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• BonifacePeople

  Boniface (c. 675–754) was an English Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Mainz. A missionary who brought Christianity to the Germanic lands in the eighth century, he is known as the "Apostle of the Germans."

• Voluntary PovertyChristian Life

  Voluntary poverty is the choice to live simply and without desire for wealth, out of purity of heart. In Christianity, it denotes an attitude of faith that is not bound by possessions but relies on God and embraces a modest life.

• Roman EmpireHistory

  The Roman Empire was a state that ruled the Mediterranean world, beginning with the accession of Augustus in 27 BC. It forms the historical background of the New Testament. After persecuting Christianity, it legalized the faith in the fourth century and later made it the state religion.

• CelibacyChristian Life

  Celibacy, or singleness, is the state of living unmarried. In Christianity the term can also refer to a life in which a person chooses not to marry in order to devote himself or herself to the service of God. Understandings and practices differ among denominations.

• RedeemerDoctrine & Theology

  A redeemer is one who pays a price to recover a person or property that has been sold or bound. In Christianity, the term is a title for God, and especially for Jesus Christ, who delivers humanity from sin and death.

• The Great Century of MissionsHistory

  The Great Century of Missions is a name coined by the American church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette for the period from 1800 to 1914, during which Protestant foreign missions expanded dramatically.

• Saint PatrickPeople

  Saint Patrick (Patricius, 5th century) was a missionary and bishop from Roman Britannia who brought Christianity to Ireland. He is the patron saint of Ireland and is commemorated on March 17.

• Joy DavidmanPeople

  Joy Davidman (1915–1960) was an American poet and writer. Raised in a Jewish family, she was an atheist before converting to Christianity. She wrote Smoke on the Mountain, an interpretation of the Ten Commandments, and married C. S. Lewis in 1956.

• 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.

• Pseudo-Christian Groups (Saibi)Heresies & Cults

  Saibi is a Sino-Korean term meaning "something that appears similar but is not genuinely so." In Korean Protestant churches it is used alongside "heresy" (idan) to assess groups that operate under the name of Christianity while departing from its doctrine or engaging in antisocial conduct.

• AtonementDoctrine & Theology

  The atonement is the Christian doctrine concerning the work by which Jesus Christ, through his death on the cross, dealt with human sin and reconciled God and humanity. It is also referred to as substitutionary atonement.

• AdoptionismDoctrine & Theology

  Adoptionism is the Christological view that Jesus was originally an ordinary man who was "adopted" as the Son of God at his baptism or resurrection. Since the early church, orthodox Christianity has rejected it as heretical.

• AbrahamPeople

  Abraham is the ancestor of the people of Israel described in the Book of Genesis. He left his homeland in response to God's call, and Christians often call him "the father of faith."

• Substitutionary Atonement of ChristDoctrine & Theology

  The substitutionary atonement of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ, by dying on the cross, paid in humanity's place the price of sin that people owed and delivered them from sin and death. It is often called simply substitutionary atonement.

• Pastoral District (Gyogu)Organization & Polity

  A pastoral district is a unit into which church members are divided, by region or by group, for pastoral care and church governance. In Korean Protestantism the term (gyogu) usually refers to a pastoral district within a single congregation, while in Anglicanism it refers to a regional church unit, or diocese, under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

• AntisemitismHistory

  Antisemitism is hostility toward and discrimination against Jews as an ethnic and religious group. In Christian history, the charge that "the Jews killed Jesus" long served as its justification.

• HumilityChristian Life

  Humility is a disposition and attitude of lowering rather than exalting oneself. Christianity teaches it as a virtue that acknowledges one's limitations and sin before God and expresses itself in service to one's neighbor.

• Jesus MovementHistory

  The Jesus Movement was an evangelical youth movement that arose among young hippies on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s and spread across North America and into Europe. Its participants were known as "Jesus People."

• Son Jeong-doPeople

  Son Jeong-do (孫貞道, 1882–1931) was a Methodist minister and Korean independence activist during the Japanese colonial period. He served as speaker of the Provisional Legislative Assembly and as minister of transportation in the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. In his final years he carried out pastoral ministry and led a farmers' movement in Jilin, Manchuria.

• 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.