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- Malachi
Malachi presents disputes over worship, fidelity, justice, and the apparent prosperity of wrongdoers. Its closing messenger and Elijah expectations become important in the Gospels' presentation of John the Baptist. - Malachi
Prophetic book confronting unfaithfulness in worship. - Malachi: covenant faithfulness
Malachi critiques deficient worship and injustice while anticipating the Lord's coming messenger. - Manasseh
King of Judah condemned for idolatry in Kings. - Manasseh and Judah's religious crisis
The biblical histories present Manasseh's reign as a decisive period of idolatry and later repentance in Chronicles. - Manila
Manila illustrates the trans-Pacific organization of Catholic life: its diocese was established in 1579 as a suffragan of Mexico and became an archdiocese in 1595. The connection with Mexico City is a documented… - Manna and the bread of life
Jesus recalls the wilderness manna and identifies himself as the Father's life-giving bread, surpassing the food that sustained Israel. - Manoah's family and the wonderful name
A visitor announces Samson's birth and ascends in the altar's flame. - Mark
Mark moves quickly from Jesus' public ministry toward Jerusalem, suffering, and the cross. The disciples' misunderstandings and repeated secrecy motifs make the question of Jesus' identity a narrative question, not… - Marriage and Matrimony
Matrimony is a sacrament in which baptized spouses enter a lifelong covenant ordered to their good and the generation and education of children. - Marriage Privileges, Polygyny, Zaynab, and Adoption
Qur'an 4:3 permits Muslim men up to four wives under a justice condition, while Qur'an 33:50-51 grants Muhammad distinct marital permissions and control over turns among his wives. Qur'an 33:37 presents his marriage… - Martyrdom of Polycarp of Smyrna
An early Christian narrative remembers the death of Smyrna's bishop and the community's care for the memory of its martyr. - Mary and Martha of Bethany
Luke presents Martha receiving Jesus and Mary listening at His feet. John identifies the sisters with Lazarus's household at Bethany and places them in the raising of Lazarus and the anointing before Passover. - Mary and the Saints
Catholics honor Mary as the mother of Jesus and a model of discipleship, and remember the saints as members of Christ's body. They distinguish adoration, which belongs to God alone, from veneration and requests for… - Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene accompanies and supports Jesus's ministry, witnesses the Passion and burial, and encounters the risen Christ. - Mary the Theotokos
Mary receives the annunciation, bears and raises Jesus, appears in His ministry and at the Cross, and prays with the apostles before Pentecost. - Mattathias
Priest whose resistance begins the Maccabean revolt. - Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as Israel's Messiah and teacher. Its genealogy, extended teaching blocks, passion narrative, and final commission frame a story of fulfillment and discipleship. The Gospel's received title… - Matthew 27: Jesus addresses God; bystanders mishear
Jesus quotes Psalm 22 and addresses God. Bystanders mistake the cry for a call to Elijah, but the text does not narrate Elijah arriving. A mention of a prophet is not automatically a prayer addressed to that prophet. - Matthias and the vacant apostolic place
Acts narrates Matthias being chosen after Judas's death. Peter calls the vacancy an episkopē, an oversight or office, but the event concerns membership among the Twelve and does not by itself describe ordinary… - Maximus the Confessor
Monk and theologian who resisted the claim that Christ has only one natural will or operation, defending the full reality of His human willing and acting. - Maximus the Confessor and two wills
Maximus argues that Christ's full humanity includes a natural human will and operation united in the one divine person. - Medieval Catholic reform, learning, and devotion
Monastic reform, mendicant orders, universities, and councils reshaped Western Christianity before the Reformation. This shared Western background includes both renewal and institutional conflict. - Melchizedek
King of Salem and priest who blesses Abram. - Melchizedek and Jesus' enduring priesthood
Hebrews treats Melchizedek's brief appearance as a scriptural pattern for the Son's enduring priesthood. - Melchizedek and the eternal priest
A priestly king becomes a major biblical pattern for Christ's priesthood. - Melito investigates the books of the Old Testament
Eusebius preserves a letter in which Melito answers a request for the names and order of ancient biblical books. Melito connects his list with a journey east and with extracts prepared for his correspondent Onesimus. - Menahem
Northern king who pays tribute to Assyria. - Mercy rather than empty sacrifice
Jesus quotes Hosea's call for covenant mercy when defending his welcome of sinners and his disciples' conduct on the Sabbath. - Meteora's communities build monasteries on the cliffs
Monastic communities develop on the inaccessible rock pillars of Meteora. Their buildings create places for communal worship and study in a landscape earlier inhabited by hermits. - Methodius's disciples carry Slavonic learning into Bulgaria
Disciples of Methodius find new patrons after pressure on the Slavonic mission in Moravia. Clement and his companions develop teaching and liturgical translation in Bulgarian lands. - Mexico City
Mexico City's diocese was canonically erected in 1530 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1546, in the setting of Spanish conquest and the development of New Spain. Its later metropolitan relationship with Manila makes… - Micah
Micah challenges corrupt leadership, exploited landholders, and false security while speaking of restoration, peace, and a ruler associated with Bethlehem. Its ethical summons and hope belong together. - Micah
Prophet who speaks against oppression and for justice. - Micah: justice, mercy, and hope
Micah addresses corruption in Israel and Judah while announcing hope for renewed rule and faithful life. - Micaiah son of Imlah
Prophet who opposes the court's favorable prediction. - Michal
Saul's daughter and David's wife. - Milan
Milan connects Ambrose's episcopal ministry with Augustine's conversion, baptism, and recollection of congregational singing during the basilica conflict. It was a major late-antique western center, not merely a stop… - Milanese worshipers sing through a basilica dispute
Augustine remembers the congregation keeping watch with Ambrose during conflict with the imperial court. Singing hymns and psalms sustains the gathered people through anxiety and prolonged vigil. - Ministry and succession in early sources
Acts and the letters name apostles, elders, overseers, and ministers in varied settings. First Clement addresses a dispute over deposed leaders and appeals to orderly appointment. Irenaeus later invokes public…