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African Methodist Episcopal Church

Predominantly African-American Protestant denomination

Greco-Christian term referring to a type of love

Alpha and Omega

Christian symbol, first and last letters of the Greek alphabet

Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships

Christian movement

Supernatural being in religions and mythologies

Angels in Christianity

Study of angels in Christianity

Practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England

Anointing of the sick

Religious anointing/sacrament

A figure in the Bible prophesied as antagonist to Christ at the end time

Apocalyptic literature

Genre of prophetical writing

Apostles' Creed

Early statement of Christian belief

Second-lowest rank of angel

Archbishop of Canterbury

Senior bishop of the Church of England

Christological doctrine attributed to Arius

According to the Book of Revelation, the site of a battle during the end times

Armenian Apostolic Church

National church of Armenia

Protestant theological movement

Christian rite of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water

Denomination of Protestant Christianity

Type of building in classical and church architecture

Biblical hermeneutics

Study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible

Protestant churches that currently or historically have ministered to predominantly black congregations in the United States

Sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement

Evangelical Christian term

Christian church that is the seat of a bishop

Catholic Church

Largest Christian church, led by the Pope

Beliefs and practices widely accepted by those that describe themselves as Catholic

Celtic Christianity

Christianity in the Celtic-language speaking world during the early Middle Ages

Christian place of prayer and worship

Charismatic Christianity

Form of Christianity

Charity (Christian virtue)

Theological virtue

One of the heavenly beings who directly attend to God according to Abrahamic religions

Symbol with X and P together, representing Christ

Christian cross

Symbol of Christianity

Christian culture

Cultural practices common to Christianity

Christian denomination

Identifiable Christian body with common name, structure, and doctrine

Christian eschatology

Branch of study within Christian theology

Christian ethics

Branch of theology that defines virtuous and sinful behavior from a Christian perspective

Christian liturgy

Pattern for worship used by a Christian congregation or denomination

Christian mission

Organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith

Christian monasticism

Christian devotional practice

Christian mysticism

Mystical practices and theory within Christianity

Christian pacifism

Christian refusal of violence

Christian prayer

Activity in Christianity

Christian symbolism

Use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity

Christian views on marriage

Perspective of Christianity regarding marriage

Adherents of Christianity

Chronology of Jesus

Timeline of the life of Jesus

Church (building)

Building used for Christian religious activities

Church (congregation)

Christian religious organization meeting at a particular location

Christian music written for performance in church

Church of England

Anglican church in England

Formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building

College of Cardinals

Body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church

Congregationalism

Religious denomination

Continental Reformed Protestantism

Reformed church originating in continental Europe

(Christian) religious concept; repentance for sins one has committed

Coptic Orthodox Church

Christian denomination based in Egypt

Criticism of Christianity

Criticism of the doctrines and practices of Christianity

Symbol of Christianity

Crucifixion of Jesus

Event described in the four canonical gospels

Dominican Order

Roman Catholic medicant order

Eastern Catholic Churches

23 Eastern Christian autonomous particular churches in full communion with Rome

Eastern Christianity

Christian traditions originating from Greek- and Syriac-speaking populations

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

First among equals of leaders in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Cooperation between Christian denominations

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Oriental Orthodox Church denomination of Ethiopia

Christian rite and sacrament

Protestant Christian movement

Adam and Eve eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil

In Abrahamic religions, angels who were expelled from heaven

Principles of Protestant Christianity

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Biblical figures

Group of religious orders within the Catholic Church

Free Will Baptist

Religious denomination

Title given to God in various religions

The second person of the Trinity in Christian theology

Person's exterior actions or deeds

Grace in Christianity

A concept in Christianity understood very differently in Eastern and Western Christianity as either the partaking of the Divine Nature or unearned help given to us by God

Great Commandment

First of two commandments cited by Jesus in the synoptic gospels

Great Commission

Instruction of the resurrected Jesus to his disciples to spread the gospel to all the nations of the world

Great Tribulation

Calamitous end times period as found in the Synoptic Gospels

Greek Orthodox Church

Angel assigned to watch over and protect a particular person, group, kingdom, or country

Contemplative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Hierarchy of the Catholic Church

Organization of the Catholic Church

Sacraments in some Christian churches

Holy Spirit in Christianity

Third person of the Trinity

Ethno-religious group since the 16th century; a communal branch of Anabaptists

Christian symbol

Ignatian spirituality

Catholic religious tradition

Remission of sins in the Catholic Church

Jehovah's Witnesses

Restorationist Christian denomination

Male religious congregation of the Catholic Church

A short formulaic prayer esteemed and advocated especially within the Eastern churches

Justification (theology)

God's righteous act of declaring the ungodly to be righteous, through faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice

Kingdom of God (Christianity)

Phrase in the New Testament

Final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion

Traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word

Life of Jesus as told in the New Testament

Liturgical year

Annually recurring fixed sequence of Christian feast days

Christian prayer attributed to Jesus

Major branch of Protestantism

Mainline Protestant

Older, more establishment Protestant denominations

Mass in the Catholic Church

Central liturgical ritual of the Catholic Church

Anabaptist groups originating in Western Europe

Denominations of Protestant Christianity

Belief that a Golden Age or Paradise will occur prior to the final judgment

Ministry of Jesus

Ministry of Jesus

Clothing that avoids encouraging sexual attraction

Moravian Church

Protestant Christian denomination dating back to the 15th century

Religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement

Sinful act which can lead to damnation if a person does not repent of the sin before death

National church

Christian church associated with a specific ethnic group or nation state

Nativity of Jesus

New Earth (Christianity)

Christian expression

Statement of belief adopted at the First Ecumenical Council in 325

Nontrinitarianism

Form of Christianity that rejects the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity

Wheels seen in Ezekiel's vision of the chariot

Latin phrase and Benedictine motto and invocation

Order of Saint Augustine

Catholic order of mendicant friars

Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)

The Berlin-based Protestant branch of the Order, from which it separated during the Reformation

Oriental Orthodox Churches

Branch of Eastern Christianity

Christian belief that all humans inherit the sin of Adam

Denominational renewal movement of Protestant Christianity

Head of the Catholic Church

Presbyterianism

Branch of Protestant Christianity in which the church is governed by presbyters (elders)

Form of Christianity

Religious belief of Christianity, primarily Catholicism

Subclass of English Reformed Protestants

Family of Protestant religious movements

Eschatological concept in Christianity

Reformed Christianity

Protestant denominational family

Repentance in Christianity

Critical element of conversion

Belief that Christianity should return to the form of the early apostolic church

Resurrection of Jesus

Christian belief that God raised Jesus after his crucifixion

Administrative institutions of the Holy See

Roman Catholic sacramental and Marian devotion to prayer

Rule of Saint Benedict

Book of monastic precepts written in 516

Russian Orthodox Church

Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church

Christian rite recognized as of particular importance and significance

Sacrament of Penance

One of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church

Sacred tradition

Foundation of Christian doctrinal and spiritual authorities

Schwarzenau Brethren

German Anabaptist group founded 1708

Belief regarding the return of Jesus after his ascension

Type of angel in Abrahamic religions

Oration by a member of the clergy

Seven deadly sins

Set of vices in Christian theology

Seventh-day Adventist Church

Protestant Christian denomination

Christian monastic denomination

Sinner's prayer

Evangelical Christian term for any prayer of repentance

Christian doctrines taught by Lelio and Fausto Sozzini

Southern Baptist Convention

Large Christian denomination in the southern United States

In Christianity, an extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Largest Mormon church

News of the imminent coming of the Kingdom of God

Class of angels

Trinity (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Unconditional love (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Unitarian Universalism

Non-creedal liberal religious movement

Christian theological movement which believes that the God in Christianity is one person, as opposed to a Trinity

United Methodist Church

Methodist-Christian denomination that is both mainline Protestant and Evangelical

Sin that does not result in eternal damnation in Hell

World Mission Society Church of God

Christian new religious movement