Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as saviormortification - (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) inerrancy - (Christianity) exemption from error; "biblical inerrancy" errancy - (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with Papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church" Paradise - (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death infernal region, nether region, perdition, the pit, Inferno, Hell - (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" tritheism - (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods Albigensianism, Catharism - a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition Donatism - a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments Protestantism - the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation Puseyism, Tractarianism - principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called Tracts for the Times article of faith, credendum - (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided Annunciation - (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism - (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity Immaculate Conception - (Christianity) the Roman Catholic doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin Incarnation - (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ Nicene Creed - (Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded real presence - (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist Assumption - (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended communion - (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites council - (Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine Church Father, Father of the Church, Father - (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom Antichrist - (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ Laurentius, Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence - Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the Church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258) |