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- GnosticismHeresies & Cults
Gnosticism is a collective name for a number of religious movements that spread in close association with early Christianity from the late first century through the second century. It taught that salvation comes through awakening to a secret spiritual knowledge (gnosis), and it is regarded as one of the principal ancient heresies rejected by the early church.
- DiakoniaBible
Diakonia is a Greek word meaning "service," "ministry," or "office." In the New Testament it refers to the service of Jesus, almsgiving, the ministry of the word, and church office.
- Solomon's PorchBible
Solomon's Porch was a roofed colonnade along the outer court of the Jerusalem Temple in New Testament times. Scripture presents it as the place where Jesus walked during the Feast of Dedication and where the believers of the early church gathered.
- Clement of AlexandriaPeople
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150–c. 215) was an early church father and theologian active in Alexandria. He is regarded as a leading figure of the Alexandrian school, which sought to connect Greek philosophy with the Christian faith.
- Cappadocian FathersHistory
A collective name for three fourth-century theologians from Cappadocia in Asia Minor: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus. They articulated the Trinitarian formula that God exists as one essence in three persons.
- John WycliffePeople
John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384) was an English theologian, philosopher, and church reformer. He led the effort to produce the first translation of the entire Bible into English and is regarded as a forerunner of the Reformation for his advocacy of church reform.
- Donald McGavranPeople
Donald Anderson McGavran (1897–1990) was an American missionary to India and a missiologist. He is known as the founder of church growth studies and served as the founding dean of the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary.
- Jun Taek-buPeople
Jun Taek-bu (1915–2008) was a Korean YMCA leader and a writer on Christian history. He served as general secretary and later as honorary general secretary of the Seoul YMCA. His works include *A History of the Korean YMCA Movement* and *A History of the Development of the Korean Church*, and he was also active in the movement to promote Hangul, the Korean alphabet.
- John HeronPeople
John W. Heron (1856–1890) was the first medical missionary formally appointed by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian Church) for service in Joseon Korea. He served as the second director of Jejungwon and was the first person buried in the Yanghwajin Foreign Cemetery.
- Ok Han-heumPeople
Ok Han-heum (玉漢欽, 1938–2010) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong). He founded SaRang Community Church, and through his book *Called to Awaken the Laity* he spread lay discipleship training in the local church throughout Korean Christianity.
- AmbrosePeople
Ambrose (c. 339–397) was a fourth-century bishop of Milan and one of the leading Fathers of the Western Church. He defended the Nicene faith against the Arians and baptized Augustine.
- Mother TeresaPeople
Mother Teresa (1910–1997) was a Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India, to care for the poor, the sick, and the dying. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and was canonized by the Catholic Church in 2016.
- Shinto Shrine WorshipHistory
Shinto shrine worship was a policy under Japanese colonial rule by which the Government-General of Korea compelled Koreans to bow at Shinto shrines (jinja), the sanctuaries of Japanese Shinto. In 1938 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church adopted a resolution accepting the practice, and the resistance movement that opposed it produced both prisoners and martyrs.
- David Yonggi ChoPeople
David Yonggi Cho (1936–2021) was a Pentecostal pastor. He founded Yoido Full Gospel Church, which began in 1958 as a tent church in Daejo-dong, Seoul, and built it into the largest church in the world.
- Kim Jae-junPeople
Kim Jae-jun (金在俊, 1901–1987) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and progressive theologian whose pen name was Changgong (長空). He played a central role in founding Chosun Theological Seminary (now Hanshin University) and in forming the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, and he also took part in the democratization movement.
- Choi Tae-yongPeople
Choi Tae-yong (崔泰瑢, 1897–1950) was a Korean Protestant minister during the Japanese colonial period. Beginning in the Non-Church movement, he founded the Korean Evangelical Church of Joseon (now the Korea Evangelical Church) in 1935. It was a denomination established by Koreans themselves, and he served as its first bishop.
- Peter Yi Seung-hunPeople
Yi Seung-hun (李承薰, 1756–1801) was a Korean Catholic of the late Joseon period whose baptismal name was Peter. Baptized in Beijing in 1784, he became the first Korean to receive baptism and is counted among the founders of the Catholic Church in Korea.
- TheodoraPeople
Theodora (c. 500–548) was a sixth-century empress of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. The wife and closest adviser of Justinian I, she protected the churches that opposed the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon. The Orthodox Church venerates her as a saint.
- Deuteronomy 19:15Bible Verses
Deuteronomy 19:15 is an Old Testament legal provision directing that guilt not be established on the testimony of a single person but confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses. The New Testament cites it several times, and it is frequently invoked in discussions of church discipline and of procedures for handling accusations.
- Ephesians 2:14-17Bible Verses
A passage stating that Christ, through the cross, broke down "the middle wall of partition" between Jews and Gentiles, made the two into "one new man," and reconciled both together to God. It is frequently cited in discussions of church unity and reconciliation, and interpreters differ over the scope of the law said to have been abolished.