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• Christ - Gnostic Christ
• Christ - Expansions and appropriations of Christ
• Christ - Slang usage

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The Christ is the Worlds Teacher, the Divine Template for Humanity and stands at the head of the world Hierarchy. See also the Universal Christ, and Cosmic Christ.

(See also: Christ, Body Mind and Soul)

Sacred Revelations: Christ and Krishna

Both Krishna and Christ appeared on earth to help us evolve spiritually. The Supreme, though unborn and undying, reveals itself in human form to help us overcome the illusions of ignorance and self-centredness, of hatred and cruelty, through love and compassion. There are interesting similarities in the life and precepts of Krishna and Christ. Kansa and Herod - one the king of Mathura, the other, of Palestine - were forewarned that they would die at the hands of a child yet to be born. So, they went about slaughtering newborns.

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"Christ" has taken on such power and significance as a theological, religious and/or devotional term that it has been appropriated and/or expanded by various theologians and religious writers so as to take it beyond its merely Christian context. The development of Judeo/Christian religious concepts in a world religious context may be startling to the orthodox, but is part of the full picture and contemporary meaning of the term "Christ". Paramahansa Yogananda - writes about a "Christ Consciousness" interchangeably with "Krishna Cons ...

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The Body of Christ is a term used by Christians to describe believers in Christ. Christ is seen as the head of the body, which is seen as the church. The "members" of the body are seen as members of the Church. The term is also used by the Roman Catholic Church to refer to the entire community of baptized individuals. In the context of the local churches it is a metaphor used to describe the synchronicity between different localities and God. In this, God is the head and the people who make up the Church in each l ...

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The Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations. In the United States, for the most part the churches' roots can be traced back to the Restorationist movement championed by American Protestant preachers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, most notably Thomas Campbell and his son Alexander. Individuals in these churches often aspire to be members of the one body of Christ described in the New Testament, without denominational affiliation. They view congregational identity not as denominational identity, ...

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• Church of Christ - Hermeneutics
• Church of Christ - Specific teachings and prohibitions
• Church of Christ - Other Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement bodies
• Church of Christ - Disputes within the Church
• Church of Christ - Notes

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Carol Christ may refer to: Carol T. Christ a scholar of Victorian literature Carol P. Christ a scholar of feminism and theology Other related archivesCarol P. Christ, Carol T. Christ

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The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), also known as the Disciples of Christ or simply as the Christian Church, is a denomination of Christian Protestantism that grew out of movements founded by Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell of West Virginia (then Virginia) and Barton W. Stone of Kentucky. Both families were originally Presbyterians. Disciples of Christ - History. The roots of the Disciples of Christ lie in the Restoration Movement of the early 1800s, with a focus on Christian un ...

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The iconic image of Christ Pantocrator ("Christ, Ruler of All") was one of the first images of Christ developed in the Early Christian Church and remains a central icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the half-length image, Christ holds the New Testament in his left hand and blesses with his right. Some scholars [citation needed] consider the Pantocrator a Christian adaptation of images of Zeu ...

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Christ's Hospital (also popularly known as the Blue-coat School) is a school which is now in Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom, and was formerly in London. Unusually for an independent school in England and in keeping with its original charitable purpose, fees (tuition and board) are paid on a means-tested basis, with massive subsidies from the school. In 2005, just over 20% of parents paid nothing at all and about one third paid less than £250 per year per child. Well-off families are discouraged - the number of pup ...

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The Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord is a Feast Day celebrated on January 1 as a "holy day of obligation" (a day on which Catholics must attend Mass). It is a feast celebrating not only Christ consenting to submit to Jewish Law, but also the first time the "Redeemer" spilled his blood for mankind. Traditional Catholics still celebrate this Feast under that name, but most Catholics now, with the revisions of the Mass that followed the Second Vatican Council, celebrate January 1 as the Solemnity of St. Mary, the Mother of Jesu ...

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Community of Christ, previously known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or RLDS church is a branch of Mormon Restorationism, and is the second largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement. Based in Independence, Missouri, the faith shares its origins with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church), but does not use the term Mormon in self-reference. Community of Christ - Overview. The history of the two largest Latter Day Sa ...

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• Community of Christ - Presidency of Joseph Smith III
• Community of Christ - Presidencies of Frederick M. Smith and Israel A. Smith
• Community of Christ - Presidencies of W. Wallace Smith and Wallace B. Smith
• Community of Christ - Presidency of W. Grant McMurray
• Community of Christ - Presidency of Steven M. Veazey
• Community of Christ - Major doctrines
• Community of Christ - Sacraments
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The Christ's Ambassador Mission (C.A.M.) is an evangelistic mission organization that expands god's world onto campuses and the rest of the world through pentecostal holy spirit movement as Christ's ambassdors. There are four major areas for its missionary goal. First, the pentecostal Holy spirit movement. Second, university student oriented ministry. Third, Christ's ambassador training for the God's wor ...

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The Brethren in Christ Church (often called B.I.C. Church) is an evangelical Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite church, pietism, and Wesleyan holiness. They have also been known as River Brethren and River Mennonites. Brethren in Christ Church - Background. The B.I.C. Church began about 1778 in Pennsylvania. It loosely shares an early connection with the United Brethren back to 1767. Often known by their locality, a group of brethren north of Marietta, Pennsylvania on th ...

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The Apostolic Assemblies of Christ, Inc. is a predominantly African-American "Oneness Pentecostal" denomination. The Apostolic Assemblies of Christ was organized in 1970 by George Marshall Boone (b. 1920). Previously he had served as a bishop in the Pentecostal Church of the Apostolic Faith. From a beginning with seven churches in Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, the Apostolic Assemblies of Chris ...

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. The Feast of Christ the King (or properly, the Solemnity of Christ the King) is a holy day in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, and also some Protestant churches. Prior to 1970, the feast was observed on the last Sunday in October; however, the reformed calendar approved by the Second Vatican Co ...

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Christ Church, called in Latin Ædes Christi (i.e. the temple/house of Christ), and commonly known as The House, is one of the largest and wealthiest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, with an estimated financial endowment of £175m (2003), as well as the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford. Traditionally it has been seen as the most aristocratic college. It has produced 13 British prime ministers (the most recent being Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1963–1964), which is m ...

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The Church of God in Christ, Inc. is a Pentecostal body which is the sixth largest Christian Church in the United States and perhaps the nation's largest African American denomination. The Church of God in Christ was formed in 1897 by Charles Harrison Mason (1866-1961), who was expelled from his Baptist church in the late 19th century. Mason was licensed to preach by Mt. Gale Missionary Baptist Church of Preston, Arkansas. He entered Arkansas Baptist College in 1893, but soon became dissatisfied and withdrew. He became c ...

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Saint Basil or Vasily (known also as Vasily Blazhenny, Basil Fool for Christ or Basil the Blessed) is a Russian Orthodox saint born to serfs in 1469 in Yelokhov, near Moscow. He is thought to have died in 1552 or 1557 and was canonised around 1580. Basil is considered a yurodivy or holy fool. Originally an apprentice shoemaker in Moscow, he adopted an eccentric lifestyle of shoplifting and giving to the poor. He went naked and weighed himself down with chains. He rebuked Ivan the Terrible for not paying attention in church. He is buried in St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, ...

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Christ King is a slogan used by Christians who pursue a theocracy. Religion should take the place of earthly authority. Some followers of this slogan are: Mexican Cristeros fighting the secularist president Plutarco Elías Calles Rexism (from Latin Christus Rex), a Catholic collaborationist movement during the occupation of Belgium by Nazi Germany. Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey ("Christ King guerrillas"), a violent illegal organization operating during the Spanish transition to democracy again ...

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