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• Hampton Court ConferenceHistory

  The Hampton Court Conference was a meeting held in January 1604 at Hampton Court Palace, at which King James I of England summoned bishops of the Church of England and Puritan representatives to discuss demands for church reform. It gave rise to the translation of the King James Bible.

• BishopChurch Offices

  A bishop is a senior member of the clergy who oversees a diocese made up of multiple churches and performs the ordination of clergy. The title is used by the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. In Korean, Protestant Bibles and the Methodist Church render the same term with a different word, *gamdok* ("overseer").

• BishopChurch Offices

  A bishop is an officeholder who oversees and leads multiple churches and ministers. The term derives from the New Testament Greek episkopos ("one who watches over"). In Korea, the Protestant term for bishop refers mainly to leaders of Methodist denominations, while the Anglican and Catholic churches use a different Korean term for the same office.

• Church FathersHistory

  The Church Fathers are the leaders and theologians of the early church who, from the late first century to around the eighth century, helped establish the framework of Christian doctrine, biblical interpretation, and worship.

• PhilippiansBible

  Philippians is the eleventh book of the New Testament, a letter the apostle Paul wrote while imprisoned to the church at Philippi in Macedonia. It has four chapters, and because its exhortation to "rejoice" recurs throughout, it is also called the "Epistle of Joy."

• Theodore of MopsuestiaPeople

  Theodore of Mopsuestia (c. 350–428) was an early church theologian and biblical commentator and the leading representative of the Antiochene school. He served as bishop of Mopsuestia and was condemned after his death over Christological questions.

• Ecumenical CouncilsHistory

  The ecumenical councils were assemblies of bishops representing the whole Church that decided matters of doctrine and church discipline. The seven councils held between 325 and 787 are recognized by both the Eastern and Western churches.

• 1 Timothy 3Bible

  1 Timothy 3 lists the qualifications for bishops (overseers) and deacons in the church, calls the church "the pillar and ground of the truth," and closes with a brief confession concerning Christ.

• Council of ArlesHistory

  The Council of Arles was a meeting of bishops of the Western church, convened by Emperor Constantine in 314 at Arles in Gaul. It examined the Donatist controversy, upheld Caecilian as bishop of Carthage, and issued regulations concerning baptism, the laying on of hands, and Easter.

• Investiture ControversyHistory

  The Investiture Controversy was a conflict in eleventh- and twelfth-century Western Europe between the Roman popes and secular rulers, especially the Holy Roman Emperor, over who had the right to appoint bishops and abbots. It was largely settled by the Concordat of Worms in 1122.

• Second Vatican CouncilHistory

  A council of the Catholic Church held at the Vatican in Rome from 1962 to 1965. Under the banner of church renewal and dialogue with the modern world, it approved the celebration of Mass in vernacular languages, dialogue with other Christians, and religious freedom, among other decisions.

• First Council of ConstantinopleHistory

  The First Council of Constantinople was a church council convened in 381 by the Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius I at Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Türkiye). It affirmed the divinity of the Holy Spirit and supplemented the Nicene faith, establishing the basic framework of the doctrine of the Trinity. It is counted as the second ecumenical council.

• Congregational ChurchDenominations

  The Congregational Church is a Protestant denomination that follows congregational polity, in which the entire membership (the congregation) of each local church makes the final decisions on church matters. It arose from the Puritan and Separatist movements of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.

• Council of TrentHistory

  The Council of Trent was a council of the Roman Catholic Church held from 1545 to 1563 in Trent (Trento) in northern Italy. In response to the Reformation, it defined Catholic doctrine and reformed the internal life of the Church.

• First Vatican CouncilHistory

  The First Vatican Council was a council of the Catholic Church convened by Pope Pius IX at the Vatican in Rome in 1869–1870. It is best known for defining papal primacy and papal infallibility as dogma.

• Walk to CanossaHistory

  The Walk to Canossa was the event of January 1077 in which the excommunicated German king Henry IV sought forgiveness from Pope Gregory VII at the castle of Canossa in northern Italy and received absolution. It is regarded as an emblematic episode of the Investiture Controversy, the medieval conflict between the papacy and secular rulers.

• PopeOrganization & Polity

  The pope is the Bishop of Rome, the supreme leader of the Catholic Church (the Roman Catholic Church). The Catholic Church regards the pope as the successor of the apostle Peter, but Protestant and Orthodox churches do not recognize his primacy.

• John MiltonPeople

  John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet and polemicist. He wrote Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the fall of Adam and Eve, and served in the republican government during the Puritan Revolution.

• Westminster AssemblyHistory

  The Westminster Assembly was a council of theologians convened by the Long Parliament of England to reform the national church. It met from 1643 until about 1653 and produced the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, and the Directory for Public Worship.