Enormous diversity of belief exists among Christians. Nevertheless, certain doctrines have come to characterize the mainstream of Christian theology. Christianity - The Trinity. Main article: Trinity The belief that God is a single eternal being who exists as three distinct, eternal, and indivisible persons: Father, Son (Divine Logos (incarnated as Jesus, and Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost). Christianity - Jesus Christ as God. The belief that Jesus is both fully God (divine) and ...

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Christianity, Christianity - History and Origins, Christianity - Denominations, Christianity - Beliefs, Christianity - The Trinity, Christianity - Jesus Christ as God, Christianity - Jesus Christ as Salvation, Christianity - Crucifixion and Resurrection, Christianity - The Second Coming, Christianity - The Afterlife, Christianity - Differences in Beliefs, Christianity - Nicene Creed, Christianity - Scriptures, Christianity - Worship and practices, Christianity - Weekly worship services, Christianity - Holidays, Christianity - Symbols, Christianity - Persecution, Christianity - History and denominations, Christianity - Notes, Christianity - References and select bibliography

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Christianity - Nicene Creed. One statement describing the beliefs of a majority of Christians is the Nicene Creed, ratified as the universal creed of Orthodox and Catholic Christendom by the Council of Ephesus in 431, and generally believed to be true by Protestants as well. Therefore, the Nicene Creed is generally acknowledged to be the most universally accepted summary expression of the Christian faith. Central Christian beliefs which are affirmed in the Nicene Creed include, but are not limited to: ...

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Good Friday is observed as a special day in the Christian calendar: It is the day when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was crucified; this was the day his spirit left his body.

The sacrifice was not committed in vain - Christ rose to immortality on Easter Sunday, in a Resurrection that is remembered every year, more than two millennia after the event, as the ultimate sacrifice of obedience to the Divine.

(See also: Good Friday, Faith and Belief, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Hinduism vs Christianity: Hindu beliefs compared with Christian beliefs

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An origin belief is any story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe (cosmogony). Such beliefs can be derived from many different venues including scientific investigation, metaphysical speculation, or religious belief. As with any set of beliefs, opinions regarding the validity of particular origins beliefs differ —points of view on these subjects vary widely. Origin belief - Creation myths. Origins beliefs commonly refer to creation myths — mytho ...

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• Origin belief - Creation myths
• Origin belief - Science-based beliefs
• Origin belief - Accepted mainstream scientific theories
• Origin belief - Beliefs grounded in philosophical naturalism
• Origin belief - Creation ex nihilo
• Origin belief - Religious creation beliefs
• Origin belief - Limits to the ontology of creation
• Origin belief - Creation within various belief systems
• Origin belief - Babylonia
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• Origin belief - China
• Origin belief - Christianity
• Origin belief - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Origin belief - Creek
• Origin belief - Egyptian
• Origin belief - Classical Greece
• Origin belief - Hinduism
• Origin belief - Hopi
• Origin belief - Hmong
• Origin belief - Inca
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• Origin belief - Judaism
• Origin belief - Maya
• Origin belief - Māori
• Origin belief - Navajo
• Origin belief - Norse
• Origin belief - Polynesian
• Origin belief - Randomness
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• Origin belief - Surat Shabda Yoga
• Origin belief - Taoism
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• Origin belief - Zoroastrianism

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The Zion Christian Church (or ZCC) is the largest African Initiated Church in southern Africa, with four million members [1]. The church's headquarters are at Zion City Moria in Limpopo Province, South Africa, and the church is led by Barnabas Lekganyane, the grandson of its founder. Zion Christian Church - History. Zion Christian Church - Origin. The ZCC was formed by Engenas Lekganyane, a f ...

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• Zion Christian Church - History
• Zion Christian Church - Origin
• Zion Christian Church - Zion City Moria
• Zion Christian Church - Schism
• Zion Christian Church - Characteristics and beliefs
• Zion Christian Church - Characteristics of the ZCC
• Zion Christian Church - Christian beliefs

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Charismatic is an umbrella term used to describe Christians who believe that the manifestations of the Holy Spirit seen in the first century Christian Church, such as glossolalia, healing and miracles, are available to contemporary Christians and ought to be experienced and practised today. The word charismatic is derived from the Greek word charis (meaning a grace or a gift) which is the term used in the Bible to des ...

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• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - The nature of criticism
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Criticisms from Evangelical Christians
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Blessings money and prosperity
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Exegesis
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Influences of the Latter Rain Movement
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Oneness Pentecostals
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Scripture authority and guidance
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Speaking in Tongues
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Theology of worship
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Criticisms from Catholic and/or Orthodox Christians
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Medical/Scientific Criticisms
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Faith Healing
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Prosperity and Faith
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Religious ecstasy as a psychological phenomenon
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Word of Faith theology
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Criticisms from within the Pentecostal / Charismatic movement
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Authoritative leadership
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Psychological Abuse
• Criticisms of Charismatic and Pentecostal belief - Theological scholarship

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Christo-Islamic is a term of comparative religion to connect fundamental ideas in Christianity with similar ones in Islam. Islam, which also has commonalities with Judaism, accepts many peripheral aspects of Christianity as part of its faith - with some differences in interpretation. The phrase "Judeo-Christian values" is commonly used in the West, and many Muslim scholars view this term as emblematic of Western cultures' disconnection with Islam even though Muslims refer to bo ...

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• Christo-Islamic - Beliefs

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The Christian Methodist Epsicopal Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Methodism. The group was organized in 1870 when several black ministers, with the full support of their white counterparts in the former Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met to form an organization that would allow them to establish and maintain their own polity, that is, to ordain their own bishops and ministers without the necessity of them being officially endorsed or appointed by the white-dominated body. They called this fellowship the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, whic ...

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• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - Religious Beliefs
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - Social Creed
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymnal and Responsive Readings
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - CME Connectional Emblem
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - Terrorism

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The Brethren are any of several Christian denominations, most of which are Anabaptist-Pietist . Brethren - Beliefs. The Anabaptist-Pietist Brethren, and even other Brethren bodies, share in common many beliefs. Individual articles contain more specific information of the doctrines of various bodies. Christian anarchism, Peace church, Simple living Brethren - Schwarzenau Brethren groups. The Schwarzenau Brethren groups originated in 1708 in ...

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• Brethren - Beliefs
• Brethren - Schwarzenau Brethren groups
• Brethren - Other Brethren groups

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The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. Such traditions often consider the soul both immortal and innately aware of its immortal nature, as well as the true basis for sentience in each living being. The concept of the soul has strong links with notions of an afterlife, but opinions may vary wildly, even within a given religion, as to what happens to the soul after death. Many wi ...

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• Soul - Etymologies
• Soul - Philosophical views
• Soul - Socrates and Plato
• Soul - Aristotle
• Soul - Religious views
• Soul - Bahá'í beliefs
• Soul - Buddhist beliefs
• Soul - Christian beliefs
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• Soul - Islamic beliefs
• Soul - Jainist beliefs
• Soul - Jewish beliefs
• Soul - Other religious beliefs and views
• Soul - Science and the soul
• Soul - Materialistic Science and the Soul
• Soul - Scientific approaches for study of a non-material soul
• Soul - Other uses of the term
• Soul - Movie
• Soul - External references and links

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Creation is a doctrinal position in many religions which maintains that one or a group of gods or deities is responsible for creating the universe. Creationism affirms this belief, but the doctrinal belief is not necessarily synonymous with creationism. Creation theology - Judaism & Christianity. Mainstream Biblical scholarship maintains that the creation story found in Genesis 2 is the earlier of the two Genesis accounts. Filled with ancient and rich mythological imagery, it is believed that th ...

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• Creation theology - Judaism & Christianity
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• Creation theology - Hinduism
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• Arianism - Beliefs
• Arianism - The Council of Nicea and its aftermath
• Arianism - The theological debates reopen
• Arianism - Nicene Christianity becomes the state religion of Rome
• Arianism - Arianism in the early medieval Germanic kingdoms
• Arianism - Arian as a polemical epithet
• Arianism - Bibliography

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The end times are, in one version of Judeo-Christian eschatology and in Islam, a time of tribulation that will precede the Second Coming of the Messiah. Specifically, what is usually referred to as the 'end times' revolves around a cluster of beliefs in Christian or Rastafarian millennialism. These beliefs typically include the ideas that the biblical apocalypse is imminent and that various signs in current events are omens of Armageddon. These beliefs have been widely held in one form, by the Adventist movement (Millerites), by Jehov ...

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• End times - Christianity
• End times - Roots of contemporary end-times belief
• End times - The dispensationalist prophecies
• End times - Views by groups
• End times - Catholics
• End times - Jehovah's Witnesses
• End times - Latter-day Saints
• End times - Preterism
• End times - Rastafarians
• End times - Fictional treatments
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• End times - Motion pictures

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The Bruderhof Communities (German: place of brothers) are Christian faith-based communities with branches in New York and Pennsylvania in the USA, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. They have previously been called The Society of Brothers and The Hutterian Brethren. Bruderhof Communities - Beliefs and spiritual roots. The Bruderhof's foundation is faith in Jesus. His teachings are central to Bruderhof life - particularly the command "Love your neighbor as yourself," the Sermon ...

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• Bruderhof Communities - Beliefs and spiritual roots
• Bruderhof Communities - History
• Bruderhof Communities - Bruderhof today
• Bruderhof Communities - Involvement in the wider community
• Bruderhof Communities - Bruderhof enterprises

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Ammon Hennacy (July 24, 1893 - January 14, 1970) was a pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, social activist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement and was known for establishing the "Joe Hill House of Hospitality" in Salt Lake City, Utah and never paying taxes. Ammon Hennacy - Biography. Hennacy was born in Negley, Ohio to Quaker parents and grew up as a Baptist. On hearing Billy Sunday preach in 1909 he became an atheist and shortly afterward became a socialist. He studied for a year at three differ ...

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• Ammon Hennacy - Biography
• Ammon Hennacy - Political beliefs
• Ammon Hennacy - Hennacy in folk art
• Ammon Hennacy - Bibliography

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