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Triduum
[Feasts & Seasons]The Triduum is a season of the church year that, from the evening of Maundy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday, commemorates as one continuous whole the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, his passion and death, his burial, and his resurrection.
Threefold Office of Christ
[Doctrine & Theology]The threefold office of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ accomplishes salvation by holding together the three offices of prophet, priest, and king. It was systematized in the Reformed confessions.
Synoptic Problem
[Bible]The Synoptic Problem is a question in biblical studies concerning why the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke resemble one another in content, order, and even wording while also differing from one another; in other words, it asks how the three books are related in their composition.
Kingship of Christ
[Doctrine & Theology]The kingship of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ, as King, rules over the church and the whole world. Protestant theology describes it as one of the three offices of Christ, alongside the prophetic and priestly offices.
Formation of the Canon
[Bible]The formation of the canon (canonization) is the historical process by which it became settled which of the many writings in circulation were received as Scripture, the norm for faith and life.
Bezer
[Bible]Bezer was a Reubenite city on the plain east of the Jordan River. It was one of the three cities of refuge that Moses set apart and was also a city given to the Levites.
Eastern Orthodox Church
[Denominations]The Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the three major traditions of Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. It is a communion of Eastern churches that take the tradition of the early church and the decisions of the seven ecumenical councils as their standard of faith. It is also commonly called the Orthodox Church.
Feast of Tabernacles
[Bible]The Feast of Tabernacles is one of the three pilgrimage feasts of Israel. Observed after the autumn harvest had been gathered, it began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and lasted seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths in remembrance of the wilderness years. It is also called the Feast of Booths and the Feast of Ingathering.
Seven Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
[Bible]The seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls are visions in Revelation 6–16 in which God's judgments unfold in three successive series of seven. Interpreters differ on how the three series relate to one another and when they occur.
Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain
[People]Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain are the three sons of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, who appear in Genesis 4. They are presented as the originators of herding, music, and the making of metal implements, respectively.
2 Chronicles 13
[Bible]2 Chronicles 13 records the three-year reign of Abijah, king of Judah, and his war against northern Israel, in which, after addressing Jeroboam from Mount Zemaraim, he prevailed despite being outnumbered.
Shelah (Son of Judah)
[People]Shelah was the third son of Judah, the son of Jacob, by the daughter of Shua the Canaanite. After the deaths of his brothers Er and Onan, he was next in line to marry their widow, Tamar. Judah's failure to give him to Tamar sets in motion the narrative of Genesis 38.
Priest
[Church Offices]A priest is one of the three holy orders in Anglicanism, alongside bishop and deacon, and is an ordained minister who presides at the Eucharist and cares for the church. Priests are commonly addressed as "Father," and unlike Roman Catholic priests, who observe celibacy, Anglican priests may marry.
Job 42:7-10
[Bible Verses]The closing scene of the Book of Job, in which God rebukes Job's three friends, accepts Job's intercessory prayer on their behalf, reverses Job's misfortune, and restores him twofold. Discussion frequently centers on what it means that Job spoke "the thing that is right" and on how the nature of his restoration should be understood.
Asahel
[People]Asahel was a son of Zeruiah, David's sister, and a brother of Joab and Abishai. A warrior swift of foot, he was killed by Abner's spear while pursuing him at the battle of Gibeon, an event that later led Joab to kill Abner.
Nevius Mission Policy
[History]The Nevius Mission Policy was a mission policy adopted by the Presbyterian missions in Korea in the early 1890s, based on methods proposed by John Nevius, a missionary to China. At its core are the three-self principles, under which the local church propagates itself (self-propagation), governs itself (self-government), and supports itself financially (self-support), together with systematic Bible study.
Gospel of Matthew
[Bible]The Gospel of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and one of the four Gospels, recording the life of Jesus Christ from His birth to His resurrection. It places particular emphasis on the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy and on the teachings of Jesus.
Athanasian Creed
[Doctrine & Theology]The Athanasian Creed is a confession of faith of the Western church that sets out the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation of Christ. Together with the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed, it is known as one of the "three ecumenical creeds."
Belgic Confession
[Doctrine & Theology]The Belgic Confession is a Reformed confession of faith in thirty-seven articles, written in French by Guido de Brès in 1561. Together with the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort, it is known as one of the "Three Forms of Unity."
Chinese House Churches
[Denominations]Chinese house churches are Protestant congregations in China that remain outside the government-registered Three-Self churches (those affiliated with the Three-Self Patriotic Movement) and instead meet separately in private homes and similar settings.