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• Armenian Apostolic ChurchDenominations

  The Armenian Apostolic Church is the traditional church of the Armenian people. It belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, which did not accept the Christological definition of the Council of Chalcedon. It traces its origins to the tradition that the apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew founded it.

• ChurchDoctrine & Theology

  The church is the community of those who believe in Jesus Christ. The word translates the New Testament Greek term ekklesia (an assembly of those who have been called out), and it refers first to a gathering of people rather than to a building.

• MonasteryHistory

  A monastery is a community of people who withdraw from the world to cultivate their faith through prayer, labor, and ascetic discipline, or the dwelling place of such a community. Monasticism originated in the deserts of Egypt in the third century, and monasteries became a central institution of the medieval Western church.

• Isaiah 46Bible

  Isaiah 46 contrasts Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, which become burdens loaded onto beasts and hauled away, with the God who carries His people from birth until their hair turns gray.

• StoningBible

  Stoning is a method of execution in which an offender is put to death by a group of people throwing stones. The Old Testament law prescribed it for a number of grave offenses, and in the New Testament it appears in the account of the woman taken in adultery and in the martyrdom of Stephen.

• Isaiah 56Bible

  Isaiah 56 declares that foreigners and eunuchs who keep the covenant are received as part of God's people, and it calls God's house "an house of prayer for all people." The chapter closes by rebuking blind watchmen and greedy shepherds.

• ZionismHistory

  Zionism is a political and national movement that arose in Europe in the late nineteenth century, seeking to establish a Jewish national state in Palestine (Zion), the land of the Jewish people's ancestors. It led to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.

• SiloamBible

  Siloam is the name of a watercourse and pool in the southeastern part of ancient Jerusalem. It is best known from John 9 as the place where Jesus healed a man blind from birth.

• Isaiah 12Bible

  Isaiah 12 is a short hymn of praise that concludes the section of Isaiah comprising chapters 1–12. In it, a people saved "in that day" give thanks for God's comfort and are called to make His name known throughout the world.

• Jewish CalendarBible

  The Jewish calendar is the calendar used by ancient Israel and the Jewish people. It reckons months by the waxing and waning of the moon and adjusts the year to keep pace with the seasons. All the feast dates of the Old Testament follow this calendar.

• Witch HuntsHistory

  Witch hunts were the accusation, trial, and punishment of people suspected of harming others through witchcraft; they are also known as witch trials. They occurred on a large scale in both Catholic and Protestant regions of Europe from the late fifteenth century through the seventeenth century.

• Isaiah 43Bible

  Isaiah 43 is a prophecy in which the LORD, who created and redeemed Israel, comforts his captive people with the words "Fear not," promises the "new thing" of their deliverance from Babylon, confronts them with their sins, and declares their forgiveness.

• 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.

• MalchijahPeople

  Malchijah is a Hebrew name borne by several different people in the Old Testament books of 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Jeremiah. Nehemiah 3 names three men called Malchijah who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.

• OchlosBible

  Ochlos (ὄχλος) is the Greek word used in the New Testament for the "crowd," the large gatherings of people who followed or surrounded Jesus. In Korea the term became widely known through the attention that Minjung theology gave to it.

• Leviticus 4Bible

  Leviticus 4 sets out the regulations for the sin offering for unintentional violations of the LORD's prohibitions. It prescribes different offerings and different ways of handling the blood for the anointed priest, the whole congregation, a ruler, and one of the common people.

• InquisitionHistory

  The Inquisition was a system through which the Roman Catholic Church, from the Middle Ages onward, sought out, interrogated, and punished people suspected of departing from orthodox doctrine. It is commonly divided into the Medieval Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition, and the Roman Inquisition.

• Kim Ik-duPeople

  Kim Ik-du (1874–1950) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and revivalist of the Japanese colonial period. He became widely known for revival meetings that emphasized divine healing, and during the Korean War he was shot and killed by soldiers of the Korean People's Army at Sinchon, in what is now North Korea.

• Romans 11:2Bible Verses

  A verse in which Paul declares that, despite the unbelief of most of Israel, God has not cast away "his people which he foreknew," and then appeals to the example of Elijah. It is frequently cited in discussions of the meaning of God's foreknowledge and of the future of Israel.

• Matthew 22:30Bible Verses

  In this verse Jesus answers a question from the Sadducees, who did not believe in the resurrection, by saying that "in the resurrection" people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels in heaven. It is frequently cited in discussions of life after the resurrection, marital relationships in heaven, and the nature of angels.