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- Habakkuk
Habakkuk stages a dialogue over violence, unanswered complaint, and the troubling use of an oppressive empire in judgment. Its concluding prayer voices trust without pretending that devastation has disappeared. - Habakkuk
Prophet who questions violence and waits for God's answer. - Habakkuk questions violence and injustice
Habakkuk dialogues with God about injustice and the rise of the Chaldeans, culminating in trust amid catastrophe. - Hadith Argument Map
A debate map that refuses two equally weak habits: dumping shocking reports without analysis and neutralizing every difficulty with an undefined appeal to context. Each dossier identifies the exact canonical wording,… - Hadith Problems and Controversies
A searchable index of 1,194 hadith references organized by the doctrinal, historical, and moral problems they raise. The original topical list was compiled by ShiaChai in his book; this atlas consolidates duplicate… - Hagar
Sarah's servant and Ishmael's mother. - Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness
An angel calls from heaven as God hears the endangered child's voice. - Hagar at the spring
The angel of the LORD finds an afflicted woman and promises a future for her child. - Haggai
Haggai addresses a returned community whose private priorities contrast with the neglected temple. Brief dated messages connect rebuilding with communal responsibility, divine presence, and hope amid limited resources. - Haggai
Prophet urging rebuilding of the Temple. - Haggai urges Temple rebuilding
Haggai calls the returned community to rebuild the Lord's house. - Hannah
Samuel's mother whose prayer celebrates divine reversal. - Hasmonean rule
The Hasmonean dynasty links priestly and political power in an independent Jewish state before Roman domination. - He will save his people from their sins
Matthew assigns Jesus the task of saving his people from their sins and immediately associates his birth with God with us. - Hebrews
Hebrews is an extended exhortation that presents Jesus as the definitive high priest and calls a weary community to persevere. It rereads Israel's Scriptures, priesthood, sacrifice, and wilderness journey in relation… - Hebrews 12: the heavenly assembly and Jesus the mediator
Hebrews says its hearers have come to the assembly of angels and the spirits of righteous persons made perfect, and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant. It depicts heavenly communion; it does not narrate a Christian… - Hegesippus compares teaching across churches
Hegesippus recalls conversations with bishops and a stay among the Corinthians while traveling to Rome. Eusebius quotes his account as evidence of continuity in teaching. - Helena buys grain and figs for Jerusalem
Josephus describes Queen Helena purchasing Egyptian grain and Cypriot dried figs for Jerusalem's hungry population. Her son Izates also sends money to Jerusalem's leading men. - Herod purchases Egyptian grain for famine relief
Josephus credits Herod with selling palace valuables and purchasing Egyptian grain. The account describes food distribution and practical help for people unable to prepare bread. - Herod rebuilds Samaria as Sebaste
Josephus describes Herod strengthening Samaria, settling supporters there, and naming it Sebaste. The new city combines royal display with military security. - Herod secures his throne after Actium
Herod meets Octavian after having supported Antony. Josephus depicts him appealing to his record of loyalty rather than denying his previous allegiance. - Herod the Great rules Judea
Herod rules as a Roman client king and undertakes extensive building, including a major enlargement of the Temple complex. - Herod's games in honor of Caesar provoke opposition
Herod introduces costly games and performance venues honoring Caesar. Josephus describes objections to the displays and a conspiracy against the king. - Herodian Temple expansion
Herod's rebuilding project creates the monumental Temple setting known in the Gospels. - Hezekiah
King of Judah during the Assyrian threat. - Hezekiah and the Assyrian crisis
Assyria campaigns against Judah; the biblical account portrays Hezekiah's prayer and Jerusalem's deliverance. - High Place
The High Place lies behind the Holy Table at the liturgical east. In cathedrals and some larger churches it includes the bishop's seat, with seats for the clergy; a parish need not have a full set of these seats. - Hippolytus, Commentary on Daniel 2.30.1–4
Hippolytus addresses the three youths in the furnace and says ‘remember me, I entreat you,’ asking for the same lot of martyrdom. This is petitionary address within biblical commentary. Whether it is devotional… - Holy and Great Council of Crete
The participating autocephalous churches adopted documents on the Orthodox mission, the diaspora, autonomy, fasting, marriage, and relations with the rest of the Christian world. - Holy and Great Council of Crete
Participating churches adopted documents on mission, the diaspora, autonomy, fasting, marriage, and relations with other Christians; the Churches of Antioch, Russia, Bulgaria, and Georgia did not attend. - Holy Doors
The central doors of the iconostasis are used by clergy at appointed moments in worship. They often bear the Annunciation and the four Evangelists. - Holy Icons
Icons confess that the invisible Word truly became visible flesh. They are not idols, magical objects, or attempts to contain the divine essence. Honor shown to the image passes to the person depicted, while worship… - Holy Mysteries
The mysteries are concrete acts in which the Church participates in Christ's saving life by the Holy Spirit. Seven are commonly enumerated, but Orthodox tradition does not isolate grace to seven rites; the whole life… - Holy Orders and Church Ministry
Holy Orders sets apart bishops, priests, and deacons for service in the apostolic and Eucharistic life of the Church. - Holy Place
The outer room holds the table, lampstand, and incense altar, before the inner veil (Exodus 26:33–35; 30:6). - Holy Place
The main hall is forty cubits long within the sixty-by-twenty-cubit house. Gold-covered cedar carries cherubim, palms, buds, and open flowers (1 Kings 6:2,15–22,29). - Holy Table
The Eucharist is celebrated on the freestanding Holy Table. The antimension, a cloth authorized and signed by the bishop, is unfolded on it for the Eucharistic celebration; it commonly contains a saint's relic. - Honor the Son just as the Father
Jesus asks for honor corresponding to the Father’s and ties dishonoring the Son to dishonoring the Father who sent him. - Hosea
Hosea uses family imagery, accusation, remembered deliverance, and renewed love to address Israel's unfaithfulness. Its severe language and tender recollections should be read together, with care not to turn… - Hosea
Prophet whose marriage imagery portrays covenant infidelity.