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• FilioqueDoctrine & Theology

  Filioque is a Latin term meaning "and from the Son." It is a phrase that the Western church added to the Nicene Creed, confessing that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. It is one of the principal doctrinal issues dividing the Eastern and Western churches.

• Edict of ThessalonicaHistory

  The Edict of Thessalonica was an edict issued in 380 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I together with his co-emperors. It established the Trinitarian faith of the Council of Nicaea as the orthodox faith of the empire and declared those who did not follow it to be heretics.

• Herod AntipasPeople

  Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great, was the tetrarch who ruled Galilee and Perea. He executed John the Baptist and, according to the Gospel of Luke, took part in the trial of Jesus.

• Restoration of PeterBible

  The restoration of Peter is the event in which the risen Jesus, on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias in Galilee, asked Peter three times, "Lovest thou me?" and entrusted him with the charge "Feed my sheep." It is recorded in John 21.

• 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.

• Tamar (Daughter of David)People

  Tamar was the daughter of King David and Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, and the full sister of Absalom. Her rape by her half-brother Amnon is recorded in 2 Samuel 13.

• BartholomewPeople

  Bartholomew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Western church tradition has identified him with Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel of John.

• AthaliahPeople

  Athaliah was a queen of Judah from the house of Ahab, king of northern Israel. She became the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah, and after the death of her son Ahaziah she killed the royal family and ruled Judah for about six years.

• HomoousiosDoctrine & Theology

  Homoousios is a Greek theological term affirming that the Son is true God, "of the same essence" as the Father. Adopted into the creed of the Council of Nicaea in 325, it became the standard for the doctrine of the Trinity.

• CushBible

  Cush is the name the Old Testament uses for the region of the upper Nile south of Egypt and for its people. It is also the name of a son of Ham. The Septuagint rendered it "Ethiopia."

• ElamBible

  Elam was an ancient nation and territory east of Mesopotamia, in what is now southwestern Iran. It first appears in Genesis as the name of a son of Shem; in the prophetic books it is an object of both judgment and restoration; and in Acts it is named as the homeland of some of those present at Pentecost.

• IchthysHistory

  Ichthys is the Greek word for "fish" and the name of a fish-shaped symbol that early Christians used to express their faith. It remains in wide use today on church signs, car decals, and similar items.

• Hagia SophiaHistory

  Hagia Sophia is a building in Istanbul, Türkiye (formerly Constantinople). Dedicated in 537 as the cathedral of the Eastern Roman Empire, it became a mosque in 1453 and a museum in 1934, and was converted back into a mosque in 2020.

• IscahPeople

  Iscah is a woman mentioned once in the Bible, in Genesis 11:29. She was the daughter of Haran son of Terah and the sister of Milcah and Lot. Jewish tradition sometimes identifies her with Sarai, the wife of Abraham.

• BithiahPeople

  Bithiah is a woman mentioned once, as "the daughter of Pharaoh," in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4. She was the wife of Mered. Jewish tradition sometimes identifies her with the daughter of Pharaoh who rescued the infant Moses.

• JoktanPeople

  Joktan was a son of Eber, a descendant of Shem, and the younger brother of Peleg. He appears with his thirteen sons in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 and is commonly regarded as the ancestor of various tribes of southern Arabia.

• 1 Peter 1:1–2Bible Verses

  The opening greeting of 1 Peter addresses Christians scattered across five regions of Asia Minor as "elect" strangers and brings together the work of the Father, the Spirit, and the Son in a single sentence. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of predestination, election, and the Trinity.

• Mark 15:33–37Bible Verses

  This passage describes the moment just before Jesus died on the cross when, after three hours of darkness, he cried out in the words of Psalm 22:1, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" It is frequently discussed in connection with the suffering of Jesus, the atonement, and the relationship between the Father and the Son.

• Matthew 27:46Bible Verses

  Matthew 27:46 records the cry that Jesus uttered with a loud voice from the cross: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" It is one of the Seven Last Words of Christ. Its meaning, specifically what it means for the Son to have been forsaken on the cross, has been the subject of profound theological discussion.

• Hebrews 1:10-12Bible Verses

  A passage that quotes Psalm 102:25-27 to declare that the "Lord" who made the heavens and the earth is the Son and that, unlike the created order, which will grow old and pass away, he remains eternally unchanging. It is frequently cited in discussions of the deity and immutability of Christ and of the end of the created world.