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• Bride of ChristDoctrine & Theology

  The Bride of Christ is a biblical image that likens the church to a bride united with Jesus Christ in a marriage covenant. It expresses the love between Christ and the church, the church's purity, and the eschatological consummation of their relationship.

• Hereditary Pastoral SuccessionControversies

  Hereditary pastoral succession is the practice of passing a senior pastor's position to the pastor's child or son-in-law. It is also called hereditary pastorate or passing down the pastorate. In Korea, denominations such as the Korean Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap) have prohibited it by church law, and debate over the practice continues.

• Veneration of the SaintsDoctrine & Theology

  The veneration of the saints is a devotional practice of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches in which saints who serve as models of faith are honored and asked for their intercession. Protestants remember the saints as examples of faith but do not make them objects of prayer.

• WaldensiansHistory

  The Waldensians (also called Waldenses) are a movement of voluntary poverty and preaching that began in the late twelfth century with Valdes (Peter Waldo), a merchant of Lyon, France. They were condemned as heretics by the pope in 1184, joined the Reformation in 1532, and continue today as a Reformed church centered in Italy.

• Kingship of ChristDoctrine & Theology

  The kingship of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ, as King, rules over the church and the whole world. Protestant theology describes it as one of the three offices of Christ, alongside the prophetic and priestly offices.

• Papal StatesHistory

  The Papal States were the territories in central Italy that the pope ruled directly as a temporal sovereign from 756 to 1870. They are regarded as the predecessor of present-day Vatican City, which was established by the Lateran Treaty of 1929.

• Acts 6Bible

  Acts 6 is the chapter that recounts how the Jerusalem church chose seven men to oversee the daily distribution to the needy after complaints arose over it, and how one of them, Stephen, was accused before the council.

• Evangelist PastorChurch Offices

  An evangelist pastor is a pastoral title used chiefly in the constitutions of Presbyterian denominations. It refers to a pastor sent by a presbytery to preach the gospel in an area without a church and to establish new churches there.

• Term of Office for EldersChristian Life

  The term of office for elders is the period during which an elder holds and exercises office in the church. Korean Presbyterian churches often regard the eldership as a lifelong office, with elders serving until a mandatory retirement age. Some churches also hold periodic votes of confidence in which the congregation decides whether an elder should continue in active service.

• Deuterocanonical BooksBible

  The deuterocanonical books are books such as Tobit, Judith, and Maccabees that the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church include in the Old Testament but that are absent from the Hebrew Bible and the Protestant Old Testament. Protestants commonly call them the Apocrypha.

• RelicDoctrine & Theology

  A relic is the preserved remains of a saint or martyr, an object that a saint or martyr used, or an object associated with the life of Jesus, kept as an object of veneration. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church venerate relics, while Protestants generally reject the practice.

• Small GroupChristian Life

  A small group is a gathering within a church in which anywhere from a few to a dozen or so members meet regularly to share Scripture, pray, and care for one another. Depending on the church and denomination, such groups go by various names, including cells and classes; Korean churches also use terms such as guyeok (district), sokhoe (class), mokjang (pasture), darakbang (upper room), and sun.

• Ephesians 4Bible

  Ephesians 4 urges a life worthy of the Christian calling and the preservation of the church's unity, which the Holy Spirit has brought about. It teaches the purpose of the ministries given to the church and describes the practical conduct involved in putting off the old man and putting on the new man.

• Feminist TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Feminist theology is a theological movement that rereads the Bible and the Christian tradition from the experience and perspective of women and critically examines male-centered interpretations and institutions within the church and theology.

• Revelation 2:8–11Bible Verses

  Revelation 2:8–11 is the letter from the risen Christ to the church in Smyrna. It encourages a suffering church and contains no rebuke. In Korean Protestant churches, its words "be thou faithful unto death" are often cited at ordination services and in sermons.

• Philippians 3:3Bible Verses

  In this verse Paul warns against those who insist on circumcision and declares that believers who worship by the Spirit, glory in Christ, and put no confidence in the flesh are the true circumcision. It is frequently cited in discussions of the law and justification and of the relationship between the church and Israel.

• Romans 13:1Bible Verses

  Romans 13:1 exhorts every person to "be subject unto the higher powers" and declares that all authority comes from God. It is a key text on the relationship between church and state, and how it should be applied under unjust regimes has long been debated.

• Jeremiah 31:31–33Bible Verses

  God's promise to make a new covenant with Israel and Judah and to write his law on their hearts. It is the principal Old Testament passage in which the phrase "new covenant" appears. The New Testament presents this promise as fulfilled in Christ, and the passage stands at the center of debates among theological systems over the relationship between the church and Israel.

• Galatians 6:16Bible Verses

  Galatians 6:16 is the benediction with which Paul closes the Epistle to the Galatians, invoking peace and mercy on those who walk according to "this rule" and upon "the Israel of God." Interpreters disagree over whether "the Israel of God" refers to the whole church or to Jewish believers, and the verse is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between the church and Israel.

• Romans 11:17–24Bible Verses

  In this passage Paul uses the image of grafting into an olive tree to warn Gentile believers not to boast against Israel. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between Israel and the church and of the security of salvation.