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Song of Miriam
[Bible]The Song of Miriam is a short hymn of praise sung by the prophetess Miriam as she led the women with timbrels and dancing after Israel crossed the Red Sea. It is recorded in Exodus 15:20-21.
Table of Nations
[Bible]The Table of Nations is the genealogy of the descendants of Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, recorded in Genesis 10. It sets out how humanity divided and spread into many peoples and nations after the Flood. It is also called the List of Nations.
Revelation
[Doctrine & Theology]Revelation is a term in Christian theology for God's act of disclosing and making known his own being and will, which human beings cannot know by their own efforts.
Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
[Doctrine & Theology]The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy is a document issued in 1978 in Chicago by evangelical scholars and pastors that sets out the meaning and scope of the belief that the Bible is without error, known as biblical inerrancy.
The Widow's Two Mites
[Bible]The widow's two mites refers to the incident in which Jesus, watching at the treasury of the Temple in Jerusalem, saw a poor widow put in two mites, all that she had, and declared that she had put in more than anyone else. It is recorded in the Gospels of Mark and Luke.
Book of Tobit
[Bible]The Book of Tobit tells the story of Tobit, a Jew living in Nineveh during the Assyrian exile, and his son Tobias. The Catholic and Orthodox churches accept it as part of the Old Testament, while most Protestants classify it among the Apocrypha (books outside the canon).
Cornerstone Laying Ceremony
[Worship & Rites]A cornerstone laying ceremony is a service held during the construction of a new sanctuary or church building, in which the cornerstone, or foundation stone, is set upon the foundation and the building work is committed to God.
Kenosis
[Doctrine & Theology]Kenosis, or self-emptying, is a theological term for the incarnation and humiliation of Christ. It derives from Philippians 2:7, which says that Christ "made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant" and became man.
Crown
[Doctrine & Theology]In the Bible, a crown is placed on the head of one who has won a victory or endured faithfully. In Protestantism it is used chiefly as a symbol of the honor and reward God has promised to the saints.
Three Uses of the Law
[Doctrine & Theology]The three uses of the law is a teaching of Reformation theology that organizes the work of God's law into three functions: restraining evil in society, bringing people to recognize their sin, and guiding the life of the believer.
Byzantine Empire
[History]The Byzantine Empire is the name later given to the Eastern Roman Empire, which had Constantinople as its capital and endured until 1453. Early ecumenical councils were held there, and the Orthodox tradition developed within it.
Deaconess
[Church Offices]A deaconess is a woman church member who holds the office of deacon. Whether women may be ordained as deacons, and how church offices are structured, varies by denomination. In Korean Protestant churches, deaconesses usually serve as acting deacons appointed on a yearly basis.
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.
Still Small Voice
[Bible]The "still small voice" is the quiet, faint sound that came to Elijah on Mount Horeb after the wind, the earthquake, and the fire had passed (1 Kings 19:12). The passage is often cited to illustrate the manner in which God reveals himself.
Judgment Seat of Christ
[Doctrine & Theology]The judgment seat of Christ is a New Testament expression for the place where people, and Christians in particular, have their lives evaluated before Christ. It is commonly discussed in connection with rewards.
Mosaic Authorship
[Doctrine & Theology]Mosaic authorship is the view that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament. It is the traditional position of Judaism and Christianity and stands in contrast to the documentary hypothesis, which holds that the Pentateuch was compiled at a later date from several documents.
Writings (Hebrew Bible)
[Bible]The Writings are the third of the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), following the Law and the Prophets. Called Ketuvim ("things written") in Hebrew, the division comprises eleven books by Jewish reckoning, including Psalms, Job, and Proverbs.
Exorcism
[Worship & Rites]Exorcism is the prayer and rite performed to drive demons out of a person believed to be possessed by evil spirits. The term refers chiefly to the official rite of the Catholic Church; Protestants more commonly speak of deliverance or casting out demons.
Holy Saturday
[Feasts & 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.
British Israelism
[Doctrine & Theology]British Israelism is the claim that the British and other Anglo-Saxon peoples are descendants of the "lost ten tribes" of the biblical northern kingdom of Israel. Mainstream theological and historical scholarship regards the claim as unfounded.