| Baptist A Baptist is a Christian who subscribes to a theology and may belong to a church that, among other things, is committed to believer's baptism (as opposed to infant baptism) and, with respect to church polity, favors the congregational model. The term Baptist can also describe a church, denomination, or other group of individuals made up of individual Baptists. Baptist
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| Christianity Christianity (from the word "Christ") is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. The Christian faith is essentially faith in Jesus as the Christ (or Messiah), the Son of God, the Savior, and God (Yahweh or the "Lord") himself.Adherents of Christianity, known as Christians, believe that Jesus is the Messiah prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (the part of scripture common to Christianity and Judaism). Christianity
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| Filioque Filioque, Latin for "and (from) the Son", was added in Western Christianity to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. This insertion emphasizes that Jesus, the Son, is of equal divinity with God, the Father, while the absence of it in Eastern Christianity emphasizes that the Father is the only one cause of the two other persons. Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum, et vivificantemFilioque procedit. (And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.) Filioque
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| Filioque Talk:Filioque
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| Protestantism Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the principal traditions within Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Anglicanism and Nontrinitarian Christianity, both of which are significantly influenced by Protestantism, are also sometimes considered separate traditions. Protestantism
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| World Council of Churches World Council of Churches (WCC) is an international Christian ecumenical organization. Based in Geneva, Switzerland , it is a fellowship of about 340 churches of which 157 are members. The fellowship includes denominations collectively representing about 550 million Christians throughout more than 120 countries. World_Council_of_Churches
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| Ecumenism Ecumenism (also ëcumenism, oecumenism, œcumenism, or even eucumenism) now mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater religious unity or cooperation. In its broadest sense, this unity or cooperation may refer to a worldwide religious unity; by the advocation of a greater sense of shared spirituality across the three Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Ecumenism
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| Holiness movement The Holiness Movement in Christianity is a movement which teaches that the carnal nature of humanity can be cleansed through faith and by the power of the Holy Spirit if one has had his sins forgiven through faith in Jesus Christ. The benefits professed include spiritual power and an ability to maintain purity of heart (that is, thoughts and motives that are uncorrupted by sin). The doctrine is typically referred to in Holiness churches as entire sanctification or Christian perfection. Holiness_movement
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| Restorationism In the United States, Restorationism, sometimes called Christian primitivism, refers to the belief held by various religious movements that pristine or original Christianity should be restored, while usually claiming to be the source of that restoration. Such groups teach that this is necessary because Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Christians introduced defects into Christian faith and practice, or have lost a vital element of genuine Christianity. Restorationism
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| Denominationalism Denominationalism is the division of one religion into separate groups, sects, schools of thought or denominations. Denominationalism
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| Christian Church Christian Church and church (Greek kyriakon, "thing belonging to the Lord"; also ekklesia (Latinized as ecclesia), "assembly") are used to denote both a Christian association of people and a place of worship. In the phenomenological sense there are many such associations of people that call themselves Christian churches. In the New Testament the term ἐκκλησία (church or assembly) is used for local communities and in a universal sense to mean all believers. Christian_Church
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| Christian denomination A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity.Worldwide, Christians are divided, often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and another are defined by doctrine and church authority. Issues such as the nature of Jesus, the authority of apostolic succession, and papal primacy separate one denomination from another. Christian_denomination
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| List of Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions in North America The following is a list of Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions with a presence in North America. List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_jurisdictions_in_North_America
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| Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas The Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) is an Eastern Orthodox organization designed to help cooperation among the canonical Orthodox Christian jurisdictions to be found in the Americas. It acts as a clearinghouse for educational, charitable, and missionary work in the Americas.The members of SCOBA are the archbishops, metropolitan bishops, and bishops of the Orthodox Churches in North and South America that are in communion with the four ancient Greek Orthodox Patriarchates of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), Antioch (now in Damascus, Syria), Alexandria (Egypt), Jerusalem and the Patriarchate of Moscow and those that are in communion with them. Standing_Conference_of_the_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_in_the_Americas
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| Baptism Talk:Baptism
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| Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric The Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric ( Pravoslavna Ohridska Arhiepiskopija) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese in the Republic of Macedonia under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is the only canonical Orthodox Church in R. Macedonia and is in full communion with all other Orthodox Churches.The Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric has been refused registration by the Macedonian State Religion Commission on the grounds that one group may be registered for each confession and that the name was not sufficiently distinct from that of the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC). Orthodox_Ohrid_Archbishopric
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| Articles for creation/2006-04-21 Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-04-21
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| Joseph Ratzinger as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, as of 2005 Pope Benedict XVI, was from November 25, 1981 Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly known as the Holy Office, and, especially in the mid-2nd millennium, as the Roman Inquisition. He was named to that post by Pope John Paul II. Joseph_Ratzinger_as_Prefect_of_the_Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith
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| Christian heresy Heresy is the rejection of one or more established beliefs of a religious body, or adherence to "other beliefs." Christian heresy refers to unorthodox practices and beliefs that were deemed to be heretical by one or more of the Christian churches. The term "heresy" most commonly refers to those beliefs which were declared to be anathema by the Church prior to the schism of 1054. Christian_heresy
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