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Marian Bottomley Hall
Marian Bottomley Hall was a British-born physician and Methodist medical missionary. During the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, she worked alongside her husband, Sherwood Hall, in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, providing medical care and taking part in efforts to combat tuberculosis.
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- Marian VenerationDoctrine & Theology
Marian veneration is the devotional practice of giving special honor and reverence to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. It is a tradition of the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. Most Protestants respect Mary as an example of faith but do not make her an object of prayer or veneration.
- MariologyDoctrine & Theology
Mariology is the field of theology concerned with the identity and role of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. Understandings differ considerably among the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions.
- Protoevangelium of JamesHistory
The Protoevangelium of James is a New Testament apocryphal work that appears to have been written in Greek around the second century. It recounts the birth and upbringing of Mary and the birth of Jesus. Although it was not included in the canon, it had a major influence on Marian tradition and on depictions of the Nativity.
- Markan PriorityBible
Markan priority is a hypothesis in biblical scholarship holding that the Gospel of Mark was the first of the Synoptic Gospels to be written and that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke used Mark as a source.
- MidianBible
Midian was a people said to descend from Midian, the son of Abraham and Keturah. In the Bible they appear both as the family into which Moses married and, during the period of the judges, as an enemy that oppressed Israel.
- MaranathaBible
Maranatha is an Aramaic expression found in 1 Corinthians 16:22, meaning "Our Lord, come" or "Our Lord is coming." It is known as a phrase the early church used while awaiting the Lord's return.
- Messianic SecretDoctrine & Theology
The Messianic Secret is a term in New Testament studies for the scenes in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus repeatedly commands others not to reveal that he is the Messiah. The German theologian William Wrede named the motif in the early twentieth century, and it has since become a major theme in Gospel research.
- Midian (Son of Abraham)People
Midian was a son of Abraham and Keturah and is recorded as the ancestor of the Midianites, who appear frequently in the Old Testament (Genesis 25:2–4).
- Mary Leyburn JunkinPeople
Mary Leyburn Junkin (1866–1952) was an American Southern Presbyterian missionary. With her husband, William Junkin (known in Korea as Jeon Wi-ryeom), she went to Korea in 1892 as a member of the "Seven Pioneers," the first missionary party the Southern Presbyterian Church sent to Korea, and served in Seoul, Gunsan, and Jeonju.
- Council of ChalcedonHistory
The Council of Chalcedon was a church council convened in 451 by the Eastern Roman emperor Marcian. It adopted the Chalcedonian Definition, which confesses that Jesus Christ has two natures, divine and human, in one person.
- Yi Yong-doPeople
Yi Yong-do (1901–1933) was a Methodist minister and revivalist active in Korea during the Japanese colonial period and is officially recognized for his contributions to Korean independence. In the early 1930s he led revival meetings throughout the country, but critics accused him of mysticism, and he became embroiled in a heresy controversy at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
- Hwang Sa-yeongPeople
Hwang Sa-yeong (1775–1801) was a Catholic of the late Joseon period. During the Sinyu Persecution of 1801, he wrote the "Silk Letter of Hwang Sa-yeong," an account on white silk of the course of the persecution and of proposed remedies, which he intended to send to the bishop of Beijing. He was executed the same year.
- Kim Pil-ryePeople
Kim Pil-rye (1891–1983) was one of the three founders of the Korean YWCA. A Presbyterian educator, she served as principal of Speer Girls' School and Chungshin Girls' School and devoted her life to secondary education for women.