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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Alpha and omega

Religion; Christianity

Alpha and Omega are the first and the last letters, respectively, of the Greek alphabet. They have been employed from the fourth century as a symbol expressing the confidence of orthodox Christians ...

Alleluia

Religion; Christianity

The word "Alleluia" or "Hallelujah", which at its most literal means "Praise Yah", is used in different ways in Christian liturgies. In the spelling "Alleluia", the term is used also to refer to a ...

Alma

Religion; Christianity

A Hebrew signifying a "young woman", unmarried as well as married, and thus distinct from bethulah, "a virgin" . The interest that attaches to this word is due to the famous passage of Isaiah 7:14: ...

Alms and almsgiving

Religion; Christianity

Any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity, is almsgiving. It is evident, then, that almsgiving implies much more than the transmission of some temporal commodity to the ...

Altar wine

Religion; Christianity

Wine is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. For valid and licit consecration vinum de vite, i.e. the pure juice of the grape naturally and properly ...

Altar

Religion; Christianity

In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered. Mass may sometimes be celebrated outside a sacred place, but never without an altar, or at least an altar-stone.

Altar vessels

Religion; Christianity

The chalice is the cup in which the wine and water of the Eucharistic Sacrifice is contained. It should be either of gold, or of silver with the cup gilt on the inside or it may have a cup only of ...