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• ChristianityDenominations

  Christianity is the religion centered on faith in Jesus of Nazareth as the Christ, that is, the Savior, and it encompasses the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. In Korea, the Korean word for Christianity is also commonly used to refer to Protestantism alone.

• History of Christianity in ChinaHistory

  The history of Christianity in China extends from the arrival of the Church of the East under the Tang dynasty in the seventh century, through the Catholic and Protestant missions, to the present day. After the Communist government came to power, Chinese Protestantism divided into the government-registered Three-Self churches and the unregistered house churches.

• JingjiaoHistory

  Jingjiao (景敎, "the Luminous Religion") was the Chinese name for the Christianity that entered China during the Tang dynasty. It was introduced in 635 by the Persian-based Church of the East (commonly called "Nestorian") and spread under the protection of the Tang imperial court for about 210 years, until around 845.

• LogosBible

  Logos (λόγος) is a Greek word meaning "word" or "reason." In the prologue of the Gospel of John, it serves as a title for Jesus Christ, who existed before creation and became flesh. The Korean Revised Version (Gaeyeok Gaejeong) renders it as "Word."

• Eternal LifeDoctrine & Theology

  Eternal life means "everlasting life." In Christianity it refers to the new life enjoyed in relationship with God. It is understood as the substance of salvation, begun through faith in the present and brought to completion after the resurrection.

• ProtestantismDenominations

  Protestantism is a major branch of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the sixteenth-century Reformation. The term refers collectively to a number of denominations, including the Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Holiness, and Pentecostal churches.

• RetributionDoctrine & Theology

  Retribution is the idea that good deeds bring good results and evil deeds bring bad results. The concept originated as a Buddhist term, and in Christianity it arises in discussions of the biblical teaching on divine recompense and of the problem of suffering.

• Immortality of the SoulDoctrine & Theology

  The immortality of the soul is the belief that, although a person dies and the body decays, the soul does not perish but continues to exist. Many denominations teach it together with belief in the resurrection, though views differ on its basis and on how it should be expressed.

• PassoverBible

  Passover is a Jewish festival commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. In Christianity, it provides the background for understanding the death of Jesus Christ and the Lord's Supper.

• Mosaic AuthorshipDoctrine & Theology

  Mosaic authorship is the view that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament. It is the traditional position of Judaism and Christianity and stands in contrast to the documentary hypothesis, which holds that the Pentateuch was compiled at a later date from several documents.

• Christian SymbolsDoctrine & Theology

  Christian symbols are signs that express the content of the Christian faith through images, letters, or objects. Prominent examples include the cross, the fish, the dove, and the Chi-Rho. Denominations differ in how they use them and to what extent.

• PentecostalismDoctrine & Theology

  Pentecostalism is a Protestant movement that places the experience of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit at the center of faith. It began in the United States in the early twentieth century. In Korea it is widely known under the name "Full Gospel."

• Julian (Roman Emperor)People

  Julian (331–363), a nephew of Constantine I, the emperor who legalized Christianity, ruled the Roman Empire from 361 to 363. Although he was raised as a Christian, after his accession he sought to revive traditional Roman religion, and the church therefore calls him "Julian the Apostate."

• FundamentalismDoctrine & Theology

  Fundamentalism is a conservative theological movement that arose in early twentieth-century American Protestantism to defend biblical inerrancy and core doctrines against liberal theology; the term also denotes the theological position the movement represents.

• Church HistoryHistory

  Church history is the history of the church, or the academic discipline that studies that history. Eusebius's fourth-century Ecclesiastical History is regarded as the beginning of systematic writing in the field. Today church history is taught in seminaries as a branch of historical theology.

• Holy SpiritDoctrine & Theology

  The Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit whom Christianity confesses, together with the Father and the Son, as one person of the triune God. An older English name is the Holy Ghost.

• Eastern Orthodox ChurchDenominations

  The Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the three major traditions of Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. It is a communion of Eastern churches that take the tradition of the early church and the decisions of the seven ecumenical councils as their standard of faith. It is also commonly called the Orthodox Church.

• Jesus ChristDoctrine & Theology

  Jesus Christ is the central figure of the Christian faith. Christianity confesses Jesus of Nazareth, who ministered in first-century Judea and was crucified, as the Messiah and the Son of God, and calls him by this name.

• SinDoctrine & Theology

  In Christianity, sin refers both to acts that transgress God's will and law and to the state of having departed from a right relationship with God. The sin that all humanity is held to have inherited from Adam is called original sin.

• Christian ZionismDoctrine & Theology

  Christian Zionism is a school of thought and movement within Christianity that regards the return of the Jewish people to the land of Palestine and the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 as the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, and that supports the State of Israel for religious reasons.