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1689 Baptist Confession of Faith The Confession of Faith, also called the Second London Baptist Confession, was written by Particular Baptists, who held to a Calvinistic soteriology in England to give a formal expression of their Christian faith from a Baptist perspective. Beca ...

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Abatur Abatur ( myz, ࡀࡁࡀࡕࡅࡓ, sometimes called Abathur; Yawar, myz, ࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ; and the Ancient of Days) is an Uthra and the second of three subservient emanations created by the Mandaean God ''Hayyi Rabbi'' ( myz, ࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡓࡁ� ...

Abel Abel ''Hábel''; ar, هابيل, Hābīl is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was the younger brother of Cain, and the younger son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepher ...

Abolitionism Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The Britis ...

Abolitionism in the United States In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the late colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery through the Thi ...

Abraham Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jew ...

Abrahamic religion The Abrahamic religions are a group of religions centered around worship of the God of Abraham. Abraham, a Hebrew patriarch, is extensively mentioned throughout Abrahamic religious scriptures such as the Bible and the Quran. Jewish tradition ...

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Acolyte An acolyte is an assistant or follower assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession. In many Christian denominations, an acolyte is anyone performing ceremonial duties such as lighting altar candles. In others, the term is used f ...

Acts of Pilate The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...

Acts of Thomas ''Acts of Thomas'' is an early 3rd-century text, one of the New Testament apocrypha within the Acts of the Apostles subgenre. References to the work by Epiphanius of Salamis show that it was in circulation in the 4th century. The complete ver ...

Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

Adam Kadmon In Kabbalah, Adam Kadmon (, ''ʾāḏām qaḏmōn'', "Primordial Man") also called Adam Elyon (, ''ʾāḏām ʿelyōn'', "Most High Man"), or Adam Ila'ah (, ''ʾāḏām ʿīllāʾā'' "Supreme Man"), sometimes abbreviated as A"K (, ''ʾA.Q.' ...

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Adam and Eve Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors. ...

Aeon The word aeon , also spelled eon (in American and Australian English), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeles ...

Agnosticism Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. (page 56 in 1967 edition) Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient ...

Agnostic Theism Agnostic theism, agnostotheism, or agnostitheism is the philosophical view that encompasses both theism and agnosticism. An agnostic theist believes in the existence of one or more gods, but regards the basis of this proposition as ''unknown or i ...

Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...

Ahn Shi Il The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists, or "Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 under the name Holy Sp ...

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Akhenaton Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dy ...

Alawites The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isla ...

Alexandrian Rite Alexandrian rites are liturgical rites employed by three Oriental Orthodox churches, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, as well as by their Eastern Catholic count ...

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Alleged textual evidence for Jesus The question of the historicity of Jesus is part of the study of the historical Jesus as undertaken in the quest for the historical Jesus and the scholarly reconstructions of the life of Jesus. Virtually all scholars of antiquity accept that Je ...

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Altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in paga ...

Altar boy An altar server is a laity, lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell, helps bring up the gifts, brings up t ...

Altar rails The altar rail (also known as a communion rail or chancel rail) is a low barrier, sometimes ornate and usually made of stone, wood or metal in some combination, delimiting the chancel or the sanctuary and altar in a church, from the nave and oth ...

Altar server An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell, helps bring up the gifts, brings up the bo ...

Amazing Grace "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779 with words written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is an immensely popular hymn, particularly in the United States, where it is used for both ...

Ambarvalia Ambarvalia was a Roman agricultural fertility rite held on 29 May in honor of Ceres and Dea Dia. At these festivals they sacrificed a bull, a sow, and a sheep, which, before the sacrifice, were led in procession thrice around the fields; whence t ...

Amish The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churches ...

Amitābha Amitābha ( sa, अमिताभ, IPA: ), also known as Amitāyus, is the primary Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism. In Vajrayana Buddhism, he is known for his longevity, discernment, pure perception, purification of aggregates, and deep awarene ...

Anabaptist Anabaptism (from New Latin language, Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism', german: Täufer, earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re- ...

Anathema Anathema, in common usage, is something or someone detested or shunned. In its other main usage, it is a formal excommunication. The latter meaning, its ecclesiastical sense, is based on New Testament usage. In the Old Testament, anathema was a cr ...

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Ancestor-worship The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of t ...

Ancient of Days Ancient of Days (Aramaic: , ''ʿatīq yōmīn''; Ancient Greek: , ''palaiòs hēmerôn''; Latin: ) is a name for God in the Book of Daniel. The title "Ancient of Days" has been used as a source of inspiration in art and music, denoting the cre ...

Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...

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Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other ...

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Anglicanism Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...

Anglo-Catholicism Anglo-Catholicism comprises beliefs and practices that emphasise the Catholic heritage and identity of the various Anglican churches. The term was coined in the early 19th century, although movements emphasising the Catholic nature of Anglica ...

Animism Animism (from Latin: ' meaning 'breath, Soul, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct Spirituality, spiritual essence. Potentially, animism perceives all things—Animal, animals, Plant, plants, Ro ...

Anointing Anointing is the ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body. By extension, the term is also applied to related acts of sprinkling, dousing, or smearing a person or object with any perfumed oil, milk, butter, or oth ...

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Antediluvian The antediluvian (alternatively pre-diluvian or pre-flood) period is the time period chronicled in the Bible between the fall of man and the Genesis flood narrative in biblical cosmology. The term was coined by Thomas Browne. The narrative take ...

Anthropology of religion Anthropology of religion is the study of religion in relation to other social institutions, and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across cultures. History Al-Biruni (973–1048), wrote detailed comparative studies on the anthropo ...

Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...

Anti-Arab Anti-Arabism, Anti-Arab sentiment, or Arabophobia includes opposition to, dislike, fear, or hatred of Arab people. Historically, anti-Arab prejudice has been an issue in such events as the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the condemnati ...

Anti-Defamation League The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States specializing in civil rights law. It was founded in late Septe ...

Anti-Modernist oath The Oath Against Modernism was required of "all clergy, pastors, confessors, preachers, religious superiors, and professors in philosophical-theological seminaries" of the Catholic Church from 1910 until 1967. It was instituted on 1 September 191 ...

Anti-Semitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

Anti-Zionism Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism. Although anti-Zionism is a heterogeneous phenomenon, all its proponents agree that the creation of the modern State of Israel, and the movement to create a sovereign Jewish state in the region of Palestin ...

Antichrist In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist refers to people prophesied by the Bible to oppose Jesus Christ and substitute themselves in Christ's place before the Second Coming. The term Antichrist (including one plural form) 1 John ; . 2 John . ...

Apatheism Apatheism (; a portmanteau of ''apathy'' and ''theism'') is the attitude of apathy towards the existence or non-existence of God(s). It is more of an attitude rather than a belief, claim, or belief system. The term was coined by Robert Nash, theo ...

Apocrypha Apocrypha are works, usually written, of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin. The word ''apocryphal'' (ἀπόκρυφος) was first applied to writings which were kept secret because they were the vehicles of esoteric knowledge considered ...

Apocatastasis In theology, apocatastasis () is the restoration of creation to a condition of perfection. In Christianity, it is a form of Christian universalism that includes the ultimate salvation of everyone—including the damned in hell and the devil. The ...

Apostles An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...

Apostles' Creed The Apostles' Creed (Latin: ''Symbolum Apostolorum'' or ''Symbolum Apostolicum''), sometimes titled the Apostolic Creed or the Symbol of the Apostles, is a Christian creed or "symbol of faith". The creed most likely originated in 5th-century Ga ...

Apostolic Pardon In the Catholic Church, the Apostolic Pardon is an indulgence given for the remission of temporal punishment due to sin. The Apostolic Pardon is given by a priest, usually along with Viaticum (i.e. reception of Communion by a dying person, see Pas ...

Apostolic See An apostolic see is an episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the apostles of Jesus or to one of their close associates. In Catholicism the phrase, preceded by the definite article and usually capitalized, refers to the S ...

Apostolic succession Apostolic succession is the method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession, which has usually been associated with a claim that the succession is through a series of bish ...

Marian apparition A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary, the mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time. In the Catholic Church, in order for a reported appearance to be classified as a Marian ap ...

Ara Pacis The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar in Rome dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of Peace. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honour the return of ...

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Aram, son of Shem Aram ( ''Aram'') is a son of Shem, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, and the father of Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash or Meshech. The Book of Chronicles lists Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech as descendants of She ...

Aranyaka The Aranyakas (; sa, आरण्यक; IAST: ' ) are the part of the ancient Indian Vedas concerned with the meaning of ritual sacrifice. They typically represent the later sections of the Vedas, and are one of many layers of the Vedic texts. ...

Arathi The Arathi, a term meaning "prophets", are a Christian religious movement founded in 1926 in Kenya.Francis Kimani Githieya, "The Formation and Development of the Arathi," ''The Freedom of the Spirit: African Indigenous Churches in Kenya'' (Oxford ...

Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

Archon ''Archon'' ( gr, ἄρχων, árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, ''árchontes'') is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, mean ...

Ardhanarishvara The Ardhanarishvara ( sa, अर्धनारीश्वर, Ardhanārīśvara, the half-female Lord, translit-std=IAST), is a form of the Hindu deity Shiva combined with his consort Parvati. Ardhanarishvara is depicted as half-male and half ...

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Arguments for the existence of God The existence of God (or more generally, the existence of deities) is a subject of debate in theology, philosophy of religion and popular culture. A wide variety of arguments for and against the existence of God or deities can be categorize ...

Arianism Arianism ( grc-x-koine, Ἀρειανισμός, ) is a Christological doctrine first attributed to Arius (), a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt. Arian theology holds that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who was begotten by God ...

Arminianism Arminianism is a branch of Protestantism based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the ''Re ...

Arul Nool Arul may refer to: People Given name * Arul Chinnaiyan * Arul Kanda Kandasamy * Arul Kumar Jambunathan, Malaysian politician * Arul Pragasam * Arul Ramadas, Indian politician * Arul Shankar, Indian mathematician * Arul Suppiah (born 1983), Malay ...

Arzhang The ''Arzhang'' ( fa, ارژنگ, translit=Aržang/; cop, Eikōn, italic=yes; xpr, dw bwngʾhyg ō bunɣāhīgitalic=yes, meaning "Worthy"), also known as the ''Book of Pictures'', was one of the holy books of Manichaeism. It was written an ...

Ásatrú Heathenry, also termed Heathenism, contemporary Germanic Paganism, or Germanic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion. Scholars of religious studies classify it as a new religious movement. Developed in Europe during the early 20th centu ...

Ascension of Jesus Christ The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate la, ascensio Iesu, lit=ascent of Jesus) is the Christian teaching that Christ physically departed from Earth by rising to Heaven, in the presence of eleven of his apostles. According to the N ...

Ascetic Asceticism (; from the el, ἄσκησις, áskesis, exercise', 'training) is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their p ...

Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and falls on the first day of Lent (the six weeks of penitence before Easter). It is observed by Catholics in the Rom ...

Asherah Asherah (; he, אֲשֵׁרָה, translit=Ăšērā; uga, 𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚, translit=ʾAṯiratu; akk, 𒀀𒅆𒋥, translit=Aširat; Qatabanian language, Qatabanian: ') in ancient Semitic religion, is a fertility goddess who appears in a ...

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

Asmodai Asmodeus (; grc, Ἀσμοδαῖος, ''Asmodaios'') or Ashmedai (; he, אַשְמְדּאָי, ''ʾAšmədʾāy''; see below for other variations), is a ''prince of demons'' and hell."Asmodeus" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chica ...

Assumption of Mary The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution ''Munificentissimus Deus'' as follows: We proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by Go ...

Astrology Astrology is a range of Divination, divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of Celestial o ...

Aten Aten also Aton, Atonu, or Itn ( egy, jtn, ''reconstructed'' ) was the focus of Atenism, the religious system established in ancient Egypt by the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. The Aten was the disc of the sun and originally an aspect of ...

Athanasian Creed The Athanasian Creed, also called the Pseudo-Athanasian Creed and sometimes known as ''Quicunque Vult'' (or ''Quicumque Vult''), which is both its Latin name and its opening words, meaning "Whosoever wishes", is a Christian statement of belief ...

Atharvaveda The Atharva Veda (, ' from ' and ''veda'', meaning "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of ''atharvāṇas'', the procedures for everyday life".Laurie Patton (2004), Veda and Upanishad, in ''The Hindu World'' (Editors: Sushil Mittal and G ...

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

Atonement Atonement (also atoning, to atone) is the concept of a person taking action to correct previous wrongdoing on their part, either through direct action to undo the consequences of that act, equivalent action to do good for others, or some other ex ...

Augur An augur was a priest and official in the classical Roman world. His main role was the practice of augury, the interpretation of the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds. Determinations were based upon whether they were flying i ...

Augustinians Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13 ...

Auspice Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed behavior of birds. When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as "taking the auspices". "Auspices" (Latin ''ausp ...

Autocephaly Autocephaly (; from el, αὐτοκεφαλία, meaning "property of being self-headed") is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term is primarily used in Eastern O ...

Avatar Avatar (, ; ), is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means "descent". It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, goddess or spirit on Earth. The relative verb to "alight, to make one's appearanc ...

Awards An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award ...

Ayyavazhi Ayyavazhi ( ta, அய்யாவழி, ml, അയ്യാവഴി ''Ayyāvaḻi'' , ) is a henotheistic belief that originated in South India.Tha. Krishna Nathan, ''Ayyaa vaikuNdarin vaazvum sinthanaiyum'', p. 62: "" (The day at which Vaik ...

Ayyavazhi mythology Ayyavazhi mythology is the mythology of the South Indian Hindu denomination religious faith known as Ayyavazhi, which is officially considered a Hindu sect. The main source of Ayyavazhi mythology is the Ayyavazhi scripture, Akilathirattu Amm ...

Azazel In the Bible, the name Azazel (; he, עֲזָאזֵל ''ʿAzāʾzēl''; ar, عزازيل, ʿAzāzīl) appears in association with the scapegoat rite; the name represents a desolate place where a scapegoat bearing the sins of the Jews during Y ...

Aztec mythology Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of the Aztec civilization of Central Mexico. The Aztecs were Nahuatl-speaking groups living in central Mexico and much of their mythology is similar to that of other Mesoamerican cultures. Accordi ...

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Baal teshuva In Judaism, a ''ba'al teshuvah'' ( he, בעל תשובה; for a woman, , or ; plural, , , 'master of return God]') is a Jew who adopts some form of traditional religious observance after having previously followed a Jewish secularism, secular lif ...

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Baal Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during Ancient Near East, antiquity. From its use among people, it cam ...

Báb The Báb (b. ʿAlí Muḥammad; 20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850), was the messianic founder of Bábism, and one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. He was a merchant from Shiraz in Qajar Iran who, in 1844 at the age of 25, claimed ...

Bábism Bábism (a.k.a. the Bábí Faith; fa, بابیه, translit=Babiyye) is a religion founded in 1844 by the Báb (b. ʻAli Muhammad), an Iranian merchant turned prophet who taught that there is one incomprehensible God who manifests his will in ...

Babylonian calendar The Babylonian calendar was a lunisolar calendar with years consisting of 12 lunar months, each beginning when a new crescent moon was first sighted low on the western horizon at sunset, plus an intercalary month inserted as needed by decree. T ...

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Baháʼí calendar The Badíʻ calendar used in the Baháʼí Faith is a solar calendar consisting of nineteen months and four or five intercalary days, with new year at the moment of Northern spring equinox. Each month is named after a virtue(e.g. Perfection, Mercy ...

Baháʼí Faith The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion, essential worth of all religions and Baháʼí Faith and the unity of humanity, the unity of all people. Established by ...

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Bakkah Bakkah ( ar, بَكَّةُ ), is a place mentioned in '' sura'' 3 ( 'Āl 'Imrān), '' ayah'' 96 of the Qur'an, a verse sometimes translated as: " Verily the first House set apart unto mankind was that at Bakkah, blest, and a guidance unto the w ...

Balaam Balaam (; , Standard ''Bīlʿam'' Tiberian ''Bīlʿām'') is a diviner in the Torah (Pentateuch) whose story begins in Chapter 22 of the Book of Numbers (). Ancient references to Balaam consider him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the son of Beo ...

Balam (demon) The demons' names (given below) are taken from the ''Ars Goetia'', which differs in terms of number and ranking from the ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' of Johann Weyer. As a result of multiple translations, there are multiple spellings for some of ...

Balarama Balarama (Sanskrit: बलराम, IAST: ''Balarāma'') is a Hindu god and the elder brother of Krishna. He is particularly significant in the Jagannath tradition, as one of the triad deities. He is also known as Haladhara, Halayudha, Balad ...

Balor In Irish mythology, Balor or Balar was a leader of the Fomorians, a group of malevolent supernatural beings. He is often described as a giant with a large eye that wreaks destruction when opened. Balor takes part in the Battle of Mag Tuired, a ...

Baptism Baptism (from grc-x-koine, βάπτισμα, váptisma) is a form of ritual purification—a characteristic of many religions throughout time and geography. In Christianity, it is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption, almost inv ...

Baptism for the dead Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism today commonly refers to the religious practice of baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead—a living person receiving the rite on behalf of a deceased person. Baptism for the dead ...

Baptism of the Holy Spirit In Christian theology, baptism with the Holy Spirit, also called baptism in the Holy Spirit or baptism in the Holy Ghost, has been interpreted by different Christian denominations and traditions in a variety of ways due to differences in the doc ...

Immersion baptism Immersion baptism (also known as baptism by immersion or baptism by submersion) is a method of baptism that is distinguished from baptism by affusion (pouring) and by aspersion (sprinkling), sometimes without specifying whether the immersion is ...

Baptistery In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French ''baptisterie''; Latin ''baptisterium''; Greek , 'bathing-place, baptistery', from , baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal ...

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Beelzebub Beelzebub ( ; he, ''Baʿal-zəḇūḇ'') or Beelzebul is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. The name ''Beelzebub'' is associated with the Cana ...

Robert Bellarmine Robert Bellarmine, SJ ( it, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only ...

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

Bhagavata Purana The ''Bhagavata Purana'' ( sa, भागवतपुराण; ), also known as the ''Srimad Bhagavatam'', ''Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana'' or simply ''Bhagavata'', is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (''Mahapuranas''). Composed in Sa ...

Bhakti ''Bhakti'' ( sa, भक्ति) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".See Monier-Williams, ''Sanskrit Dictionary'', 1899. It was originally used in Hinduism, referring to d ...

Bhakti movement The Bhakti movement was a significant religious movement in medieval Hinduism that sought to bring religious reforms to all strata of society by adopting the method of devotion to achieve salvation. Originating in Tamilakam during 6th centur ...

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

The Bible and history The historicity of the Bible is the question of the Bible's relationship to history—covering not just the Bible's acceptability as history but also the ability to understand the literary forms of biblical narrative. One can extend biblical hist ...

Bible translations The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. all of the Bible has been translated into 724 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,617 languages, and ...

Biblical canon A biblical canon is a set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible. The English word ''canon'' comes from the Greek , meaning " rule" or "measuring stick". The use ...

Biblical inerrancy Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible "is without error or fault in all its teaching"; or, at least, that "Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact". Some equate inerrancy with biblical i ...

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Biblical maximalism Biblical maximalism is the movement in Biblical scholarship that, as opposed to Biblical minimalism, ''affirms'' the historicity of central Biblical narratives, such as those pertaining to the United Monarchy, and the historical authenticity of anc ...

Biblical poetry The ancient Hebrews identified poetical portions in their sacred texts, as shown by their entitling as "songs" or as " chants" passages such as Exodus 15:1-19 and Numbers 21:17-20; a song or chant () is, according to the primary meaning of the ter ...

Biblical Sabbath The Sabbath is a weekly day of rest or time of worship given in the Bible as the seventh day. It is observed differently in Judaism and Christianity and informs a similar occasion in several other faiths. Observation and remembrance of Sabbath ...

Binding of Isaac The Binding of Isaac ( he, , ), or simply "The Binding" (, ), is a story from Genesis 22 of the Hebrew Bible. In the biblical narrative, God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Moriah. As Abraham begins to comply, having bound Isaa ...

Bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, med ...

Bishops' Bible The Bishops' Bible is an English translation Translation is the communication of the Meaning (linguistic), meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source ...

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Black Madonna The term ''Black Madonna'' or ''Black Virgin'' tends to refer to statues or paintings in Western Christendom of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, where both figures are depicted with dark skin. The Black Madonna can be found both ...

Blessed Sacrament The Blessed Sacrament, also Most Blessed Sacrament, is a devotional name to refer to the body and blood of Christ in the form of consecrated sacramental bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist. The term is used in the Latin Church of the ...

Blessed Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...

Blood libel Blood libel or ritual murder libel (also blood accusation) is an antisemitic canardTurvey, Brent E. ''Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis'', Academic Press, 2008, p. 3. "Blood libel: An accusation of ritual mur ...

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Bodhisattva In Buddhism, a bodhisattva ( ; sa, 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmī), translit=bodhisattva, label=Sanskrit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood. In the Early Buddhist schools ...

Bodhi The English term enlightenment is the Western translation of various Buddhist terms, most notably bodhi and vimutti. The abstract noun ''bodhi'' (; Sanskrit: बोधि; Pali: ''bodhi''), means the knowledge or wisdom, or awakened intellect ...

Bogomilism Bogomilism (Bulgarian and Macedonian: ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", bogumilstvo, богумилство) was a Christian neo-Gnostic or dualist sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Pete ...

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The Book of Giants The ''Book of Giants'' is an apocryphal Jewish book which expands upon the Book of Genesis, Genesis narrative of the Hebrew Bible, in a similar manner to the Book of Enoch. Together with this latter work, the ''Book of Giants'' "stands as an atte ...

Book of John The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...

Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude date ...

Book of Mysteries The ''Book of Mysteries'' (also known as the ''Book of Secrets'') is an ancient Essene text found in fragmentary form among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The scroll fragments are given the alphanumeric designations of 1Q27 and 4Q299–301. Wisdom litera ...

Books of the Bible A biblical canon is a set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible. The English word ''canon'' comes from the Greek , meaning "rule" or "measuring stick". The use o ...

Born again Born again, or to experience the new birth, is a phrase, particularly in evangelicalism, that refers to a "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the human spirit. In contrast to one's physical birth, being "born again" is distinctly and sepa ...

Brahma Brahma ( sa, ब्रह्मा, Brahmā) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu, and Shiva.Jan Gonda (1969)The Hindu Trinity Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pp. 21 ...

Brahman In Hinduism, ''Brahman'' ( sa, ब्रह्मन्) connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality in the universe.P. T. Raju (2006), ''Idealistic Thought of India'', Routledge, , page 426 and Conclusion chapter part X ...

Brahmana The Brahmanas (; Sanskrit: , ''Brāhmaṇam'') are Vedic śruti works attached to the Samhitas (hymns and mantras) of the Rig, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva Vedas. They are a secondary layer or classification of Sanskrit texts embedded within ea ...

Brahmin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru ...

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Brethren of the Common Life The Brethren of the Common Life (Latin: Fratres Vitae Communis, FVC) was a Roman Catholic pietist religious community founded in the Netherlands in the 14th century by Gerard Groote, formerly a successful and worldly educator who had had a religio ...

Breviary A breviary (Latin: ''breviarium'') is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times. Historically, different breviaries were used in the various parts of Christendom, such a ...

Brit milah The ''brit milah'' ( he, בְּרִית מִילָה ''bərīṯ mīlā'', ; Ashkenazi Hebrew, Ashkenazi pronunciation: , "Covenant (religion), covenant of circumcision"; Yiddish pronunciation: ''bris'' ) is Religion and circumcision, the cerem ...

Buddha-nature Buddha-nature refers to several related Mahayana Buddhist terms, including '' tathata'' ("suchness") but most notably ''tathāgatagarbha'' and ''buddhadhātu''. ''Tathāgatagarbha'' means "the womb" or "embryo" (''garbha'') of the "thus-gone ...

Buddhism Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

Business ethics Business ethics (also known as Corporate Ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics, that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business co ...

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Thomas Cajetan Thomas Cajetan (; 20 February 14699 August 1534), also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, cardinal (from 1517 until his death) and the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508 to 15 ...

Canadian Unitarian Council The Canadian Unitarian Council (french: link=no, Conseil unitarien du Canada) (CUC) is a liberal religious association of Unitarianism, Unitarian and Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist congregations in Canada. It was formed on May ...

Calendar of saints The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...

Calendar A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physi ...

Calvinism Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Cal ...

Cambridge Declaration The Cambridge Declaration is a statement of faith written in 1996 by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, a group of Reformed and Lutheran Evangelicals who were concerned with the state of the Evangelical movement in America, and throughout ...

Candomblé Candomblé () is an African diasporic religion that developed in Brazil during the 19th century. It arose through a process of syncretism between several of the traditional religions of West Africa, especially that of the Yoruba, and the Roman ...

Canon (priest) A canon (from the Latin , itself derived from the Greek , , "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...

Canon law Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is th ...

Canons of Dort The Canons of Dort, or Canons of Dordrecht, formally titled The Decision of the Synod of Dort on the Five Main Points of Christian doctrine, Doctrine in Dispute in the Netherlands, is the judgment of the National Synod held in the Netherlands, Dut ...

Cantor (church) In Christianity, the cantor, sometimes called the precentor or the protopsaltes (; from ), is the chief singer, and usually instructor, employed at a church, with responsibilities for the choir and the preparation of the Mass or worship service. ...

Cardinal (Catholicism) A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...

Carmelites , image = , caption = Coat of arms of the Carmelites , abbreviation = OCarm , formation = Late 12th century , founder = Early hermits of Mount Carmel , founding_location = Mount Car ...

Carmen Saliare The ''Carmen Saliare'' is a fragment of archaic Latin, which played a part in the rituals performed by the Salii (Salian priests, a.k.a. "leaping priests") of Ancient Rome. There are 35 extant fragments of the ''Carmen Saliare'', which can be r ...

Catechism A catechism (; from grc, κατηχέω, "to teach orally") is a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult c ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church The ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' ( la, Catechismus Catholicae Ecclesiae; commonly called the ''Catechism'' or the ''CCC'') is a catechism promulgated for the Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II in 1992. It aims to summarize, in book for ...

Catharism Catharism (; from the grc, καθαροί, katharoi, "the pure ones") was a Christian dualist or Gnostic movement between the 12th and 14th centuries which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France. Follow ...

Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

Cathedral architecture The architecture of cathedrals and great churches is characterised by the buildings' large scale and follows one of several branching traditions of form, function and style that derive ultimately from the Early Christian architectural traditi ...

Catholic Apostolic Church The Catholic Apostolic Church (CAC), also known as the Irvingian Church, is a Christian denomination and Protestant sect which originated in Scotland around 1831 and later spread to Germany and the United States. -

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Catholic Church against war on Iraq This article describes the positions of world governments before the actual initiation of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and not their current positions as they may have changed since then. Background In 2002, the United States began to campaign fo ...

Catholic Communion The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a p ...

Catholic King The Latin title ''Rex Catholicissimus'', Anglicized as ''Most Catholic King'' or ''Most Catholic Majesty'', was awarded by the Pope to the Sovereigns of Spain. It was first used by Pope Alexander VI in the papal bull ''Inter caetera'' in 1493. ...

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Sacraments (Catholic Church) There are seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, which according to Catholic theology were instituted by Jesus and entrusted to the Church. Sacraments are visible rites seen as signs and efficacious channels of the grace of God to all those ...

Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Celibacy Celibacy (from Latin ''caelibatus'') is the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both, usually for religious reasons. It is often in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its narrow sense, the ...

Chalcedonian Creed The Chalcedonian Definition (also called the Chalcedonian Creed or the Definition of Chalcedon) is a declaration of Christ's nature (that it is dyophysite), adopted at the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451. Chalcedon was an early centre of Christ ...

Charismatic Charisma () is a personal quality of presence or charm that compels its subjects. Scholars in sociology, political science, psychology, and management reserve the term for a type of leadership seen as extraordinary; in these fields, the term "ch ...

Chayot The living creatures, living beings, or ''hayyot'' (Hebrew חַיּוֹת ''ḥayyōṯ'') are a class of heavenly beings in Jewish mythology. They are described in the prophet Ezekiel's vision of the heavenly chariot in the first and tenth chap ...

Cherub A cherub (; plural cherubim; he, כְּרוּב ''kərūḇ'', pl. ''kərūḇīm'', likely borrowed from a derived form of akk, 𒅗𒊏𒁍 ''karabu'' "to bless" such as ''karibu'', "one who blesses", a name for the lamassu) is one of the u ...

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy is a written statement of belief formulated by more than 200 evangelical leaders at a conference convened by the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy and held in Chicago in October 1978. The stat ...

Child sacrifice Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please or appease a deity, supernatural beings, or sacred social order, tribal, group or national loyalties in order to achieve a desired result. As such, it is a form of human ...

Chinese house church In China, house churches or family churches (), are Protestant assemblies in the People's Republic of China that operate independently from the state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and China Christian Council (CCC). They represent ...

Chosen people Throughout history, various groups of people have considered themselves to be the chosen people of a deity, for a particular purpose. The phenomenon of a "chosen people" is well known among the Israelites and Jews, where the term ( he, עם ס� ...

Chrismation Chrismation consists of the sacrament or mystery in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, as well as in the Assyrian Church of the East initiation rites. The sacrament is more commonly known in the West as confirm ...

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Christian anarchism Christian anarchism is a Christian movement in political theology that claims anarchism is inherent in Christianity and the Gospels. It is grounded in the belief that there is only one source of authority to which Christians are ultimately answ ...

Christian eschatology Christian eschatology, a major branch of study within Christian theology, deals with "last things". Such eschatology – the word derives from two Greek roots meaning "last" () and "study" (-) – involves the study of "end things", whether of ...

Christian fundamentalism Christian fundamentalism, also known as fundamental Christianity or fundamentalist Christianity, is a religious movement emphasizing biblical literalism. In its modern form, it began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and ...

Christian–Jewish reconciliation Christian−Jewish reconciliation refers to the efforts that are being made to improve understanding and acceptance between Christians and Jews. There has been significant progress in reconciliation in recent years, in particular by the Catholic C ...

Christian Identity Christian Identity (also known as Identity Christianity) is an interpretation of Christianity which advocates the belief that only Celtic and Germanic peoples, such as the Anglo-Saxon, Nordic nations, or Aryan people and people of kindred blood ...

Christian mythology Christian mythology is the body of myths associated with Christianity. The term encompasses a broad variety of legends and narratives, especially those considered sacred narratives. Mythological themes and elements occur throughout Christian l ...

Christian Peacemaker Teams Community Peacemaker Teams or CPT (previously called Christian Peacemaker Teams) is an international organization set up to support teams of peace workers in conflict areas around the world. The organization uses these teams to achieve its aims ...

Christian Science Christian Science is a set of beliefs and practices associated with members of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Adherents are commonly known as Christian Scientists or students of Christian Science, and the church is sometimes informally know ...

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Christian tradition Christian tradition is a collection of traditions consisting of practices or beliefs associated with Christianity. These ecclesiastical traditions have more or less authority based on the nature of the practices or beliefs and on the group in que ...

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...

Christmas Eve Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation ...

Christology In Christianity, Christology (from the Ancient Greek, Greek grc, Χριστός, Khristós, label=none and grc, wiktionary:-λογία, -λογία, wiktionary:-logia, -logia, label=none), translated literally from Greek as "the study of Chr ...

Church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

Church militant and church triumphant In some strains of Christian theology, the Christian Church may be divided into: *the Church Militant (), also called the Church Pilgrim which consists of Christians on earth who struggle as soldiers of Christ against sin, the devil, and "the r ...

Church planting Church planting is a term referring to the process (mostly in Protestant frameworks) that results in a new local Christian congregation being established. It should be distinguished from church development, where a new service, worship center or ...

Circumcision Circumcision is a surgical procedure, procedure that removes the foreskin from the human penis. In the most common form of the operation, the foreskin is extended with forceps, then a circumcision device may be placed, after which the foreskin ...

Civil religion Civil religion, also referred to as a civic religion, is the implicit religious values of a nation, as expressed through public rituals, symbols (such as the national flag), and ceremonies on sacred days and at sacred places (such as monuments, bat ...

Clergy Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

Clerical celibacy Clerical celibacy is the requirement in certain religions that some or all members of the clergy be unmarried. Clerical celibacy also requires abstention from deliberately indulging in sexual thoughts and behavior outside of marriage, because the ...

Closed communion Closed communion is the practice of restricting the serving of the elements of Holy Communion (also called Eucharist, The Lord's Supper) to those who are members in good standing of a particular church, denomination, sect, or congregation. Though ...

College of Cardinals The College of Cardinals, or more formally the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. its current membership is , of whom are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinals are appoi ...

College of Pontiffs The College of Pontiffs ( la, Collegium Pontificum; see ''collegium'') was a body of the ancient Roman state whose members were the highest-ranking priests of the state religion. The college consisted of the '' pontifex maximus'' and the other '' ...

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Communion of Saints The communion of saints (), when referred to persons, is the spiritual union of the members of the Christian Church, living and the dead, but excluding the damned. They are all part of a single " mystical body", with Christ as the head, in which ...

Comparative religion Comparative religion is the branch of the study of religions with the systematic comparison of the doctrines and practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the world's religions. In general the comparative study of religion yie ...

Christianity and Judaism Christianity began as a movement within Second Temple Judaism, but the two religions gradually diverged over the first few centuries of the Christian Era. Differences of opinion vary between denominations in both religions, but the most import ...

Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions Comparative religion is the branch of the study of religions with the systematic comparison of the doctrines and practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the world's religions. In general the comparative study of religion yie ...

Concordat A concordat is a convention between the Holy See and a sovereign state that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in matters that concern both,René Metz, ''What is Canon Law?'' (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1960 st Ed ...

Conditional baptism Mainline Christian theology (including Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, Anglican, Lutheran and most other Protestants) has traditionally held that only one baptism is valid to confer the benefits of this sac ...

Confession (religion) Confession, in many religions, is the acknowledgment of one's sins (sinfulness) or wrongs. Christianity Catholicism In Catholic teaching, the Sacrament of Penance is the method of the Church by which individual men and women confess sins ...

Confirmation (sacrament) In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant Covenant may refer to: Religion * Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or wi ...

Confucianism Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China. Variously described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or ...

Congregation of Christian Brothers The Congregation of Christian Brothers ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. Their first school was opened in Waterford, Ireland, ...

Congregationalism Congregationalist polity, or congregational polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church (congregation) is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or "autonomous". Its first articul ...

Congregationalist church Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...

Congregationalist polity Congregationalist polity, or congregational polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church (congregation) is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or "autonomous". Its first articul ...

Consecration Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

Conservative Judaism Conservative Judaism, known as Masorti Judaism outside North America, is a Jewish religious movement which regards the authority of ''halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions as coming primarily from its people and community through the generatio ...

Continuous revelation Continuous revelation or continuing revelation is a theological belief or position that God continues to reveal divine principles or commandments to humanity. In Christian traditions, it is most commonly associated with the Latter Day Saint mo ...

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Cosmology Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount (lexicographer), Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in ...

Counter-Reformation The Counter-Reformation (), also called the Catholic Reformation () or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. It began with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) a ...

A Course In Miracles ''A Course in Miracles'' (also referred to as ''ACIM'' or the ''Course'') is a 1976 book by Helen Schucman. The underlying premise is that the greatest "miracle" is the act of simply gaining a full "awareness of love's presence" in a person's ...

Covenant (religion) In religion, a covenant is a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general. The concept, central to the Abrahamic religions, is derived from the biblical covenants, notably from the Abrahamic cove ...

Covenanter Covenanters ( gd, Cùmhnantaich) were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name is derived from ''Covenan ...

Covenant theology Covenant theology (also known as covenantalism, federal theology, or federalism) is a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall structure of the Bible. It uses the theological concept of a covenant as an organ ...

Creationism Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation. Gunn 2004, p. 9, "The ''Concise Oxford Dictionary'' says that creationism is 't ...

Creed A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) in a form which is structured by subjects which summarize its core tenets. The ea ...

Criticism of religion Criticism of religion involves criticism of the validity, concept, or ideas of religion. Historical records of criticism of religion go back to at least 5th century BCE in ancient Greece, in Athens specifically, with Diagoras "the Atheist" of ...

Crucifixion Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagin ...

Crusade The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were i ...

Crypto-Judaism Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin from Greek ''kryptos'' – , 'hidden'). The term is especially applied historically to Sp ...

Crypto-Christianity Crypto-Christianity is the secret practice of Christianity, usually while attempting to camouflage it as another faith or observing the rituals of another religion publicly. In places and time periods where Christians were persecuted or Christiani ...

Cult In modern English, ''cult'' is usually a pejorative term for a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This ...

Cult (religion) Cult is the care (Latin: ''cultus'') owed to deities and temples, shrines, or churches. Cult is embodied in ritual and ceremony. Its present or former presence is made concrete in temples, shrines and churches, and cult images, including votiv ...

Curse A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object. In particular, ...

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Dabru Emet The Dabru Emet ( Heb. דברו אמת "Speak heTruth") is a document concerning the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. It was signed by over 220 rabbis and intellectuals from all branches of Judaism, as individuals and not as represent ...

Dajjal Al-Masih ad-Dajjal (), otherwise referred to simply as the Dajjal, is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology similar to the Antichrist in Christianity, who will pretend to be the promised Messiah, appearing before the Day of Judgment accordin ...

Day of the Vow The Day of the Vow ( af, Geloftedag) is a religious public holiday in South Africa. It is an important day for Afrikaners, originating from the Battle of Blood River on 16 December 1838, before which about 400 Voortrekkers made a promise to God ...

Deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Churc ...

Dead Sea scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves in what was then Mandatory Palestine, near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the nor ...

Death worship Many have incorporated a god of death into their mythology or religion. As death, along with birth, is among the major parts of human life, these deities may often be one of the most important deities of a religion. In some religions in which a ...

Deism Deism ( or ; derived from the Latin ''deus'', meaning "god") is the Philosophy, philosophical position and Rationalism, rationalistic theology that generally rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge, and asserts that Empirical evi ...

Deity A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greate ...

Demigod A demigod or demigoddess is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a deity and a human, or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "divine spark" ( spiritual enlightenment). A ...

Demiurge In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge () is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. The Gnostics adopted the term ''demiurge''. Al ...

Demonology Demonology is the study of demons within religious belief and myth. Depending on context, it can refer to studies within theology, religious doctrine, or pseudoscience. In many faiths, it concerns the study of a hierarchy of demons. Demons may b ...

Demon A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, ani ...

Deuterocanonical books The deuterocanonical books (from the Greek meaning "belonging to the second canon") are books and passages considered by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Assyrian Church of the East to be ...

Deuteronomy Deuteronomy ( grc, Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronómion, second law) is the fifth and last book of the Torah (in Judaism), where it is called (Hebrew: hbo, , Dəḇārīm, hewords Moses.html"_;"title="f_Moses">f_Moseslabel=none)_and_th ...

Devaki Devaki (Sanskrit: देवकी, IAST: ''Devakī'') is a character in Hindu literature, most noted for being the mother of the god Krishna. She is one of the seven daughters of Devapa or Devaka, a king of the Yadu dynasty, and has four broth ...

Devil A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of t ...

Devil's Advocate The (Latin for Devil's advocate) is a former official position within the Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith: one who "argued against the canonization ( sainthood) of a candidate in order to uncover any character flaws or misrepresent ...

Dharma Dharma (; sa, धर्म, dharma, ; pi, dhamma, italic=yes) is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. Although there is no direct single-word translation for '' ...

Dhimmi ' ( ar, ذمي ', , collectively ''/'' "the people of the covenant") or () is a historical term for non-Muslims living in an Islamic state with legal protection. The word literally means "protected person", referring to the state's obligatio ...

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Diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

Discordianism Discordianism is a religion, philosophy, or paradigm centered on Eris, a.k.a. Discordia, the Goddess of chaos. Discordianism uses archetypes or ideals associated with her. It was founded after the 1963 publication of its "holy book," the ''Pri ...

Dispensationalism Dispensationalism is a system that was formalized in its entirety by John Nelson Darby. Dispensationalism maintains that history is divided into multiple ages or "dispensations" in which God acts with humanity in different ways. Dispensationali ...

Divination Divination (from Latin ''divinare'', 'to foresee, to foretell, to predict, to prophesy') is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout histor ...

Divine grace Divine grace is a theological term present in many religions. It has been defined as the divine influence which operates in humans to regenerate and sanctify, to inspire virtuous impulses, and to impart strength to endure trial and resist temptati ...

Divine healing Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ...

Divine Liturgy Divine Liturgy ( grc-gre, Θεία Λειτουργία, Theia Leitourgia) or Holy Liturgy is the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine Rite, developed from the Antiochene Rite of Christian liturgy which is that of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of C ...

Divine providence In theology, Divine Providence, or simply Providence, is God's intervention in the Universe. The term ''Divine Providence'' (usually capitalized) is also used as a title of God. A distinction is usually made between "general providence", which ...

Divine simplicity In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is simple (without parts). The general idea can be stated in this way: The being of God is identical to the "attributes" of God. Characteristics such as omnipresence, goodness, trut ...

Doctor of the Church Doctor of the Church (Latin: ''doctor'' "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: ''Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis''), is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribu ...

Doctrine Doctrine (from la, doctrina, meaning "teaching, instruction") is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given branch of knowledge or in a belief system ...

Doctrine and Covenants The Doctrine and Covenants (sometimes abbreviated and cited as D&C or D. and C.) is a part of the open scriptural canon of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. Originally published in 1835 as Doctrine and Covenants of the Chur ...

Documentary hypothesis The documentary hypothesis (DH) is one of the models used by biblical scholars to explain the origins and composition of the Torah (or Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). A vers ...

Dogmatic definition Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church which states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope when he speaks ''ex cathedra'' is preserved from the possibility of error on doctrine "initially given to the aposto ...

Dogma Dogma is a belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines of a religion, such as Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Islam ...

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

Dominion Theology Dominion theology (also known as dominionism) is a group of Christian political ideologies that seek to institute a nation which is governed by Christians and based on their understandings of biblical law. Extents of rule and ways of acquiring go ...

Dominus Iesus ( en, The Lord Jesus) is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (previously known as the "Holy Office"), approved in a plenary meeting of the Congregation and signed by its then prefect, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later ...

Douai Bible Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some from Lille and from Arras, D ...

Drabsha The drabshaDrower, Ethel Stefana (1937). ''The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran''. Oxford at the Clarendon Press. ( myz, ࡃࡓࡀࡁࡔࡀ) or darfash ( ar, درفش) is the symbol of the Mandaean faith. It is typically translated as 'banner'. Etymo ...

Druidry A druid was a member of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors. Druids left no written accounts. Whi ...

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...

Dualism in cosmology Dualism in cosmology or dualistic cosmology is the moral or spiritual belief that two fundamental concepts exist, which often oppose each other. It is an umbrella term that covers a diversity of views from various religions, including both traditi ...

Durga Durga ( sa, दुर्गा, ) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi. She is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and wars. Durga's legend centres around co ...

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Early Christianity Early Christianity (up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325) spread from the Levant, across the Roman Empire, and beyond. Originally, this progression was closely connected to already established Jewish centers in the Holy Land and the Jewish ...

Early Muslim philosophy Early Islamic philosophy or classical Islamic philosophy is a period of intense philosophical development beginning in the 2nd century AH of the Islamic calendar (early 9th century CE) and lasting until the 6th century AH (late 12th century CE ...

Earth religion Earth-centered religion or nature worship is a system of religion based on the veneration of natural phenomena. It covers any religion that worships the earth, nature, or fertility deity, such as the various forms of goddess worship or matriarchal ...

East–West Schism The East–West Schism (also known as the Great Schism or Schism of 1054) is the ongoing break of communion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches since 1054. It is estimated that, immediately after the schism occurred, a ...

Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

Eastern Christianity Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Northeast Africa, the Fertile Crescent and ...

Eastern Orthodox Church organization The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, is a communion comprising the seventeen separate autocephalous (self-governing) hierarchical churches that recognise each other as canonical (regular) Eastern Orthodox Chris ...

Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first m ...

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (''sui iuris'') particular churches of th ...

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Ecclesiology In Christian theology, ecclesiology is the study of the Church, the origins of Christianity, its relationship to Jesus, its role in salvation, its polity, its discipline, its eschatology, and its leadership. In its early history, one of the ...

Eckankar Eckankar is a new religious movement founded by Paul Twitchell in 1965. Its membership today is primarily in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The spiritual home is the Temple of ECK in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Eckankar is not affiliated ...

Economics of religion The economics of religion concerns both the application of the techniques of economics to the study of religion and the relationship between economic and religious behaviours. Contemporary writers on the subject trace it back to Adam Smith (1776). ...

Economy (Eastern Orthodoxy) In the Eastern Orthodox Church, in Eastern and Latin Catholic churches, and in the teaching of the Church Fathers which undergirds the theology of those communions, economy or oeconomy ( gr, οἰκονομία, ''oikonomia'') has several meanings ...

Ecumenical Ecumenism (), also spelled oecumenism, is the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity. The adjec ...

Ecumenical council An ecumenical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters in which those entitled to vote are ...

Ecumenism Ecumenism (), also spelled oecumenism, is the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity. The adjec ...

Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, in New England in 1879. She also founded ''The Christian Science Monitor'', a Pulitzer Prize-winning s ...

Jonathan Edwards (theology) Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian. Edwards is widely regarded as one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians. Ed ...

Egyptian mythology Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part of ancient Egyptia ...

El (deity) (also Il, uga, 𐎛𐎍 ''ʾīlu''; phn, 𐤀𐤋 ''ʾīl''; he, אֵל ''ʾēl''; syr, ܐܺܝܠ ''ʾīyl''; ar, إيل or ; cognate to akk, 𒀭, ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning "god" or "deity", or referring (as a proper ...

El Shaddai El Shaddai ( ''ʾĒl Šadday''; ) or just Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. ''El Shaddai'' is conventionally translated into English as ''God Almighty'' (''Deus Omnipotens'' in Latin, الله عز وجل Allāh 'azzawajal in Ara ...

Elcesaites The Elcesaites, Elkasaites, Elkesaites or Elchasaites were an ancient Jewish Christian sect in Lower Mesopotamia, then the province of Asoristan in the Sasanian Empire that was active between 100 and 400 CE. The members of this sect, which origina ...

Elohim ''Elohim'' (: ), the plural of (), is a Hebrew word meaning "gods". Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it usually takes a singular verb and refers to a single deity, particularly (but not always) the God of Israel. At other times ...

Emanationism Emanationism is an idea in the cosmology or cosmogony of certain religious or philosophical systems. Emanation, from the Latin ''emanare'' meaning "to flow from" or "to pour forth or out of", is the mode by which all things are derived from the ...

Emergency baptism An emergency baptism is a baptism administered to a person in danger of death. This can be done by a person not normally authorized to administer the sacraments. Catholicism Latin Church In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, the ordinar ...

Emerging Church The emerging church is a Christian Protestant movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that crosses a number of theological boundaries: participants are variously described as Protestant, post-Protestant, evangelical, post-evangelical, l ...

The Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment or the Enlightenment; german: Aufklärung, "Enlightenment"; it, L'Illuminismo, "Enlightenment"; pl, Oświecenie, "Enlightenment"; pt, Iluminismo, "Enlightenment"; es, La Ilustración, "Enlightenment" was an intel ...

Eschatology Eschatology (; ) concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or of the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that negati ...

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Enos Enos or Enosh (Hebrew: , Standard ''Enosh'', Tiberian ''ʼĔnôš''; "mortal man”) may refer to: People in religious scripture * Enos (biblical figure), a genealogical figure in the Bible. * The Book of Enos, one of the books that make up the B ...

Epiclesis The epiclesis (also spelled epiklesis; from grc, ἐπίκλησις "surname" or "invocation") refers to the invocation of one or several gods. In ancient Greek religion, the epiclesis was the epithet used as the surname given to a deity in reli ...

Epiphany Epiphany may refer to: * Epiphany (feeling), an experience of sudden and striking insight Religion * Epiphany (holiday), a Christian holiday celebrating the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ ** Epiphany season, or Epiph ...

Episcopacy A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

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Episcopal Church in the United States of America The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ...

Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East is a province of the Anglican Communion. The primate of the church is called President Bishop and represents the Church at the international Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings. The Centra ...

Episcopal Church of Scotland The Scottish Episcopal Church ( gd, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. A continuation of the Church of Scotland as intended by King James VI, and ...

Episcopal see An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...

Eritrean Orthodox Church The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( ti, ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ) is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea. Its autocephaly was recognised by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandri ...

Esbat An esbat is a coven meeting or ritual at a time other than one of the Sabbats within Wicca and other Wiccan-influenced forms of contemporary Paganism. Esbats can span a wide range of purposes from coven business meetings and initiation ceremonies ...

Esoteric cosmology Religious cosmology is an explanation of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe from a religious perspective. This may include beliefs on origin in the form of a creation myth, subsequent evolution, current organizational form ...

Essenes The Essenes (; Hebrew: , ''Isiyim''; Greek: Ἐσσηνοί, Ἐσσαῖοι, or Ὀσσαῖοι, ''Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi'') were a mystic Jewish sect during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st c ...

Eternal Marriage Celestial marriage (also called the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage, Eternal Marriage, Temple Marriage) is a doctrine that marriage can last forever in heaven. This is a unique teaching of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

Eternity Eternity, in common parlance, means Infinity, infinite time that never ends or the quality, condition, or fact of being everlasting or eternal. Classical philosophy, however, defines eternity as what is timeless or exists outside time, whereas ...

Ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

Ethnic religion In religious studies, an ethnic religion is a religion or belief associated with a particular ethnic group. Ethnic religions are often distinguished from universal religions, such as Christianity or Islam, in which gaining converts is a pri ...

Eucharist The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...

Evangelicalism Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual exper ...

Evolution Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...

Ex cathedra Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church which states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope when he speaks '' ex cathedra'' is preserved from the possibility of error on doctrine "initially given to the apos ...

Excommunication Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to end or at least regulate the communion of a member of a congregation with other members of the religious institution who are in normal communion with each other. The purpose ...

Book of Exodus The Book of Exodus (from grc, Ἔξοδος, translit=Éxodos; he, שְׁמוֹת ''Šəmōṯ'', "Names") is the second book of the Bible. It narrates the story of the Exodus, in which the Israelites leave slavery in Biblical Egypt through t ...

Exorcism Exorcism () is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed. Depending on the spiritual beliefs of the exorcist, this may be ...

Expository preaching Expository preaching, also known as expositional preaching, is a form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture. It explains what the Bible means by what it says. Exegesis is technical and grammatical expos ...

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus The Latin phrase (meaning "outside the Church here isno salvation" or "no salvation outside the Church")

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Father of Greatness The Father of Greatness ( Syriac-Aramaic: ; zh, t=明尊, zhu=ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄣ, w=Ming2-tsun1, p=Míngzūn, l=Radiant Lord) is the eternal divine manifestation of good in Manichaeism,Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer. ''The Gnostic Bible: Rev ...

Faith Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often ...

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Icon Talk:Icon, - Iconoclasm Talk:Iconoclasm, - Iconography Talk:Iconography, - Iconostasis Talk:Iconostasis, - Idolatry Talk:Idolatry, - Ifá Talk:Ifá, - Iguvine Tables Talk:Iguvine Tables, - Imam Talk:Imam, - Impiety Talk:Impiety, - Imperial cult Talk:Imperial cult, - Incarnation Talk:Incarnation, - Indulgence Talk:Indulgence, - Infidel Talk:Infidel, - Inquisition Talk:Inquisition, - Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools Talk:Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, - Integral theory (Ken Wilber) Talk:Integral theory (Ken Wilber), - Intelligent design Talk: Intelligent design, - Intercommunion Talk:Intercommunion, - Involution (esoterism) Talk:Involution (esoterism), - Irreligion Talk:Irreligion, - Irresistible grace Talk:Irresistible grace, - Isaac Talk:Isaac, - Isaiah Talk:Isaiah, - Ishta-Deva Talk:Ishta-Deva, - Ishmael Talk:Ishmael, - Ishvara Talk:Ishvara, - Islam Talk:Islam, - Islam and anti-Semitism Talk:Islam and anti-Semitism, - Islam and Judaism Talk:Islam and Judaism, - Islamic calendar Talk:Islamic calendar, - Islamic view of Jesus Talk:Islamic view of Jesus, - Islamism Talk:Islamism, - Isma'ilism Talk:Isma'ilism, - Israel Talk:Israel,

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Jacob Talk:Jacob, - Jainism Talk:Jainism, - James the Just Talk:James the Just, - Jehovah's Witnesses Talk:Jehovah's Witnesses, - Jehovah's Witnesses and the Holocaust Talk:Jehovah's Witnesses and the Holocaust, - Jerusalem Talk:Jerusalem, - Jesus as Christ and Messiah Talk:Jesus as Christ and Messiah, - Jesus Talk:Jesus, - Jew Talk:Jew, - Jewish eschatology Talk:Jewish eschatology, - Jewish fundamentalism Talk:Jewish fundamentalism, - Jewish history timeline Talk:Jewish history timeline, - Jewish holidays Talk:Jewish holidays, - Jewish principles of faith Talk:Jewish principles of faith, - Jewish services Talk:Jewish services, - Jewish Theological Seminary of America Talk:Jewish Theological Seminary of America, - Jewish views on marriage Talk:Jewish views on marriage, - Jewish views on religious pluralism Talk:Jewish views on religious pluralism, - Jews for Jesus Talk:Jews for Jesus, - Jihad Talk:Jihad, - John the Baptist Talk:John the Baptist, - Jordan River Talk:Jordan River, - Jubilee (Biblical) Talk:Jubilee (Biblical), - Jubilee (Christian) Talk:Jubilee (Christian), - Judaism Talk:Judaism, - Jumu'ah Talk:Jumu'ah, - Justification (theology) Talk:Justification (theology),

K

Kabbalah Talk:Kabbalah, - Kairos Talk:Kairos, - Kairos retreat Talk:Kairos retreat, - Kali Talk:Kali, - Karaite Judaism Talk:Karaite Judaism, - Karma Talk:Karma, - Kartikeya Talk:Kartikeya, - Kashrut Talk:Kashrut, - Kenosis Talk:Kenosis, - King James Version of the Bible Talk:King James Version of the Bible, - King-James-Only Movement Talk:King-James-Only Movement, - Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) Talk:Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), - Klila Talk:Klila, - Kohen Talk:Kohen, - Kollel Talk:Kollel, - Korban Talk:Korban, - Krishna Talk:Krishna, - Krishnaism Talk:Krishnaism, - Krun Talk:Krun,

L

Laity Talk:Laity, - Lakshmi Talk:Lakshmi, - Last Judgment Talk:Last Judgment, - Latin Rite Talk:Latin Rite, - Latria Talk:Latria, - Latrocinium Talk:Latrocinium, - Latter Rain (1880s movement), Latter Rain Movement Talk:Latter Rain Movement, - Laufa Talk:Laufa, - Lay presidency Talk:Lay presidency, - Lay Reader Talk:Lay Reader, - Lector Talk:Lector, - Legalism (theology) Talk:Legalism (theology), - Leviathan Talk:Leviathan, - Leviticus Talk:Leviticus, - Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom), Liberal Judaism (disambiguation) Talk:Liberal Judaism, - Light Upon Light Talk:Light Upon Light, - Lilith Talk:Lilith, - Limited atonement Talk:Limited atonement, - Liturgical colours Talk:Liturgical colours, - Liturgical hymn Talk:Liturgical hymn, - Liturgical Year Talk:Liturgical Year, - Liturgy Talk:Liturgy, - Louisiana Voodoo Talk:Louisiana Voodoo, - Luciferianism Talk:Luciferians, - Lucifer Talk:Lucifer, - Lupercalia Talk:Lupercalia, - Lutheran Church Talk:Lutheran Church,

M

Magic (paranormal) Talk:Magic (paranormal), - Magic (religion) Talk:Magic (religion), - Magnificat Talk:Magnificat, - Magus Talk:Magus, - Mahabharata Talk:Mahabharata, - Mahayana Talk:Mahayana, - Maimonides Talk:Maimonides, - Major orders Talk:Major orders, - Manda d-Hayyi Talk:Manda d-Hayyi, - Mandaeans Talk:Mandaeans, - Mandaeism Talk:Mandaeism, - Mandi (Mandaeism), Mandi Talk:Mandi (Mandaeism), - Mani (prophet), Mani Talk:Mani (prophet), - Manichaeism Talk:Manichaeism, - Marcionism Talk:Marcionism, - Mariamman Talk:Mariamman, - Marian apparitions Talk:Marian apparitions, - Maronite Talk:Maronite, - Marriage Talk:Marriage, - Mary, the mother of Jesus Talk:Mary, the mother of Jesus, - Mary Magdalene Talk:Mary Magdalene, - Masbuta Talk:Masbuta, - Masiqta Talk:Masiqta, - Masoretic text Talk:Masoretic text, - Conservative Judaism, Masorti Talk:Masorti, - Mass (liturgy) Talk:Mass (liturgy), - Mass (music) Talk:Mass (music), - Massacre of the Innocents Talk:Massacre of the Innocents, - Matarta Talk:Matarta, - Cotton Mather Talk:Cotton Mather, - Increase Mather Talk:Increase Mather, - Meditation Talk:Meditation, - Meforshim Talk:Meforshim, - Megachurch Talk:Megachurch, - Mephistopheles Talk:Mephistopheles, - Merkabah Talk:Merkabah, - Messiah Talk:Messiah, - Messianic Judaism Talk:Messianic Judaism, - Methodism Talk:Methodism, - Methods of divination Talk:Methods of divination, - Metrical psalter Talk:Metrical psalter, - Metropolitan bishop Talk:Metropolitan bishop, - Michael (archangel) Talk:Michael (archangel), - Midrash Talk:Midrash, - Mikvah Talk:Mikvah, - Millennialism Talk:Millennialism, - Millerites Talk:Millerites, - Minor orders Talk:Minor orders, - Minority religion Talk:Minority religion, - Miracle Talk:Miracle, - Miriai Talk:Miriai, - Miriam Talk:Miriam, - Mishnah Talk:Mishnah, - Mithraism Talk:Mithraism, - Mitzvah Talk:Mitzvah, - Modern Orthodox Judaism Talk:Modern Orthodox Judaism, - Moloch Talk:Moloch, - Monad (Gnosticism), Monad Talk:Monad (Gnosticism), - Monastery Talk:Monastery, - Monasticism Talk:Monasticism, - Monism Talk:Monism, - Monk Talk:Monk, - Monophysitism Talk: Monophysitism, - Monotheism Talk:Monotheism, - Moral community Talk:Moral community, - Moravian Church Talk:Moravian Church, - Moriah Talk:Moriah, - Mormonism Talk:Mormonism, - Edgardo Mortara Talk:Edgardo Mortara, - Moses Talk:Moses, - Mosque Talk:Mosque, - Mount Sinai Talk:Mount Sinai, - Mourning Talk:Mourning, - Muhammad Talk:Muhammad, - Multisensory worship Talk:Multisensory worship, - Mun (religion) Talk:Mun (religion), - Mussar Movement Talk:Mussar Movement, - Mysticism Talk:Mysticism, - Myths and legends surrounding the Papacy Talk:Myths and legends surrounding the Papacy,

N

Nanda (Hinduism), Nanda Talk:Nanda (Hinduism), - Nasheed Talk:Nasheed, - Natural theology Talk:Natural theology, - Nazarene (sect), Nazarenes Talk:Nazarene (sect), - Neo-druidism Talk:Neo-druidism, - Neopaganism - Neoplatonism - Neoplatonism and Christianity, Neoplatonism Christian - - Nestorianism Talk:Nestorianism, - New Age Talk:New Age, - New moon Talk:New moon, - New Testament Talk:New Testament, - Nicene Creed Talk:Nicene Creed, - Nirvana (concept) Talk:Nirvana (concept), - Nirvana (Jainism) Talk:Nirvana (Jainism), - Noah Talk:Noah, - Nontheistic religions Talk:Nontheistic religions, - Nontrinitarianism Talk:Nontrinitarianism, - Norse mythology Talk:Norse mythology, - Numinous Talk:Numinous, - Number of the Beast (numerology) Talk:Number of the Beast (numerology),

O

''Oahspe'' Talk:Oahspe, - Occult Talk:Occult, - Old English Bible translations Talk:Old English Bible translations, - Old Testament Talk:Old Testament, - Omen Talk:Omen, - Omnipotence Talk:Omnipotence, - Omniscience Talk:Omniscience, - ''One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church'' Talk:One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, - Opus Dei Talk:Opus Dei, - Order of the Solar Temple Talk:Order of the Solar Temple, - Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses Talk:Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses, - Oriental Orthodoxy Talk:Oriental Orthodoxy, - Original sin Talk:Original sin, - Orthodoxy Talk:Orthodoxy, - Orthodox Baháʼí Faith Talk:Orthodox Baháʼí Faith, - Orthodox Christian Mission Center Talk:Orthodox Christian Mission Center, - Orthodox Judaism Talk:Orthodox Judaism,

P

Paganism Talk:Paganism, - Pali canon Talk:Pali canon, - Pāli, Pali Talk:Pali, - Panentheism Talk:Panentheism, - Pange Lingua (disambiguation), Pange Lingua Talk:Pange Lingua, - Pantheism Talk:Pantheism, - Papal abdication Talk:Papal abdication, - Papal bull Talk:Papal bull, - Papal coronation Talk:Papal Coronation, - Papal election Talk:Papal election, - Papal infallibility Talk:Papal Infallibility, - Papal States Talk:Papal States, - Papal tiara Talk:Papal Tiara, - Paradise Talk:Paradise, - Parentalia Talk:Parentalia, - Paraclete Talk:Paraclete, - Parousia Talk:Parousia, - Particular church Talk:Particular church, - Parvati Talk:Parvati, - Parwanaya Talk:Parwanaya, - Passover Talk:Passover, - Patriarch Talk:Patriarch, - Patron god Talk:Patron god, - Patron saint Talk:Patron saint, - Paul of Tarsus Talk:Paul of Tarsus, - Paulicianism Talk:Paulicianism, - Pauline Christianity Talk:Pauline Christianity, - Peace Talk:Peace, - Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism), Pearl of Great Price Talk:Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism), - Pelagianism Talk:Pelagianism, - Pentateuch Talk:Pentateuch, - Pentecostalism Talk:Pentecostalism, - People of the Book Talk:People of the Book, - Permanent deacon Talk:Permanent deacon, - Perpetual virginity of Mary Talk:Perpetual virginity of Mary, - Persecution of Christians Talk:Persecution of Christians, - Persian religions Talk:Persian religions, - Saint Peter, Peter Talk:Saint Peter, - Pharisee Talk:Pharisee, - Philistine Talk:Philistine, - Philosophy of religion Talk:Philosophy of religion, - Phronema Talk:Phronema, - Pietism Talk:Pietism, - Pilgrim's Progress Talk:Pilgrim's Progress, - Pilgrimage Talk:Pilgrimage, - Pleroma Talk:Pleroma, - Plural Marriage (Mormonism) Talk:Plural Marriage (Mormonism), - Political religion Talk:Political religion, - Polytheism Talk:Polytheism, - Polytheistic reconstructionism Talk:Polytheistic reconstructionism, - Pontiff Talk:Pontiff, - Pontifex Maximus Talk:Pontifex Maximus, - Pope Talk:Pope, - Port-Royal-des-Champs, Port-Royal Talk:Port-Royal-des-Champs, - Posek Talk:Posek, - Pow-wow (folk magic) Talk:Pow-wow (folk magic), - Practices of Jehovah's Witnesses Talk:Practices of Jehovah's Witnesses, - Pradyumna Talk:Pradyumna, - Pragmateia Talk:Pragmateia, - Prakrit Talk:Prakrit, - Praxis (Orthodox) Talk:Praxis (Orthodox), - Prayer Talk:Prayer, - Prayer for the dead Talk:Prayer for the dead, - Predestination Talk:Predestination, - Pre-existence Talk:Pre-existence, - Presbyterian Talk:Presbyterian, - Presbyterian Church Talk:Presbyterian Church, - Presbytery (sacred architecture) Talk:Presbytery (sacred architecture), - Prevenient grace Talk:Prevenient grace, - Priesthood (Mormonism) Talk:Priesthood (Mormonism), - Priesthood of all believers Talk:Priesthood of all believers, - Priest Talk:Priest, - Primacy of the Roman Pontiff Talk:Primacy of the Roman Pontiff, - Primate (bishop) Talk:Primate (bishop), - Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism), Prince of Darkness Talk:Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism), - Probabilism Talk:Probabilism, - The problem of evil Talk:The problem of evil, - The problem of Hell Talk:The problem of Hell, - Process theology Talk:Process theology, - Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs Talk:Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs, - Prophet Talk:Prophet, - Prophets of Islam Talk:Prophets of Islam, - Protestantism Talk:Protestantism, - Protestant Reformation Talk:Protestant Reformation, - Proto-Indo-European religion Talk:Proto-Indo-European religion, - Psalm Talk:Psalm, - Psalms of Asaph Talk:Psalms of Asaph, - Psalms of Thomas Talk:Psalms of Thomas, - Pseudoscience Talk:Pseudoscience, - Psilanthropism Talk:Psilanthropism, - Ptahil Talk:Ptahil, - Purgatory Talk:Purgatory, - Purim Talk:Purim, - Puritan Talk:Puritan, - Purusha Talk:Purusha, - Pythagoras, Pythagoreanism Talk:Pythagoras,

Q

Qolasta Talk:Qolasta, Quietism (Christian philosophy) Talk:Quietism (Christian philosophy), - Qur'an Talk:Qur'an,

R

Rabbi Talk:Rabbi, - Rabbinical Assembly Talk:Rabbinical Assembly, - Rabbinic literature Talk:Rabbinic literature, - Radha Talk:Radha, - Raëlism Talk:Raëlism, - Raja Yoga Talk:Raja Yoga, - Rama Talk:Rama, - Ramadan Talk:Ramadan, - Raphael (angel) Talk:Raphael (angel), - Rasta (Mandaeism), Rasta Talk:Rasta (Mandaeism), - Rastafari movement Talk:Rastafari movement, - Rationalism Talk:Rationalism, - Rebbe Talk:Rebbe, - reincarnation, Rebirth Talk:Rebirth, - Reconstructionist Judaism Talk:Reconstructionist Judaism, - Red Sea Talk:Red Sea, - Reform Judaism Talk:Reform Judaism, - Reincarnation Talk:Reincarnation, - Religion Talk:Religion, - Religion and abortion Talk:Religion and abortion, - Religion and homosexuality Talk:Religion and homosexuality, - Religion in Ancient Rome Talk:Religion in Ancient Rome, - Religion in Canada Talk:Religion in Canada, - Religion in Germany Talk:Religion in Germany, - Religion in India Talk:Religion in India, - Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia Talk:Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia, - Religion in the United States Talk:Religion in the United States, - Religious aspects of marriage Talk:Religious aspects of marriage, - Religious conversion Talk:Religious conversion, - Religious cosmology Talk:Religious cosmology, - Religious denomination Talk:Religious denomination, - Religious ecstasy Talk:Religious ecstasy, - Religious Humanism Talk:Religious Humanism, - Religious intolerance Talk:Religious intolerance, - Religious persecution Talk:Religious persecution, - Religious pluralism Talk:Religious pluralism, - Religious studies Talk:Religious studies, - Repentance Talk:Repentance, - Requiem Talk:Requiem, - Responsa Talk:Responsa, - Restorationism (Christian primitivism) Talk:Restorationism (Christian primitivism), - Restoration (Mormonism) Talk:Restoration (Mormonism), - Resurrection Talk:Resurrection, - Resurrection of Jesus Talk:Resurrection of Jesus, - Revelation Talk:Revelation, - Reverence (emotion), Reverence Talk:Reverence (emotion), - Rhema Talk:Rhema, - RHEMA Bible Training Center Talk:RHEMA Bible Training Center, - Righteousness Talk:Righteousness, - Rigveda Talk:Rigveda, - Rishama Talk:Rishama, - Ritual purification Talk:Ritual purification, - Ritual washing in Judaism Talk:Ritual washing in Judaism, - Role of women in Judaism Talk:Role of women in Judaism, - Roman Catholic Church sex abuse allegations Talk:Roman Catholic Church sex abuse allegations, - Romanian Orthodox Church Talk:Romanian Orthodox Church, - Roman mythology Talk:Roman mythology, - Romans road Talk:Romans road, - Rosh Hashanah Talk:Rosh Hashanah, - Ruha Talk:Ruha,

S

Sabbath economics Talk:Sabbath economics, - Sabbath in Christianity Talk:Sabbath in Christianity, - Sabbath in seventh-day churches Talk:Sabbath in seventh-day churches, - Sabbath mode Talk:Sabbath mode, - Sabbath School Talk:Sabbath School, - Sabellianism Talk:Sabellianism, - Sabians Talk:Sabians, - Sacrament Talk:Sacrament, - Sacramental bread Talk:Sacramental bread, - Sacramental character Talk:Sacramental character, - Sacramental index Talk:Sacramental index, - Sacred (comparative religion) Talk:Sacred, - Sacred Heart Talk:Sacred Heart, - Sacred king Talk:Sacred king, - Sacred language Talk:Sacred language, - Sacred text Talk:Sacred text, - Sacred Tradition Talk:Sacred Tradition, - Sacrifice Talk:Sacrifice, - Sadducee Talk:Sadducee, - Samhita Talk:Samhita, - Saraswati Talk:Saraswati, - Sathya Sai Baba, Sai Baba Talk:Sai Baba, - Saint Talk:Saint, - Calendar of saints, Saints, calendar of - Salvation Talk:Salvation, - Samael Talk:Samael, - Samaritanism Talk:Samaritanism, - Samaritans Talk:Samaritans, - Samba (Krishna's son), Samba Talk:Samba (Krishna's son), - Samaveda Talk:Samaveda), - Sanctification Talk:Sanctification, - Sanskrit Talk:Sanskrit, - Sarah Talk:Sarah, - Satanism Talk:Satanism, - Satan - Sathya Sai Baba Talk:Sathya Sai Baba, - Saturday Talk:Saturday, - Saturnalia Talk:Saturnalia, - Scapegoat Talk:Scapegoat, - Scientology Talk:Scientology - Scofield Reference Bible Talk:Scofield Reference Bible, - Seal of the Prophets Talk:Seal of the Prophets, - Second Coming Talk:Second Coming, - Second Great Awakening Talk:Second Great Awakening, - Second Vatican Council Talk:Second Vatican Council, - Secondary conversion Talk:Secondary conversion, - Sect Talk:Sect, - Secular humanism Talk:Secular humanism, - Passover Seder, Seder Talk:Seder, - Sede vacante Talk:Sede vacante, - Sedevacantism Talk:Sedevacantism, - Mount Seir, Seir Talk:Seir, - Sephardic Judaism Talk:Sephardic Judaism, - Sephardi Talk:Sephardi, - Septuagint Talk:Septuagint, - Seraph Talk:Seraph, - Sermon on the Mount Talk:Sermon on the Mount, - Sermon Talk:Sermon, - Seth Talk:Seth, - Seven-day week Talk:Seven-day week, - Shabbat Talk:Shabbat, - Shabbat (Talmud) Talk:Shabbat (Talmud), - Shabbaton Talk:Shabbaton, - Shabbos goy Talk:Shabbos goy, - Shabuhragan Talk:Shabuhragan, - Shaivism Talk:Shaivism, - Shakti Talk:Shakti, - Shaktism Talk:Shaktism, - Shamanism Talk:Shamanism, - Shappatum Talk:Shappatum, - Sharia Talk:Sharia, - Shavuot Talk:Shavuot, - Shem Talk:Shem, - Shiite Talk:Shiite, - Shinto Talk:Shinto, - Shirk (idolatry) Talk:Shirk (idolatry), - Shishlam Talk:Shishlam, - Shiva Talk:Shiva, - Shmita Talk:Shmita, - Shofar Talk:Shofar, - Shrine Talk:Shrine, - Shrines to the Virgin Mary Talk:Shrines to the Virgin Mary, - Shunning Talk:Shunning, - Siddur Talk:Siddur, - Sikhism Talk:Sikhism, - Sikhs Talk:Sikhs, - Sign of the cross Talk:Sign of the cross, - Signs and Wonders Talk:Signs and Wonders, - Simony Talk:Simony, - Sin Talk:Sin, - Sirat Rasul Allah, Sira Talk:Sirat Rasul Allah, - Sita Talk:Sita, - Skepticism Talk:Skepticism, - Sky Father Talk:Sky Father, - Slain in the Spirit Talk:Slain in the Spirit, - Smarta tradition Talk:Smarta tradition, - Joseph Smith, Smith, Joseph, Jr. Talk:Joseph Smith, - Socinianism Talk:Socinianism, - Sodom and Gomorrah Talk:Sodom and Gomorrah, - Sol Invictus Talk:Sol Invictus, - Solar Deity Talk:Solar Deity, - Sophia (Gnosticism), Sophia Talk:Sophia (Gnosticism), - Soul sleep Talk:Soul sleep, - Spirit (animating force), Spirit Talk:Spirit, - Spiritism Talk:Spiritism, - Spiritual (music) Talk:Spiritual (music), - Spiritual possession Talk:Spiritual possession, - Spiritualism (religious movement) Talk: Spiritualism (religious movement), - Spiritualism Talk:Spiritualism, - Spirituality Talk:Spirituality, - State religion Talk:State religion, - Stations of the Cross Talk:Stations of the Cross, - Subhadra Talk:Subhadra, - Suburbicarian diocese Talk:Suburbicarian diocese, - Succubus Talk:Succubus, - Sufi Talk:Sufi, - Suitheism Talk:Suitheism, - Sukkot Talk:Sukkot, - Sumerian religion Talk:Sumerian religion, - Sunnah Talk:Sunnah, - Sunni Talk:Sunni, - Supernatural Talk:Supernatural, - Supersessionism Talk:Supersessionism, - Superstition Talk:Superstition, - Supreme Pontiff Talk:Supreme Pontiff, - Surat Shabd Yoga Talk:Surat Shabd Yoga, - Sutra Talk:Sutra, - Svayam Bhagavan Talk:Svayam Bhagavan, - Sydney Anglicans Talk:Sydney Anglicans, - Syllabus of Errors Talk:Syllabus of Errors, - Synagogue Talk:Synagogue, - Syncretism Talk:Syncretism,

T

Tabernacle Talk:Tabernacle, - Taga (Mandaeism), Taga Talk:Taga (Mandaeism), - Tathagatagarbha doctrine Talk:Tathagatagarbha doctrine, - Tallit Talk:Tallit, - Talmud Talk:Talmud, - Tanakh Talk:Tanakh, - Taoism Talk:Taoism, - Tarmida Talk:Tarmida, - Tawhid Talk:Tawhid, - Tefillin Talk:Tefillin, - Temple in Jerusalem Talk:Temple in Jerusalem, - Temple (Latter Day Saints) Talk:Temple (Latter Day Saints), - Temple Talk:Temple, - Temple menorah Talk:Temple menorah, - Ten Commandments Talk:Ten Commandments, - The Ten Gurus of Sikhism Talk:The Ten Gurus of Sikhism, - Territorial Spirits Talk:Territorial Spirits, - Tetragrammaton Talk:Tetragrammaton, - Thai lunar calendar Talk:Thai lunar calendar, - Thealogy Talk:Thealogy, - Theism Talk:Theism, - Theodicy Talk:Theodicy, - Theology Talk:Theology, - Theoria Talk:Theoria, - Theosis (Eastern Orthodox theology), Theosis Talk:Theosis, - Theosophy (Boehmian) Talk:Theosophy (Boehmian), - Theosophy (Blavatskian) Talk:Theosophy (Blavatskian), - Theravada Talk:Theravada, - Third Wave of the Holy Spirit Talk:Third Wave of the Holy Spirit, - Thirty-Nine Articles Talk:Thirty-Nine Articles, - Three-Chapter Controversy Talk:Three Chapter Controversy, - Three Wise Men Talk:Three Wise Men, - Tibetan Buddhism Talk:Tibetan Buddhism, - Tipitaka Talk:Tipitaka, - Torah study Talk:Torah study, - Torah Talk:Torah, - Tosefta Talk:Tosefta, - Total depravity Talk:Total depravity, - Totemism Talk:Totemism, - Toward the Light Talk:Toward the Light, - Tract (liturgy) Talk:Tract, - Transcendentalism Talk:Transcendentalism, - Transfiguration of Jesus, Transfiguration Talk:Transfiguration, - Transubstantiation Talk:Transubstantiation, - Translation (religion) Talk:Translation (religion), - Treasure of Life Talk:Treasure of Life, - Trimurti Talk:Trimurti, - Trinitarian formula Talk:Trinitarian formula, - Trinitarianism Talk:Trinitarianism, - Trinity Talk:Trinity, - Tripitaka Talk:Tripitaka, - Tutelary deity, Tutelary Talk:Tutelary,

U

Umbanda Talk:Umbanda, - Unitarianism Talk:Unitarianism, - Unitarian Universalism Talk: Unitarian Universalism, - Unitarian Universalist Association Talk: Unitarian Universalist Association, - United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Talk:United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, - Universalism Talk:Universalism, - Universi Dominici gregis Talk:Universi Dominici gregis, - Upanishad Talk:Upanishad, - Uposatha Talk:Uposatha, - Ur (Mandaeism), Ur Talk:Ur (Mandaeism), - The Urantia Book Talk:The Urantia Book, - Uriel Talk:Uriel, - Uthra Talk:Uthra, - Utopianism Talk:Utopianism,

V

Vaishnavism Talk:Vaishnavism, - Vajrayana Talk:Vajrayana, - Valentinianism Talk:Valentinianism, - ''The Varieties of Religious Experience'' Talk:The Varieties of Religious Experience, - Vajrayana Talk:Vajrayana, - Vasudeva Talk:Vasudeva, - Vatican Hill Talk:Vatican Hill, - Vatican II Talk:Vatican II, - Vegetarianism and religion - Veneration Talk:Veneration, - Vespers Talk:Vespers, - Vetus Latina Talk:Vetus Latina, - Vibhuti Talk:Vibhuti, - Vindhyavasini Talk:Vindhyavasini, - Vineyard Movement Talk:Vineyard Movement, - Viruses of the Mind Talk:Viruses of the Mind, - Vishnu Talk:Vishnu, - Clerical celibacy, Vow of celibacy - Vulgate Talk:Vulgate,

W

Wahhabi Talk:Wahhabi, - Week Talk:Week, - Charles Wesley Talk:Charles Wesley, - John Wesley Talk:John Wesley, - West African Vodun Talk:West African Vodun, - Western Orthodoxy Talk:Western Orthodoxy, - Western Schism Talk:Western Schism, - Western Wall Talk:Western Wall, - Westminster Confession of Faith Talk:Westminster Confession of Faith, - Westminster Larger Catechism Talk:Westminster Larger Catechism, - Westminster Shorter Catechism Talk:Westminster Shorter Catechism, - Wheel of the Year Talk:Wheel of the Year, - Ellen G. White Talk:Ellen G. White, - ''The White Goddess'' Talk: The White Goddess, - Whore of Babylon Talk:Whore of Babylon, - Wicca Talk:Wicca, - Roger Williams (theologian), Roger Williams Talk:Roger Williams (theologian), - John Wimber Talk:John Wimber, - Witches' Sabbath Talk:Witches' Sabbath, - Witch of Endor Talk:Witch of Endor, - Women Talk:Women, - Word of Knowledge Talk:Word of Knowledge, - World of Darkness (Mandaeism), World of Darkness Talk:World of Darkness (Mandaeism), - World of Light Talk:World of Light, - Worship Talk:Worship, - Worship dance Talk:Worship dance, - Wudu Talk:Wudu,

X

Xmas Talk:Xmas,

Y

Yajurveda Talk:Yajurveda, - Yahweh Talk:Yahweh, - Yarsanism Talk:Yarsanism, - Yashoda Talk:Yashoda, - Yazdânism Talk:Yazdânism, - Yazidis Talk:Yazidis, - Yazidism Talk:Yazidism, - Yeshiva University Talk:Yeshiva University, - Yeshiva Talk:Yeshiva, - Yeshu Talk:Yeshu, - Yeshua (name) Talk:Yeshua (name), - Yom Kippur Talk:Yom Kippur, - Yoruba mythology Talk:Yoruba mythology, - Brigham Young Talk:Brigham Young, - Yushamin Talk:Yushamin,

Z

Zen Talk:Zen, - Zionism Talk:Zionism, - Zohar Talk:Zohar, - Zoroaster Talk:Zoroaster, - Zoroastrianism Talk:Zoroastrianism, - Zurvanism Talk:Zurvanism,

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*613 commandments Talk:613 commandments, *List of Ayyavazhi-related articles Talk:List of Ayyavazhi-related articles, *List of Ayyavazhi organisations Talk:List of Ayyavazhi organisations, *List of Bible stories Talk:List of Bible stories, *List of Biblical names Talk:List of Biblical names, *List of Buddhist topics Talk:List of Buddhist topics, *List of Cathedrals Talk:List of Cathedrals, *List of Catholic priests Talk:List of Catholic priests, *List of Christian denominations Talk:List of Christian denominations, *List of Christian Universalists Talk:List of Christian Universalists, *List of deities Talk:List of deities, *List of Di Indigetes Talk:List of Di Indigetes, *List of founders of religious traditions Talk:List of founders of religious traditions, *List of Greek mythological characters Talk:List of Greek mythological characters, *List of Hinduism-related articles Talk:List of Hinduism-related articles, *List of hymnals Talk:List of hymnals, *List of Islamic terms in Arabic Talk:List of Islamic terms in Arabic, *List of Jain topics *List of Jains *List of Jain temples *List of Jesus-related articles Talk:List of Jesus-related articles, *List of Messianic Jewish organizations Talk:List of Messianic Jewish Organizations, *List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England Talk:List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England, *List of articles about Mormonism Talk:List of articles about Mormonism, *List of Muslims Talk:List of Muslims, *List of names for the Biblical nameless Talk:List of names for the Biblical nameless, *List of Patriarchs of Antioch Talk:List of Patriarchs of Antioch, *List of Patriarchs of Constantinople Talk:List of Patriarchs of Constantinople, *List of people by belief Talk:List of people by belief, *List of popes Talk:List of popes, *List of religions and spiritual traditions Talk:List of religions and spiritual traditions, *List of religious ideas in science fiction Talk:List of religious ideas in science fiction, *List of religious ideas in fantasy fiction Talk:List of religious ideas in fantasy fiction, *List of religious organizations Talk:List of religious organizations, *List of saints Talk:List of saints, *List of spirituality-related topics Talk:List of spirituality-related topics, *List of sutras Talk:List of sutras, *List of theological demons Talk:List of theological demons, *List of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists Talk:List of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists, *List of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist churches Talk:List of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist churches, *Buddhist terms and concepts Talk:Buddhist terms and concepts, *Depiction of Jesus Talk:Depiction of Jesus, *Ninety-nine names of Allah Talk:Ninety-nine names of Allah, *Unitarian martyrs Talk:Unitarian martyrs, {{Index footer Religion-related lists, Indexes of religion topics,