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- Eusebius, Letter to Constantia (surviving text)
Resists a requested image of Christ and questions how his glorified appearance could be painted. - Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil
A federation of synods developed into a national church. - Evangelical identities and networks
The meaning of evangelical changed across periods and places. - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The ELCA began in 1988 through the merger of three Lutheran bodies. Its own history distinguishes these immediate institutional roots from earlier Lutheran influences. - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Seven churches merged after an earlier federation. - 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. - 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… - 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 among the exiles
Ezekiel's visions announce judgment, God's presence beyond the Temple, and a future renewed people. - Ezra
Ezra narrates return, rebuilding, opposition, and the reestablishment of communal boundaries. Royal documents and Ezra's own voice sit within a work concerned with temple, Torah, and the difficult meaning of restoration. - Ezra and public reading of the Law
Ezra is associated with renewed Torah teaching and the identity of the restored community. - Fabian's unexpected election at Rome
Eusebius recounts how Fabian, initially an unexpected candidate, became bishop of Rome. The community interprets a dove settling on him as a sign favoring his selection. - Fall, Cain, and the spread of sin
Genesis narrates humanity's disobedience, violence, and exile from Eden, setting the backdrop for the promise of restoration. - Famine and epidemic prompt public Christian relief
Eusebius describes hunger, epidemic, and widespread distress in the eastern provinces. He reports Christians distributing food and undertaking burial while many people lacked help. - Fasting & Ascetic Life
Ascetic life is the grace-enabled struggle to repent, pray, love, give alms, discipline desire, and become free for communion with God and neighbor. Fasting is medicinal and ecclesial—not a diet, punishment, contest,… - Fatima, Fadak, and the Broken Succession Narrative
Bukhari reports that Fatima became angry with Abu Bakr over the Prophet's property, stopped speaking to him until her death, and was buried at night without Abu Bakr being informed. It also reports that Ali delayed… - First Brethren baptisms at Schwarzenau
Eight men and women established a distinct community. - First Council of Constantinople
The council reaffirmed the Nicene faith amid continuing Arian disputes and defended the Holy Spirit as Lord and giver of life, worshiped and glorified with the Father and Son. - First Council of Nicaea
Bishops assembled under Constantine and confessed the Son as begotten from the Father, not made, and of one essence with the Father. The council also issued disciplinary canons and addressed the Paschal calculation. - First major Babylonian deportation
Babylon removes Judah's king and elites; Ezekiel's ministry begins among the exiles. - First Mennonite world assembly meets at Basel
Global fellowship organization is later than the Anabaptist movement itself. - First Temple in Jerusalem
The Temple becomes the central sanctuary in the biblical account of Israel's worship. - Flight to Egypt and Bethlehem's mourning
Joseph takes the child and Mary to Egypt; Matthew also narrates Herod's killing of Bethlehem's boys aged two and under. - Follow the evidence through time
Avoid a single leap from an ancient picture to the entire modern practice. Study artifacts, positive texts, contrary voices, and councils as different kinds of evidence. - Forgotten Verses and Qualified Preservation
Bukhari and Muslim report Muhammad being reminded of verses he had forgotten or missed. The report does not prove that the communal Qur'an was lost. It does force the preservation claim to distinguish prophetic… - Frederick the Wise
Elector of Saxony and a political protector of Luther. - Free Methodist Church is founded
Opposition to slavery and rented pews shapes the setting. - Friends / Quakers
A seventeenth-century movement emphasized direct experience of God and practical witness. - From an argument to a practice
Icons invite attention to Christ and the people whose lives witness to him. They must serve repentance, prayer, and love rather than replace them. - From Nicaea to Constantinople: the Trinitarian debate
Nicaea confessed the Son as consubstantial with the Father in 325. Dispute over the Son and the Holy Spirit continued for decades; Constantinople in 381 reaffirmed Nicaea and confessed the Spirit as Lord and giver of… - Frumentius / Abba Selama
A witness associated with the fourth-century Aksumite inheritance shared by Ethiopian and Eritrean churches. - Frumentius and Aksum
The Ethiopian church account places Frumentius at the Aksumite court in the fourth century and his consecration by Athanasius. Ethiopian and Eritrean churches share this regional inheritance; later autocephalies are… - Galerius permits Christian assemblies again
An imperial edict permits Christians to exist and re-establish assemblies, asking them to pray for the rulers and the state. Eusebius preserves a Greek version of the Latin document. - Gallienus restores places of Christian worship
Eusebius preserves an imperial rescript permitting bishops to recover places associated with Christian worship. He also notes a further instruction concerning burial grounds. - Gathered Congregation
Bergfeld’s June 2025 gathering included testimony, baptism, reception into membership and Communion. This is a study of a named service, not a universal Mennonite liturgy. - Gedaliah is killed at Mizpah; survivors flee
Babylon appoints Gedaliah over the population remaining in Judah. His assassination undermines the new administration and prompts a flight toward Egypt. - General Council of the Local Union Churches
Local union churches also participated in the Canadian union. - Genesis
Genesis moves from creation and humanity's fracture to God's promises to Abraham's family. Blessing, land, offspring, rivalry, and reconciliation connect its ancestral narratives; Joseph's story ends in Egypt rather… - Genesis Altar
Abraham builds altars in Genesis 12:7–8 and 13:18; Isaac does so in 26:25, and Jacob in 33:20 and 35:7. Abraham and Isaac also call on the LORD’s name at their altars (Genesis 12:8; 26:25), connecting offering with…