroken succession of valid ordinations beginning with the apostles.

Patripassianism

Religion; Christianity

The heretical view, associated with Praxeas, Noetus and Sabbellius, that God the Father can suffer. A consequence of modalist monarchianism, in which the Son is the same person as the Father.