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• Union with Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Union with Christ is the Christian teaching that believers are joined to Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit and thereby share in his death and resurrection, his righteousness, and his life.

• Redeemer

  [Doctrine & 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.

• Healing of the Royal Official's Son

  [Bible]

  The healing of the royal official's son is the miracle in which Jesus, while at Cana in Galilee, healed by his word alone the son of a royal official in Capernaum. It is recorded in John 4:46-54, and the Gospel of John calls it the "second miracle" or sign that Jesus performed after coming into Galilee.

• Anointing of the Sick

  [Worship & Rites]

  The Anointing of the Sick is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, a rite in which a priest prays over a gravely ill or frail elderly person and anoints him or her with consecrated oil. Protestant churches do not recognize it as a sacrament.

• Psalm Superscriptions

  [Bible]

  Psalm superscriptions are short headings placed before the text of many psalms. They identify the psalm's author or affiliation, the type of song, performance instructions, and the circumstances of its composition.

• Resurrection of the Body

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The resurrection of the body is the Christian doctrine that on the last day the bodies of the dead will be raised and reunited with their souls. It is one of the articles confessed in the Apostles' Creed.

• Sacrament of Confession

  [Worship & Rites]

  The sacrament of confession is a sacrament of the Catholic Church in which a believer confesses his or her sins to a priest and receives forgiveness through the priest's pronouncement of absolution. Most Protestant churches do not recognize it as a sacrament and instead emphasize repentance through confessing one's sins directly to God.

• Limited Atonement

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Limited atonement is the Reformed doctrine that Christ's substitutionary death was intended for the salvation of those whom God has chosen and is certainly effective for them. Also called particular redemption or definite atonement, it stands in contrast to universal atonement.

• Agnus Dei

  [Worship & Rites]

  Agnus Dei is Latin for "Lamb of God." The name refers to a short prayer and chant addressed to Christ during the Eucharist, asking for His mercy and peace.

• Prologue of John

  [Bible]

  The Prologue of John is John 1:1–18, the opening section of the Gospel of John, which declares that the "Word" (Logos), who existed from the beginning, became flesh and came into the world.

• Parable of the Great Banquet

  [Bible]

  The Parable of the Great Banquet is a parable of Jesus recorded in Luke 14:15–24. When the invited guests make excuses and fail to come, the host calls in the poor and people from the roadsides to fill his banquet.

• Plural of Majesty

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The plural of majesty is a usage in which a plural form refers to a single person while conveying dignity and honor. It is often used to explain the plural form of the Hebrew word Elohim, which refers to God.

• Demythologization

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Demythologization is a theological method that seeks to separate the message of the New Testament from the mythological worldview of antiquity and to reinterpret it in terms of the existential questions facing modern people. It was proposed by the German theologian Rudolf Bultmann.

• Leitourgia

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Leitourgia (λειτουργία) is a Greek word meaning "public service." In the church it refers to worship and liturgy, and it is the origin of the English word "liturgy."

• Missio Dei

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Missio Dei (Latin for "the mission of God") is a concept in the theology of mission holding that the agent of mission is not the church but the triune God, and that the church is a community sent to participate in that mission.

• Love

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  In Christianity, love is understood as the nature of God and is regarded as the virtue at the heart of the greatest commandment Christians are called to keep. It encompasses both love for God and love for one's neighbor.

• Spiritual Body

  [Bible]

  The spiritual body is Paul's term in 1 Corinthians 15:44 for the body the dead will put on at the resurrection, in contrast to the "natural body." It refers to a body that is incorruptible, glorious, and governed by the Holy Spirit.

• Textual Criticism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Textual criticism is the discipline of comparing and examining biblical manuscripts, which differ slightly from one another, in order to recover the form closest to the text as originally written. It is foundational to Bible translation and exegesis.

• Latter Prophets

  [Bible]

  The Latter Prophets (Hebrew *Nevi'im Aharonim*) are the second half of the Prophets (Nevi'im), the second division of the Hebrew Bible. The term refers to Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets, books compiled chiefly from the messages delivered by the prophets.

• Biblical Inspiration

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Biblical inspiration is the Christian doctrine that the Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God. Denominations and scholars differ in their understanding of the extent and mode of inspiration.