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- The New Testament is the name given to the second and final portion ... Greek by various authors after c. 45 C.E. and before c. 140. Its 27 books ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- Saint Thomas the Apostle (also known as Judas Thomas or Didymus, meaning ... to spread Jesus' teachings throughout the nations. While Saints Peter ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the New Testament. It is commonly ... Acts tells the story of the Early Christian church, with particular ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- brave"), called Protocletos, or the First-called in the Orthodox ... as their patron saint including Scotland, Russia, and Romania. ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars ... of James," the "Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles," ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... Pentecost is also called Whitsun, Whitsunday, or Whit Sunday in the ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- The term Holy Orders comes from the Latin Ordo (order) and the word ... Members of holy orders, as leaders of their religious communities ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... Due to the sacramental theology of these churches, only bishops and ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- The Acts of John is a second century collection of Christian-based ... The Acts of John describes his journeys to Ephesus, filled with dramatic ...18 KB (3,042 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- The Epistle of James is a book in the Christian New Testament. The ... Opinions are divided both as to its authorship—whether by James ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from ... With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, the ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- Jews) is a term which can have two meanings. The first describes the members ... Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- The Didache ( Διδαχὴ , Koine Greek for "Teaching" ... ) is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (c. 50–160 ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- The Shepherd of Hermas was a very popular Christian writing of the ... The book was originally written in Rome, in the Greek language, but ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... The author is characteristically concerned with social ethics, the ...37 KB (5,220 words) - 04:27, 24 May 2024
- The Gospel of Thomas is an important but long lost work of the New ... perspective is markedly different from the biblical gospels in that the ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 04:31, 24 May 2024
- together" or "council") is an assembly of 23 ... The Talmud (tractate Sanhedrin) identifies two classes of rabbinical ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- In the New Testament, Judas Iscariot (died April 29–33 C.E.) is ... Despite his notorious role in the Gospel narratives, Judas is still ...31 KB (5,055 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, Order of the British Empire DBE ... Her appeal is so large that Christie is often cited, by the Guinness ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 06:43, 16 June 2023
