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• LonginusPeople

  Longinus is the name that later tradition gave to the soldier who pierced Jesus' side with a spear at the crucifixion, or to the centurion who confessed, "Truly this man was the Son of God." The name does not appear in the Bible.

• Form CriticismDoctrine & Theology

  Form criticism is a method of biblical interpretation that focuses on the oral stage of transmission before biblical texts were committed to writing; it divides texts into small units of tradition and studies their literary forms and the settings in which they were first used.

• PsalmodyWorship & Rites

  Psalmody refers to songs that take the Old Testament Psalms as their lyrics for congregational singing. The term chiefly designates the metrical psalm, in which a psalm is recast in regular meter and set to a tune, a form especially valued in the Reformed tradition.

• Theology of WorshipDoctrine & Theology

  The theology of worship is the field of theology that examines what worship is, and why and how it is offered, in light of Scripture and church tradition. It is treated as a branch of practical theology.

• The HolocaustHistory

  The Holocaust was the systematic murder of approximately six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during the World War II era. After the war, it prompted the churches to reexamine antisemitism and replacement theology.

• The Death Penalty and the ChurchControversies

  The death penalty and the church is the debate over how the church should evaluate, in light of Scripture and the Christian faith, the state's practice of putting criminals to death. Both those who favor retaining capital punishment and those who favor abolishing it draw support from Scripture and church tradition.

• PredestinationDoctrine & Theology

  Predestination is the Christian doctrine that God determined the salvation of human beings from all eternity. It is emphasized by the Calvinist tradition, including Presbyterians, while the Wesleyan tradition, including Methodists and the Holiness Church, places greater emphasis on the human response.

• Via DolorosaHistory

  The Via Dolorosa (Latin for "Way of Sorrow") is a route in the Old City of Jerusalem that, according to tradition, Jesus walked while carrying the cross from the place of his sentencing to Golgotha. Pilgrims traditionally walk it while meditating on his sufferings.

• Doctrine of GodDoctrine & Theology

  The doctrine of God (theology proper) is the branch of systematic theology that addresses who God is: His existence, names, attributes, and triune nature, together with His works such as creation and providence.

• London Baptist Confession of FaithDoctrine & Theology

  The London Baptist Confession of Faith is a confession of faith jointly produced by Calvinistic Baptist churches in London, England, in the seventeenth century. There are two confessions: the First Confession of 1644 and the Second Confession, formally adopted in 1689. The term "1689 Confession" usually refers to the Second Confession.

• DenominationOrganization & Polity

  A denomination is a grouping of Protestant churches that share the same theological tradition and form of church government. Examples include the Presbyterian, Methodist, Holiness, Baptist, Pentecostal, Anglican, and Lutheran churches.

• Penitential PsalmsBible

  The Penitential Psalms are seven psalms (Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143) that church tradition groups together because they give prominent expression to the confession of sin and the plea for God's forgiveness.

• ColumbaPeople

  Columba (c. 521–597) was an Irish monk and missionary. He founded a monastery on the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland and, using it as his base, spread Christianity in Scotland and northern England.

• HavrutaChristian Life

  Havruta is a method of study from the Jewish tradition in which two people pair up to study a text by questioning and debating each other. In Korean churches it is used mainly as a method for Bible study and church school education.

• Angel WorshipDoctrine & Theology

  Angel worship refers to offering angels the worship or prayer that belongs to God alone. Protestants reject it on the basis of Colossians 2:18 and other passages.

• Wesleyan TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Wesleyan theology is a theological tradition rooted in the teachings of John Wesley, who led the eighteenth-century Methodist movement in England. It emphasizes grace extended to all people and a holy life (sanctification). Methodist and Holiness churches, among others, stand within this tradition.

• VeronicaPeople

  Veronica is a woman known only from church tradition; her name does not appear in the Bible. Tradition holds that she wiped the face of Jesus with a cloth as he carried the cross, and it identifies her with the woman with the issue of blood in the Gospels.

• Holy SaturdayFeasts & Seasons

  Holy Saturday is the Saturday of Holy Week, the day between Good Friday and Easter on which the church remembers that Jesus Christ lay in the tomb.

• 1 Corinthians 14:34–35Bible Verses

  A Pauline passage instructing, "Let your women keep silence in the churches," and directing that if they wish to learn anything, they should "ask their husbands at home." It is a central text in debates over the ordination of women and the role of women in the church. Its position in the manuscript tradition is also debated.

• Ecclesiastes 3:1–8Bible Verses

  Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 is a poem that uses fourteen pairs of contrasting lines to declare that God has appointed a time for everything. Because it sets the transience of human life alongside God's providence, it is frequently cited in funeral and New Year sermons.