Encyclopedia - Chalcedonian Creed: Encyclopedia - Chalcedonian Creed
The Chalcedonian Creed was adopted at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 in Asia Minor. That Council of Chalcedon is one of the seven ecumen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chalcedonian: Encyclopedia - Chalcedonian
The Chalcedonian churches are those Christian churches who follow the Christological teachings of the Council of Chalcedon, in contradist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christology: Encyclopedia Ii - Christology - Some Christological Viewpoints
Some important controversies have included the controversy with Arians over Christ's divinity and relationship with the Father, which led...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Chalcedon: Encyclopedia - Council Of Chalcedon
The Council of Chalcedon was an ecumenical council that took place from October 8–November 1, 451 at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creed: Encyclopedia - Creed
A creed is a statement of belief—usually religious belief—or faith.The word derives from the Latin credo for I believe. Creed - Chris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christology: Encyclopedia - Christology
Christology is that part of Christian theology that studies and defines who Jesus the Christ was and is. It is generally less concerned w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity: Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity
Coptic Orthodox Christianity is the indigenous form of Christianity that, according to tradition, the apostle Mark established in Egypt i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecumenical Council: Encyclopedia - Ecumenical Council
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binitarianism: Encyclopedia - Binitarianism
Binitarianism is a theology of two in one God, as opposed to one (unitarianism) or three (trinitarianism). Classically, it is understood ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East-west Schism: Encyclopedia - East-west Schism
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orthodoxy: Encyclopedia - Orthodoxy
The word orthodoxy, from the Greek ortho ('right', 'correct') and doxa ('thought', 'teaching'), is typically used to refer to the correct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Liturgy: Encyclopedia - Christian Liturgy
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Rite: Encyclopedia - Eastern Rite
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia - Trinity
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity: Encyclopedia - Christianity
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholicism: Encyclopedia - Catholicism
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyril Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia - Cyril Of Alexandria
Cyril I (376 – June 27, 444), surnamed The Pillar of Faith, was Pope of Alexandria. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Chur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Justinian I: Encyclopedia - Justinian I
Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus or Justinian I (May 11, 483–November 13/14, 565), was Eastern Roman Emperor from August 1, 527 unt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia - Theology
Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, "God", + λογος, logos, "word" or "reason"). It can also refer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion
All the Abrahamic religions are derived to some extent from Judaism as practiced in ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah prior to the Bab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary, The Mother Of Jesus: Encyclopedia - Mary, The Mother Of Jesus
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary The Mother Of Jesus: Encyclopedia - Mary The Mother Of Jesus
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unitarianism: Encyclopedia - Unitarianism
Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church (encompassing national Orthodox jurisdictions such as Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, etc.—see Eastern Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creed: Encyclopedia Ii - Creed - Islamic Creeds
The most basic attempt to put the religion of Islam in a brief statement of doctrine is the shahada, the proclamation that there is no go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creed: Encyclopedia Ii - Creed - Christian Creeds
Christianity, affirming that God has been begotten and manifest in the human being Jesus, has formulated a number of statements of faith ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Rite - Historical Background
Communion between Christian Churches has been broken over matters of faith, when each side accused the other of heresy or departure from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Coptic Christianity - History
Egypt is often identified as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: "When he arose, he took the young ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecumenical Council: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecumenical Council - List Of Ecumenical Councils
Ecumenical council - Councils #1 to #7. 1. First Council of Nicaea, (325); repudiated Arianism, adopted the Nicene Creed. This and all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Chalcedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Council Of Chalcedon - Convocation And Session
The situation continued to deteriorate, with the pope demanding the convocation of a new council and the emperor refusing to budge, all t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Similarities In The 16th-century Jewish Kabbalah
In the late Kabbalistic tradition, originating in the city of Safed in the 16th century, an essential part of representations of the Tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Coptic Christianity - History
Egypt is often identified as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: "When he arose, he took the young ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - In Popular Culture
In the Valérian comics, the Trinity appeared as a tough, street-hardened police sergeant (Father), a hippie (Son) and a broken jukebox (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Similarities In The 16th-century Jewish Kabbalah
In the late Kabbalistic tradition, originating in the city of Safed in the 16th century, an essential part of representations of the Tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - In Popular Culture
In the Valérian comics, the Trinity appeared as a tough, street-hardened police sergeant (Father), a hippie (Son) and a broken jukebox (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Chalcedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Council Of Chalcedon - Latrocinium Of Ephesus
By this time, the pope had received communications from Flavian, and had himself determined that Eutyches was in the wrong and that the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binitarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Binitarianism - Binitarianism Throughout History
Certain scholars have noted that, "Earliest Christian worship specifies two figures, God and Jesus, as recipients" (Hurtado, Larry, "The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East-west Schism: Encyclopedia Ii - East-west Schism - Reconciliation
The Catholic-Orthodox Joint Declaration of 1965 was read out on 7 December 1965 simultaneously at a public meeting of the Second Vatican ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East-west Schism: Encyclopedia Ii - East-west Schism - Great Schism
The catalysts of the Great Schism included: the insertion of the filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Roman church in direct vio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binitarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Binitarianism - In Scholarly Views Of Early Christian Theology
Larry W. Hurtado of University of Edinburgh uses the word binitarian to describe the position of early Christian devotion to God, which a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Ontology Of The Trinity
Trinity - Historical view and usage. The Trinitarian view has been affirmed as an article of faith by the Nicene (325/381) and Athanasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Ontology Of The Trinity
Trinity - Historical view and usage. The Trinitarian view has been affirmed as an article of faith by the Nicene (325/381) and Athanasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Relations With Other Christians
The Catholic Church attributes very high authority to 21 Ecumenical Councils: Nicaea I (325), Constantinople I (381), Ephesus (431), Chal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Catholicism - Brief Organizational History Of The Church
The early Catholic Church came to be organized under the three patriarchs of Rome, Alexandria and Antioch, to which later were added the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Scripture And Tradition
The word Trinity comes from a Latin abstract noun which most literally means "three-ness" (or "the property of occurring three at once")....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Chalcedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Council Of Chalcedon - Historical Background
Council of Chalcedon - Relics of Nestorianism. After the Council of Ephesus had condemned Nestorianism, there remained a conflict betwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East-west Schism: Encyclopedia Ii - East-west Schism - Origins
Since its earliest days, the Church recognized the special positions of three bishops, who were known as patriarchs: the Bishop of Rome, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East-west Schism: Encyclopedia Ii - East-west Schism - Early Schisms
The Great Schism was not the first schism between East and West; there had, in fact, been over two centuries of schism during the first m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binitarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Binitarianism - Church Of God Binitarianism
Binitarianism is a term also adopted to explain a view associated particularly with some branches of the Sabbatarian Church of God, which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyril Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyril Of Alexandria - Cyril's Teachings
Cyril not unjustly bears the title of "Seal of the Fathers", as the one who finally fixed the doctrine of the Trinity. As important as hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Liturgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Liturgy - Frequent Liturgical Practice
Most Protestant Christian denominations, while often following a fixed "order of worship", do not adhere to a liturgy in the strict sense...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Scripture And Tradition
The word Trinity comes from the Latin noun Trinitas, meaning the state or condition of being three, or a group of three persons or things...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Scripture And Tradition
The word Trinity comes from the Latin noun Trinitas, meaning the state or condition of being three, or a group of three persons or things...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Overview
The Roman Catholic Church traces its origins to Saint Peter, apostle to Rome. It rose to prominence with the Constantinian shift in the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Idolatry In Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Idolatry In Christianity - Hebrew Origins
Idolatry is prohibited by many verses in the Hebrew Bible. There is no one section that clearly defines idolatry; rather there are a numb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodoret: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodoret - The Nestorian Controversy
Theodoret stands out prominently in the christological controversies aroused by Cyril of Alexandria. Theodoret shared in the petition of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - The Supreme Deity
Judaism and Islam visualize God in strictly monotheistic terms as one being; Christianity believes likewise but for many Christians, God ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Justinian I: Encyclopedia Ii - Justinian I - Ecclesiastical Relations With Rome
From the middle of the fifth century onward increasingly arduous tasks confronted the emperors of the East in ecclesiastical matters. For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Coptic Christianity - Coptic Christianity Today
The current Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the Holy See of Saint Mark is Pope Shenouda III (his title should not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianity - Persecution
Before the Edict of Milan, ancient Christianity was an illegal movement, which many considered anti-social for worshipping an executed cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Liturgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Liturgy - History Of The Liturgy
This section will describe the evolution of the liturgical celebration known as the Mass by Roman Catholics, which is similar to Anglican...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unitarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unitarianism - Impact And Opposition
The adoption of unitarian belief almost always entails severance of identification with Christianity as it is understood by the Nicene-Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Topics - List Of Lists
Ayyavazhi Religion - Bible stories - Biblical names - Born-again Christian laypeople - Buddhist terms and concepts - Cathedrals - Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Coptic Christianity - Coptic Christianity Today
The current Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the Holy See of Saint Mark is Pope Shenouda III (his title should not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Orthodox Church - History
Eastern Orthodox Church - The early Church. Christianity first spread in the predominantly Greek-speaking eastern half of the Roman Emp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Orthodox Church - History
Eastern Orthodox Church - The early Church. Christianity first spread in the predominantly Greek-speaking eastern half of the Roman Emp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Terminology
Roman Catholic Church is a term that other Christian Churches often, though by no means exclusively, use for this Church. The Church itse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Beliefs
The Catholic Church is a Christian church, and therefore shares core beliefs with the majority of other trinitarian groups generally cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Dissent From The Doctrine
Most Christians believe that the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity is so central to the Christian faith, that to deny it is to reject the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Dissent From The Doctrine
Most Christians believe that the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity is so central to the Christian faith, that to deny it is to reject the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Orthodox Church - Art And Architecture
Eastern Orthodox Church - Church buildings. The church building has many symbolic meanings. Perhaps the oldest and most prominent is th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary, The Mother Of Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary, The Mother Of Jesus - Religious Attitudes Towards Mary
Mary, the mother of Jesus - Veneration of Mary: Divisions Among Christians. Roman Catholic, Orthodox and many Anglican Christians vener...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Particular Churches Within The Single Catholic Church
Unlike "families" or "communions" of Churches that see themselves as distinct Churches, the Church of those who are in full communion wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Note On Liturgical Rites In Use Within The Latin Or Western Church
For many centuries there were as many or more liturgical rites in the Latin-Rite or Western Catholic Church, as in the East. In the after...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - The Consecrated Life
Consecrated Life, referred to also as Religious Life, is a way of Christian living within the Catholic Church that, publicly professed, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Criticisms And Controversies
Over the centuries, the Catholic Church has encountered criticisms for numerous reasons. (Some particular controversies are discussed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Liturgy
The Catholic Church sees the eucharistic liturgy, the celebration of the Mystery of Christ, in particular the Paschal Mystery of his deat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary The Mother Of Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary The Mother Of Jesus - Religious Attitudes Towards Mary
Mary the mother of Jesus - Veneration of Mary: Divisions Among Christians. Roman Catholic, Orthodox and many Anglican Christians venera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Orthodox Church - Art And Architecture
Eastern Orthodox Church - Church buildings. The church building has many symbolic meanings. Perhaps the oldest and most prominent is th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - A Brief History Of Theologies
::Main article: History of theology Classical Greek theology (c.700 BC to 323 BC). Various forms of systematic and philosophical reflecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - A Brief History Of Theologies
::Main article: History of theology Theology - Classical Greek theology c.700 BC to 323 BC. Various forms of systematic and philosophic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - Sacraments
The Roman Catholic Church, like other ancient Christian Churches such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, recognizes and administers seven sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Orthodox Church - Beliefs
Eastern Orthodox Church - The Trinity. Orthodox Christians believe in a single God who is both three and one (triune): Father, Son, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Orthodox Church - Beliefs
Eastern Orthodox Church - The Trinity. Orthodox Christians believe in a single God who is both three and one (triune): Father, Son, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Orthodox Church - Traditions
Eastern Orthodox Church - Chanting. Orthodox services are sung nearly in their entirety. Services consist in part of a dialog between t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church - The Hierarchical Constitution Of The Church
Roman Catholic Church - The Pope. What most obviously distinguishes the Catholic Church from other Christian bodies is the link between...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Orthodox Church - Traditions
Eastern Orthodox Church - Chanting. Orthodox services are sung nearly in their entirety. Services consist in part of a dialog between t...   » Read the article

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This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article