Religion

1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=annointed one, whence Christ from the..

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...

1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, b. Eisleben, Saxony, of a family of small, but free, landholders. Early Life and...

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...

vătʹĭkən or Holy See, officially Holy See (State of the Vatican City), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares)...

[Gr.,=the books], term used since the 4th cent. to denote the Christian Scriptures and later, by extension, those of various religious...

The second part of the Bible , recognized by the Christian church from the 4th century as sacred doctrine. Biblical scholars have...

Christian name for the Hebrew Bible, which serves as the first division of the Christian Bible (see New Testament). The designations...