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  1. Noah
    Old Testament Figure
    The flood survivor with whom God makes a covenant.
  2. Noah and the flood
    Timeline Event
    The flood story presents judgment, preservation, and God's covenant with Noah and living creatures.
  3. Nor the Son, but only the Father
    Divine Identity
    Jesus expressly differentiates the Son’s knowledge of the day and hour from the Father’s. The surrounding passage still depicts the Son of Man coming in glory and sending angels.
  4. Nostra Aetate and relations with other religions
    Church History
    Vatican II's declaration addresses Catholic relations with non-Christian religions and rejects religious hatred and discrimination.
  5. Numbers
    Biblical Writing
    Numbers alternates censuses, laws, journeys, and crises as Israel moves toward the land. The wilderness becomes a place of provision and blessing, but also of resistance, contested leadership, and a generational…
  6. Obadiah
    Biblical Writing
    Obadiah is a short prophetic indictment of Edom's pride and conduct toward Judah in catastrophe. Its movement from a particular neighboring conflict to the day of the Lord challenges the assumption that a rival's…
  7. Obadiah
    Old Testament Figure
    Prophetic book against Edom; its author's setting is debated.
  8. Obadiah: judgment on Edom
    Timeline Event
    Obadiah condemns Edom's violence and announces the Lord's sovereignty over the nations.
  9. Old Catholic movement
    Timeline Event
    Opposition in Germany, Switzerland, and elsewhere to Vatican I's definitions of papal infallibility and universal jurisdiction developed into organized Old Catholic churches. In 1889 bishops of the Dutch, German, and…
  10. Omri
    Old Testament Figure
    Northern king who establishes Samaria as capital.
  11. One and Incomparable: The Controlling Baseline
    Islamic Apologetics
    Qur'an 112 declares God one, self-sufficient, unbegotten, and without an equal. Qur'an 42:11 says that nothing is like Him while immediately predicating hearing and sight of Him. Muslim theologians therefore treat…
  12. One God, one Lord
    Divine Identity
    Within an anti-idolatry discussion, Paul names the Father as one God and Jesus as one Lord, assigning all things’ origin to the Father and mediation to Christ.
  13. One like a son of man
    Christophanies
    A human-like figure receives an everlasting kingdom in heaven's court.
  14. One night — garden, arrest, hearings
    Passover Chronology
    John 18:1 leads from the farewell discourse to a garden across the Kidron, followed by arrest and hearings before Annas and Caiaphas. The Synoptics connect supper with the Mount of Olives and Gethsemane. Narrative…
  15. One Spirit distributes as he desires
    Divine Identity
    The sequence holds unity and diversity together: God works all things in all, and the Spirit produces the gifts and assigns them individually.
  16. Only one mediator?
    Objection to invocation of saints
    If Christ alone reconciles us to God, why address a saint at all? Could the practice shift the confidence and religious prayer owed to Christ onto a creature?
  17. Opening the mouth in parables
    Jesus Prophecy Tracker
    Matthew connects Jesus' parables with the psalmist's telling of ancient mysteries.
  18. Order of Preachers receives approval
    Timeline Event
    The Dominican order develops a ministry of preaching, study, and pastoral care, becoming influential in universities and missions.
  19. Organ
    Church Architecture
    The organ supports congregational singing and liturgical music. Instruments and their placement differ among parishes.
  20. Origen and Alexandrian biblical scholarship
    Timeline Event
    Origen's scriptural scholarship and theological work profoundly influence later Christian thought, though some speculative teachings were later condemned.
  21. Origen answers Celsus at a patron's request
    Church History
    At the request of his supporter Ambrose, Origen undertakes a written response to Celsus's criticism of Christianity. The preface weighs the value of a formal defense against the testimony of a Christian life.
  22. Origen arranges biblical versions side by side
    Church History
    Origen compares the Hebrew text with Greek renderings in a multi-column biblical project. Eusebius describes his search for additional translations and the arrangement associated with the Hexapla.
  23. Orthodox understanding of episcopal continuity
    Episkopos · Apostolic Succession
    Orthodox teaching locates the bishop's ministry in the local Eucharistic church and communion with other bishops, with continuity in apostolic faith and ordered ministry.
  24. Other Protestant approaches to apostolic continuity
    Episkopos · Apostolic Succession
    Many Lutheran, Reformed, Baptist, and other Protestant churches emphasize continuity in apostolic gospel, Scripture, and faithful preaching; their ministries and views of historic episcopacy differ substantially.…
  25. Othniel
    Old Testament Figure
    First deliverer named in Judges.
  26. Our God and Savior, Jesus Christ
    Divine Identity
    The opening phrase naturally coordinates God and Savior as titles of the one person Jesus Christ.
  27. Our great God and Savior
    Divine Identity
    In the WEB’s rendering, God and Savior are coordinated titles of Jesus Christ, whose appearance believers await.
  28. Pacem in Terris addresses rights and international peace
    Church History
    John XXIII's encyclical links peace with human dignity, rights, duties, and the responsibilities of political authority.
  29. Pan-Orthodox Congress and calendar debates
    Timeline Event
    A meeting in Constantinople addresses calendar reform and other issues; its proposals have uneven reception among Orthodox churches.
  30. Pantaenus and a remembered journey east
    Church History
    Eusebius reports that Pantaenus traveled east and encountered a community associated with a Hebrew-language Gospel of Matthew. The account links Alexandrian teaching with memories of wider Christian contact.
  31. Particular judgment and final judgment
    Doctrine Concept
    At death, particular judgment relates each person's life to Christ: heaven immediately or after purification, or everlasting damnation (CCC 1021–1022). At Christ's return, the resurrection of all precedes final…
  32. Passover chronology — one possible timeline
    Passover Chronology
    The dispute is whether the Last Supper was the initial Passover meal and whether Friday crucifixion falls on Nisan 14 or 15. A coherent harmonization reads John 13:1 as an introduction, John 18:28 as continued…
  33. Passover theology is not a calendar timestamp
    Passover Chronology
    John's unbroken-bones fulfillment and Paul's description of Christ as Passover make the theological connection explicit. Paul's received supper tradition places bread and cup on the night of betrayal without naming a…
  34. Paul Miki and his companions are executed at Nagasaki
    Church History
    Paul Miki and his companions are killed at Nagasaki, an episode remembered in Japanese Catholic history through the martyrs' memorial at Nishizaka.
  35. Paul organizes another collection for Jerusalem
    Church History
    Paul's letters describe fundraising among Gentile churches for the poor among Jerusalem's believers. His appeals concern generosity, accountability, and the relationship between communities.
  36. Paul's conversion and missionary vocation
    Timeline Event
    The risen Christ confronts Saul; his later missions and letters profoundly shape the New Testament witness.
  37. Paula establishes monastic households at Bethlehem
    Church History
    Jerome remembers Paula supporting communities, lodging for pilgrims, and disciplined study at Bethlehem. His tribute describes organized daily life and the use of her resources for these foundations.
  38. Pauline missions and early letters
    Timeline Event
    Missionary journeys establish communities around the eastern Mediterranean; the earliest surviving apostolic letters address their worship and life.
  39. Pekah
    Old Testament Figure
    Northern king involved in the Syro-Ephraimite crisis.
  40. Pekahiah
    Old Testament Figure
    Northern king overthrown by Pekah.