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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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Noah's Ark
Religion; Christianity
The Hebrew name to designate Noah's Ark, the one which occurs again in the history of Moses' childhood, suggests the idea of a box of large proportions, though the author of Wisdom terms it a vessel ...
Aristides
Religion; Christianity
A Christian apologist living at Athens in the second century. According to Eusebius, the Emperor Hadrian, during his stay in Greece (123-127), caused himself to be initiated into the Eleusinian ...
Benjamin
Religion; Christianity
The youngest son of Jacob born of Rachel. His original name was Ben-oni (Heb. "son of my sorrow"), given to him by his mother just before she died in child-birth, but was changed to Benjamin by ...
Bible
Religion; Christianity
A collection of writings which the Church of God has solemnly recognised as inspired.The name is derived from the Greek expression biblia (the books), which came into use in the early centuries of ...
Cainites
Religion; Christianity
The Bible (Genesis 4:17-22) mentions nine of Cain's descendants in the direct line: Henoch, Irad, Maviael, Mathusael, and Lamech, who had four children: Jabel and Jubal by his wife Ada, and Tubalcain ...
Cain
Religion; Christianity
The first-born of Adam and Eve. His name is derived, according to Genesis 4:1, from the root kanah.
Bethlehem
Religion; Christianity
The old Hebrew name, meaning "house of bread", has survived till the present day. It is but a small town, poorly built, and of no great importance, a little less than seven miles southwest of ...
