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- 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
Scribe and priest associated with Torah teaching. - 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. - Face, Hand, Eye, Shin, and Foot in the Sources
The source language is real and should not be hidden: the Qur'an speaks of God's face, hands, and eye or watch; Qur'an 68:42 uses a 'shin laid bare' expression; hadith reports speak of God's shin and foot and say… - Fall of Constantinople
Ottoman conquest ends the Byzantine Empire and profoundly changes the political setting of the Greek-speaking Orthodox churches. - 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,… - Fathers and Doctors
The Fathers are early Christian writers whose biblical interpretation, worship, and controversies help locate the later Church in its history. Catholic Doctors are teachers formally recognized for lasting theological… - 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… - Filioque enters a regional Latin creed
A Western council's creed includes the Filioque; its spread and later Roman use become part of the East–West dispute. - Filioque sung in Rome's Creed
The Filioque's use in the Creed at Rome becomes another milestone in the widening East–West divergence. - First Clement 42–44: appointment and continuity
The Roman church's letter to Corinth argues that the apostles appointed ministers and provided for approved successors. It objects to the removal of leaders who had served blamelessly. - 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 iconoclast controversy
Imperial opposition to icons intensifies, provoking theological defense of the Incarnation and images. - First major Babylonian deportation
Babylon removes Judah's king and elites; Ezekiel's ministry begins among the exiles. - First Temple in Jerusalem
The Temple becomes the central sanctuary in the biblical account of Israel's worship. - Flesh and blood, suffering and temptation
Hebrews makes Jesus’ solidarity with human beings essential to redemption: he shares flesh and blood, tastes death, and suffers temptation. - 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… - Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople
Latin crusaders capture and plunder Constantinople, deepening alienation between Eastern and Western Christians. - 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 creation’s waters to birth by the Spirit
Both passages connect the Spirit with the emergence of life, but John does not explicitly cite Genesis 1. Ezekiel’s water-and-Spirit promise is also an important background. - 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… - Gad (son of Jacob)
Jacob's son through Zilpah; his name and Jacob's blessing use wordplay about raiders and counterattack. - Gad the prophet
Seer who delivers a message to David. - Galatians
Paul argues that Gentiles in Christ need not receive circumcision to belong to God's people. His autobiographical account, reading of Abraham, and appeal to life by the Spirit answer a conflict over the gospel's… - 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. - Gallery
Some historic churches have a gallery for seating, singers, or an organ. Many Protestant buildings have no gallery. - 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. - 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. - 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… - Gentiles received into the Church
The reception of Cornelius's household becomes pivotal for the Church's recognition that Gentiles need not first become Jews. - Gideon
Judge called to confront Midian. - Gideon under the oak
An angel commissions a fearful deliverer and the narration speaks of the LORD.