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Parent topics
Christianity: The largest world religion, which centers around the worship of one God, his son Jesus Christ, and his Holy Spirit. [e]- Eastern Orthodox Church: Those Christians who are in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. [e]
- Protestantism: The branch of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation of the 16th century. [e]
- Catholicism: 1. A large group of Christian denominations which view themselves as being in historical and doctrinal continuity with Catholic Christianity as it existed before the Great Schisms that separated the church universal into different communions. It is taken from the word catholic, used in the sense of universal, or all-embracing. 2. Adherence, membership or affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church. To use the term "Catholic" to describe only Roman Catholics is standard among many, but may offend Christians of other denominations who also view themselves as "Catholic", such as many Anglicans, Orthodox Christians and High Lutherans. [e]
Orthodox Christianity: The churches which maintained Eastern and Occidental Christian tradition following the Great Schisms which separated the Church universal into different communions. [e]
Subtopics
- Advent Wreath: A circle of interwoven, sometimes highly decorated evergreens with candles, used during the season of Advent in preparation for Christmas. The candles are lit on the four successive Sundays preceding Christmas Day, with a final, central candle being lit on Christmas Eve. The Advent Wreath began in Germany as a private observance in people's homes, but is now widely used in churches as well. [e]
- Advent: The first season of the Christian year that lasts for four weeks and is marked by preparations for the celebration of Christmas. [e]
- Amish: A Christian people centered mainly in the United States and noted for their rejection of much of modern culture and technology. [e]
- Bible: The Old and New Testaments (in Christianity) or just the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible (in Judaism). [e]
- Boxing Day: An annual Christmastide holiday occurring on the 26th December in the United Kingdom and the countries of the Commonwealth. [e]
- Calcidius: (4th century) Little known Christian who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. [e]
- Christening: Observances surrounding the welcoming of children into the Christian faith. [e]
Christmas: Winter holiday beginning on 25th December; originated as a pagan festival but was adopted by early Christians to observe the birth of Jesus, and today is a major international event regardless of religious background. [e]- Christmas Eve: The 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day. [e]
- Christmas carol: A song or hymn associated with Christmas. [e]
- Easter: The Christian festival celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. [e]
- Gothic architecture: A style of architecture that had its origins in the building of great cathedrals in France from the 12th to the mid-13th century and was known as the "French style" (opus Francigenum) before being appellated as 'gothic' during the Renaissance period. [e]
- Lutheranism: Protestant branch of Christianity, created in the Reformation of the 16th century out of the teachings of German theologian Martin Luther. [e]
- Methodist Church, South: Add brief definition or description
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Add brief definition or description
- New Testament: Second part of the Christian Bible, containing books about the life of Jesus and early Christianity. [e]
- Old Testament: Christian name for the Hebrew Bible, which is a collection of Hebrew and Aramaic texts sacred to Muslims and especially Jews and Christians. [e]
- Palm Sunday: The moveable feast which takes place the week before Easter [e]
- Presbyterianism: Add brief definition or description
- Resurrection: Add brief definition or description
Specific Church Denominations and Organizations
- Anglicanism: the religious tradition of the Church of England and the other autonomous members of the Anglican Communion. [e]
- Baptist Church: A group of Protestant churches, associations, and denominations that emphasize believer's baptism and congregational polity. [e]
- Catholic Church: The largest of several Christian churches that holds communion with the Pope in Rome, claiming direct succession from Saint Peter. [e]
- Church of Norway: The state church of Norway; Evangelical-Lutheran. [e]
- Church of Scotland: The national church of Scotland (Presbyterian), founded in the mid-16th century by John Knox as part of the Scottish Reformation. [e]
- Church of Scientology: Controversial religion based on the teachings of American author L. Ron Hubbard. [e]
- Coptic Church: A form of Christianity developed in Egypt, said to have been started by one of Christ's apostles, Mark, in the 1st century AD. [e]
- Eastern Orthodox Church: Those Christians who are in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. [e]
- Maronite Church: Eastern Rite Catholic church centered in Lebanon. [e]
- Quakers: Protestant denomination founded among English Puritans in the 17th century by George Fox and characterized by pacifism and the belief that Christ works directly in the soul of the believer; known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. [e]
- Reformed churches: Add brief definition or description
- Unification Church: Add brief definition or description
- World Council of Churches: Add brief definition or description
People
- Alonzo Church: Add brief definition or description
- Charlotte Church: Add brief definition or description
- Death: Add brief definition or description
- Dieism: Add brief definition or description
- Emerging church movement: Add brief definition or description
- History of education in the United States of America: Add brief definition or description
- King James Version: Add brief definition or description
- Lessons and carols: Add brief definition or description
- Martin Luther: Add brief definition or description
- New England Primer: Add brief definition or description
- New Year's Eve: Add brief definition or description
- Revised Standard Version: Add brief definition or description