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Religion: Christianity
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Topic Pages - People and Places
Jesus Christ
1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=annointed one, whence Christ from the..
Moses
Hebrew lawgiver, probably b. Egypt. The prototype of the prophets, he led his people in the 13th cent. B.C. out of bondage in Egypt to the edge...
Martin Luther
1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, b. Eisleben, Saxony, of a family of small, but free, landholders. Early Life and...
Pope John Paul II
1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope...
Vatican City
vătʹĭkən or Holy See, officially Holy See (State of the Vatican City), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares)...
Topic Pages - Scripture
Bible
[Gr.,=the books], term used since the 4th cent. to denote the Christian Scriptures and later, by extension, those of various religious...
New Testament
The second part of the Bible , recognized by the Christian church from the 4th century as sacred doctrine. Biblical scholars have...
Old Testament
Christian name for the Hebrew Bible, which serves as the first division of the Christian Bible (see New Testament). The designations...
Books of the Bible
Topic Pages - Holidays and Events
Christmas
‘Christ's Mass’ [article] Christian religious holiday, the second most important Christian festival after Easter . Observed throughout the...
Easter
Between March 22 and April 25 in the West and between April 4 and May 8 in the East; first Sunday after the first full moon on or following the...
Lent
[Old Eng. lencten, =spring], Latin Quadragesima (meaning 40; thus the 40 days of Lent). In Christianity, Lent is a time of penance, prayer...
Epiphany
Festival of the Christian church, held on 6 January, celebrating the coming of the Magi (wise men) to Bethlehem...
Eucharist
Chief Christian sacrament, in which bread is eaten and wine drunk in memory of the death of Jesus. Other names for it are the Lord's...
baptism
Immersion in or sprinkling with water as a religious rite of initiation. It was practised long before the beginning of...
Reformation
Religious and political movement in 16th-century Europe to reform the Roman Catholic Church, which led to the establishment of the...
Topic Pages - Divisions
Roman Catholicism
Greek katholikos ‘universal’ [article] One of the main divisions of the Christian religion, separate from the Eastern Orthodox Church from...
Lutheranism
Branch of Protestantism that arose as a result of the Reformation , whose religious faith is based on the principles of Martin Luther...
Mormon
Member of a Christian sect, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founded at Fayette, New York, in...
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