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- Entrance
This entrance marks the approach to the prayer hall. The cited later Jewish architectural guide recommends a separate room or hallway so worshippers can prepare before entering; its partition walls are not… - Entrance & Welcome
The entrance in this model opens into the congregation's worship space. - Entrance & Welcome
The entrance in this model opens into the congregation's worship space. - Entrance & Welcome
The entrance in this model opens into the congregation's worship space. - Entrance & Welcome
The entrance in this model opens into the congregation's worship space. - Entrance & Welcome
The entrance in this model opens into the congregation's worship space. - Entrance & Welcome
The entrance in this model opens into the congregation's worship space. - Entrance & Welcome
The rear entrance opens into this auditorium model. Large congregations may gather at several services or campuses; one room does not need to seat the entire church at once. - Entrance & Welcome
An entrance or foyer welcomes the congregation into worship. Its name, size, and furnishings depend on the local church. - Epaphras: teacher and intercessor for the Lycus communities
Colossians names Epaphras as the person from whom the recipients learned the gospel and as a faithful minister of Christ. It later describes his strenuous prayer for them and his concern for Laodicea and Hierapolis.… - Epaphroditus: Philippi's messenger and partner
Paul calls Epaphroditus his brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and the Philippians' messenger and minister to his need. He became gravely ill and was distressed that the community had heard of his illness.… - Ephesians
Ephesians praises God's work in Christ, the joining of Jews and Gentiles, the church as one body, and a way of life shaped by that unity. Its formal style and broad audience make authorship and original circulation… - Ephesus
Ephesus connects Paul's mission, the pastoral address to the Ephesian elders, and the church addressed in Revelation with a later Christological council. In 431 the council examined the dispute over Nestorius and the… - Ephesus II and the road to Chalcedon
A contentious assembly at Ephesus supports Eutyches and is later repudiated by the Council of Chalcedon. - Ephesus — Third Ecumenical Council
Ephesus defends the unity of Christ's person and the title Theotokos for Mary because the one born from her is the incarnate Word. - Epiphanius and the torn curtain
The transmitted letter reports tearing a curtain bearing Christ or a saint, with a scriptural objection. - Esau
Jacob's twin brother. - Esther
Esther narrates a threatened Jewish community's survival in the Persian court and the origins of Purim. Concealment, reversal, communal action, and the risks of court politics shape the Hebrew story; the Greek… - Esther
Jewish queen in the story behind Purim. - Esther and Jewish life under Persia
Esther narrates deliverance from a plot against the Jews and the origin of Purim. - Eternal begetting
The Son is begotten of the Father eternally. The Nicene creed uses this relation to confess the Son's divine origin while excluding the claim that He is a creature. - Eternal Light
Many later synagogues keep a light above the ark. Its name recalls the sanctuary lamp command in Exodus 27:20–21; customs vary. - Eucharist and the Lord's Supper
The Eucharist is central to Orthodox worship and is received as the true Body and Blood of Christ. Orthodox language also speaks of mystery and symbol without treating those words as a denial of real presence. - Eucharist and the Lord's Supper
The Eucharist is communion in Christ's true body and blood within the Divine Liturgy, the center of the Church's worship and life. - Eunomianism
Orthodox reading emphasizes the Son's consubstantiality with the Father and the apophatic limits of creaturely concepts applied to God. - Eusebius, Church History 7.18
Reports a statue associated with Jesus and preserved paintings of Christ, Peter, and Paul. - Eusebius, Letter to Constantia (surviving text)
Resists a requested image of Christ and questions how his glorified appearance could be painted. - Eutychian confusion
Orthodox reception confesses the incarnate Word in two complete natures without confusion, change, division, or separation. - Evangelist Luke
Luke is named in Paul's letters as a physician and coworker. The Church receives him as author of the two-volume work Luke-Acts. - Evangelist Mark (John Mark)
Acts and the Epistles name John Mark within the Jerusalem and missionary networks. The Church receives Mark as the Evangelist associated especially with Peter's apostolic preaching. - Evaristus of Rome
Irenaeus names Evaristus after Clement in the Roman succession. - Eve
The first woman and mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. - Every knee, every tongue
Paul’s language of every knee and every tongue closely reuses Isaiah’s universal acknowledgment of the one God, now focused on Jesus. - Exile, return & later writings
Exile, Persian restoration, diaspora stories, wisdom, and Maccabean resistance lead into later Jewish history and writings. - Exile, return, and unfinished restoration
The fall of Jerusalem, deportations, and later return are presented through Kings, prophetic poetry, and Ezra-Nehemiah with different emphases. A royal permission to return did not instantly restore every institution… - Exodus
Exodus joins deliverance from slavery to covenant and divine dwelling. The movement from Pharaoh's building projects to the tabernacle connects freedom with worship, while the golden calf interrupts any simple story… - Exodus & covenant
Moses, Aaron, Miriam, and other leaders connect the Exodus, Sinai covenant, wilderness, tabernacle, and entry into the land. - Exodus, covenant, and liberation
Exodus moves from oppression and deliverance to covenant, law, and a portable sanctuary. The Passover account, sea crossing, and Sinai covenant have distinct narrative roles. New Testament writers later reread exodus… - Ezekiel
Ezekiel addresses catastrophe and restoration through visions, enacted signs, judgment speeches, and an extended temple vision. Divine glory departs and returns, while new heart, new spirit, and renewed communal life… - Ezekiel
Exiled priest and prophet of judgment and renewal.