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• Francis of AssisiPeople

  Francis of Assisi (1181/1182–1226) was a medieval Italian friar who founded the Order of Friars Minor (the Franciscans), a community devoted to a life of poverty. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and is known for originating the tradition of the Christmas crèche.

• Chosen Christian CollegeHistory

  Chosen Christian College (Yonhi College; 延禧專門學校) was a private Christian college founded in Seoul in 1915 jointly by Presbyterian and Methodist missions from the United States and Canada. Together with Severance Medical College, it is a predecessor of present-day Yonsei University.

• HesychasmDoctrine & Theology

  Hesychasm, from the Greek hesychia, meaning "stillness," is a spirituality of prayer in the monastic tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church that seeks union with God by stilling the heart and ceaselessly repeating the Jesus Prayer.

• Jesus PrayerChristian Life

  The Jesus Prayer is the short prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner," recited repeatedly. It originated in the monastic tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

• 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.

• 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.

• EzraBible

  Ezra is the fifteenth book of the Old Testament, a historical book recounting how the people of Judah who returned from the Babylonian exile rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem and restored their community around the Law.

• TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Theology is the discipline that systematically studies God and his works in light of Scripture and the tradition of the church. It is commonly divided into biblical theology, systematic theology, historical theology, and practical theology.

• John Amos ComeniusPeople

  John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) was a Moravian-born Protestant pastor and educator. He was the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren (Unitas Fratrum), the church that carried on the reforming tradition of Jan Hus, and he is regarded as a pioneer of modern pedagogy.

• Special Dawn Prayer MeetingFeasts & Seasons

  A special dawn prayer meeting (teuksae) is a dawn prayer gathering that a church holds for a set period and around a chosen theme, with greater intensity than its regular dawn prayer meetings. The practice grew out of the dawn prayer tradition of Korean Protestantism.

• Student Volunteer MovementHistory

  The Student Volunteer Movement (SVM) was an interdenominational student missionary movement that began in 1886 at a student Bible conference at Mount Hermon in the United States. It recruited college students as foreign missionaries and, under the watchword "The Evangelization of the World in This Generation," is reported to have sent out more than twenty thousand missionaries.

• Hampton Court ConferenceHistory

  The Hampton Court Conference was a meeting held in January 1604 at Hampton Court Palace, at which King James I of England summoned bishops of the Church of England and Puritan representatives to discuss demands for church reform. It gave rise to the translation of the King James Bible.

• Chongshin UniversityInstitutions

  Chongshin University is a private theological university founded by the Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong). It traces its roots to the Chosun Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which opened in Pyongyang in 1901.

• James (Brother of the Lord)People

  James is a New Testament figure identified as "the Lord's brother" and was a leader of the early church in Jerusalem. Tradition holds that he wrote the Epistle of James.

• Church of the Holy SepulchreHistory

  The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a church in the Old City of Jerusalem, built on the site traditionally identified as Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, and as the tomb in which he was buried. First built under Constantine the Great in the fourth century, it is now administered jointly by several denominations.

• James (Brother of Jesus)People

  James is recorded as a brother of Jesus and became the leader of the church in Jerusalem after Jesus' resurrection. Church tradition identifies him as the author of the Epistle of James.

• Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationHistory

  The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification is a document signed on October 31, 1999, by the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church. It states that there is a "consensus in basic truths" on justification, the issue that had divided the two churches since the sixteenth-century Reformation.

• Ephesians 5:18Bible Verses

  Ephesians 5:18 reads, "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit" (KJV). It is a key verse on being filled with the Holy Spirit, and interpreters and denominations differ in their emphases on what that filling means. In Korean Protestant churches it is also frequently cited as a basis for the tradition of abstaining from alcohol.

• Psalm 91:1–2Bible Verses

  The opening verses of Psalm 91 describe the security of one who dwells under the protection of the Most High and confess trust in God as refuge and fortress. The passage is often cited by those seeking protection in times of crisis, and interpreters differ over whether its promises of protection should be taken literally.

• 1 Corinthians 15:12–20Bible Verses

  A passage in which Paul, responding to some members of the Corinthian church who denied the resurrection, argues that if Christ has not been raised, preaching and faith are in vain. As a foundational text for the Christian belief in the resurrection, it is frequently cited at Easter and in funeral services.