"Perichoresis" is derived from the Greek peri, "around" and chorein, which has multiple meanings among them being "to make room for", "go forward" and "contain". Circumincession from the Latin circum, ...
A medieval account credited Athanasius of Alexandria, the famous defender of Nicene theology, as the author of the Creed. According to this account, Athanasius composed it during his exile in Rome and ...
The term comes from the Greek poly ("many") and theoi ("gods") and was first invented by the Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria to argue with the Greeks. When Christianity spread throughout Europe and ...
There have been recurring disputes in the United States concerning the posting of the ten commandments on public property. Certain conservative religious groups have taken the banning of officially sa ...
In biblical Hebrew, the Ten Commandments are called ???? ?????? (transliterated Asereth ha-D'bhar?m) and in Rabbinical Hebrew ???? ?????? (transliterated Asereth ha-Dibroth), both ...
"Lord" is used as a title of deference for various gods or deities. The earliest recorded use of Lord in the English language in a religious context was by English Bible translators such as Bede. It w ...
Tritheism is the belief that cosmic divinity is composed of three equally powerful entities. As generally conceived, three gods are envisioned as having separate domains and spheres of influence that ...
The role of the priesthood in Judaism has significantly diminished since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, when priests attended to the Temple and sacrifices. The priesthood is an inherit ...
Defining characterGlass platter inscribed with the Hebrew word zokhreinu - remember usA 19th-century silver Macedonian Hanukkah menorahUnlike other ancient Near Eastern gods, the Hebrew God is portray ...
Gregory was born to a wealthy pagan family in Neo-Caesarea (the capital of Pontus in Asia Minor) around 213 A.D. Little is known of his pastoral work, and his surviving theological writings are in an ...
Cyprian was born into a rich pagan family of Carthage, sometime during the early third century. His original name was Thascius; he took the additional name Caecilius in memory of the presbyter to whom ...
As a presbyter of the church at Rome under Pope Zephyrinus (199–217), Hippolytus was distinguished for his learning and eloquence. It was at this time that Origen of Alexandria, then a young man, hea ...
Among those whose writings form the basis for Patristics, (i.e. prominent early Church Fathers), are:Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35-c.108),Pope Clement I (c.1st century AD-c.101),Justin Martyr (c.100-c.16 ...
Most scholars place the Didache at some point during the mid to late first century, but John Robinson argues that it is first generation, dating it c. 40–60 AD. It is an anonymous work, a pastoral ma ...
Textual criticism has been practiced for over two thousand years. Early textual critics were concerned with preserving the works of antiquity, and this continued through the medieval period into early ...
