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• Brother LawrencePeople

  Brother Lawrence, born Nicolas Herman, was a seventeenth-century French lay brother of the Discalced Carmelites. He taught that one should remain constantly aware of God even while working, and The Practice of the Presence of God, a collection of his teachings, has made him widely known across denominational lines.

• Particular BaptistsDenominations

  Particular Baptists are a stream of the Baptist tradition that arose in seventeenth-century England. They hold to a Calvinist soteriology, teaching that Christ's atonement applies "particularly" to the elect.

• JudaismHistory

  Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. Rooted in the faith of ancient Israel, it worships the one God according to the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic tradition. Christianity arose on the foundation of Judaism's scriptures and religious tradition.

• TheonomyDoctrine & Theology

  Theonomy is a theological position held by some within the Reformed tradition. It maintains that the civil laws and penal sanctions of the Old Testament Mosaic law should, in principle, apply to nations today.

• PeshittaBible

  The Peshitta is a translation of the Bible into Syriac, a branch of Aramaic. The Eastern churches that carry on the Syriac tradition still use it today as their standard Bible.

• Colossians 2Bible

  In Colossians 2, Paul urges the Colossian believers to stand firm in Christ and warns against teaching that promotes philosophy, human tradition, regulations about food and festivals, and the worship of angels.

• 2 KingsBible

  Second Kings is a historical book of the Old Testament that records, in twenty-five chapters, the later history of the divided kingdom, from Elijah's ascent into heaven through the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah to the release of the captive King Jehoiachin.

• 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.

• Constantine IPeople

  Constantine I (c. 272–337) was the Roman emperor who legalized Christianity and convened the Council of Nicaea. During his reign the church changed from a persecuted minority into a religion enjoying imperial protection.

• DomitianPeople

  Domitian (51–96) was a Roman emperor of the first century. In Christian tradition he is known as the emperor who exiled the apostle John to the island of Patmos and persecuted Christians.

• Rabbinic JudaismHistory

  Rabbinic Judaism is the form of Judaism that was reconstituted after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in AD 70, centered on the study of the Law, prayer, and the synagogue in place of sacrifice. Most of contemporary Judaism derives from this tradition.

• AlexandriaBible

  Alexandria is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of northern Egypt. It is mentioned four times in the Bible, all in the Book of Acts. It was the hometown of Apollos and, according to tradition, the place where the Septuagint was translated.

• Desert FathersHistory

  The Desert Fathers were Christian hermits who withdrew into the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria from roughly the third to the fifth century to devote themselves to prayer and ascetic living. They are regarded as the starting point of the Christian monastic tradition.

• IrenaeusPeople

  Irenaeus was a Church Father who served as bishop of Lyon in Gaul in the late second century. In *Against Heresies* he refuted Gnosticism and emphasized the four Gospels and the rule of faith, profoundly influencing the formation of orthodox theology in the early church.

• HippolytusPeople

  Hippolytus (c. 170 – c. 235) was a presbyter and theologian of the church in Rome in the early third century. His *Refutation of All Heresies* is an important source for the study of heresies in the early church.

• Psalm 33:6Bible Verses

  A verse from the hymn of praise in Psalm 33 that celebrates the heavens and all their host as made by the word of the LORD and the breath of His mouth. It is a key text for creation by the word, and in church tradition it is also frequently cited in support of a Trinitarian understanding of creation.

• Job 9:32–33Bible Verses

  A passage in which Job laments that there is no "daysman," or arbiter, to decide between God and himself. Christian tradition often reads it as an expression of longing for Christ the Mediator, and the passage also raises questions of translation and textual tradition.

• Genesis 1:1Bible Verses

  The first sentence of the Bible, declaring that God created the heavens and the earth. It is the starting point of the Christian doctrine of creation and the first verse cited in the creation–evolution debate over the timing and manner of creation.

• Colossians 1:15–17Bible Verses

  A passage that celebrates Christ as the image of the invisible God and as the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Because of the phrase "the firstborn," it is frequently cited in debates over the deity of Christ.

• 2 Peter 1:19Bible Verses

  Second Peter 1:19 likens the word of prophecy to a light shining in a dark place and urges readers to take heed to that word until the day of Christ's return. The verse is frequently cited and discussed in connection with the relationship between the authority of Scripture and personal experience, and with the meaning of the "day star."