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- One night — garden, arrest, hearings
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… - One Spirit distributes as he desires
The sequence holds unity and diversity together: God works all things in all, and the Spirit produces the gifts and assigns them individually. - Only one mediator?
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? - Opening the mouth in parables
Matthew connects Jesus' parables with the psalmist's telling of ancient mysteries. - Order of Preachers receives approval
The Dominican order develops a ministry of preaching, study, and pastoral care, becoming influential in universities and missions. - Organ
An organ accompanies singing in many historic Protestant churches. Other congregations use different instruments, recorded music, or no instruments. - Origen and Alexandrian biblical scholarship
Origen's scriptural scholarship and theological work profoundly influence later Christian thought, though some speculative teachings were later condemned. - Origen answers Celsus at a patron's request
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. - Origen arranges biblical versions side by side
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. - Orthodox understanding of episcopal continuity
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. - Other Protestant approaches to apostolic continuity
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.… - Othniel
First deliverer named in Judges. - Our God and Savior, Jesus Christ
The opening phrase naturally coordinates God and Savior as titles of the one person Jesus Christ. - Our great God and Savior
In the WEB’s rendering, God and Savior are coordinated titles of Jesus Christ, whose appearance believers await. - Pan-Orthodox Congress and calendar debates
A meeting in Constantinople addresses calendar reform and other issues; its proposals have uneven reception among Orthodox churches. - Pantaenus and a remembered journey east
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. - Particular Baptists endorse the Second London Confession
Particular Baptist ministers and messengers endorse a confession that combines much Reformed teaching with their own account of church membership and baptism. - Passover chronology — one possible timeline
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… - Passover theology is not a calendar timestamp
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… - Paul organizes another collection for Jerusalem
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. - Paul's conversion and missionary vocation
The risen Christ confronts Saul; his later missions and letters profoundly shape the New Testament witness. - Paula establishes monastic households at Bethlehem
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. - Pauline missions and early letters
Missionary journeys establish communities around the eastern Mediterranean; the earliest surviving apostolic letters address their worship and life. - Pekah
Northern king involved in the Syro-Ephraimite crisis. - Pekahiah
Northern king overthrown by Pekah. - Pelagianism
Protestant accounts differ on the order of grace, faith, and works, but classical traditions reject the idea that fallen humanity can attain saving righteousness without grace. - Pentecost and the Jerusalem Church
Acts describes the Spirit's descent, apostolic preaching, baptism, and the first Jerusalem community. - Pentecost: Scripture, Spirit, and shared life
Acts begins its outward movement in Jerusalem, not with a solitary missionary. At Pentecost, Jews and proselytes from many regions hear the wonders of God in their own languages. Peter stands with the Eleven and… - Period of the judges
Judges depicts repeated cycles of apostasy, oppression, deliverance, and the need for faithful leadership. - Perpetua and Felicity martyred at Carthage
The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity preserves an early account of catechumens, imprisonment, visions, and martyrdom in Roman North Africa. - Persecution under Nero
The Roman fire is followed by persecution of Christians in Rome; traditions place the martyrdoms of Peter and Paul in this period. - Persecution, testimony, and martyr memory
Acts narrates opposition and Stephen's death; 1 Peter addresses communities facing hostility; Revelation speaks in symbolic visions to churches under pressure. Later martyr accounts remember people and shape communal… - Persia takes Babylon; return becomes possible
Persian conquest ends Babylonian rule; biblical tradition connects Cyrus's policy with Judean return and Temple rebuilding. - Peter and Paul in the Roman witness
Irenaeus appeals to the church at Rome as founded and organized by Peter and Paul, then gives a succession list from Linus. This is his late second-century anti-Gnostic argument, not a list of every individual who… - Pews & Seating
Pews or movable chairs provide seating for the congregation. Rows, circles, and other arrangements reflect local worship needs. - Philemon
Paul appeals to Philemon concerning Onesimus, a person enslaved in the Roman world whom Paul calls his child and brother in Christ. The brief letter leaves the recipient's response unstated. Readers should face the… - Philip the Evangelist
Philip is appointed among the Seven, proclaims Christ in Samaria, baptizes the Ethiopian official, and later hosts Paul at Caesarea. - Philippians
Paul writes to a community that supports him while he is imprisoned. Gratitude, partnership, conflict, joy, and a call to share Christ's mind appear together. The famous Christ passage in chapter 2 is part of an… - Philo's delegation and the Alexandrian crisis
A Jewish delegation led by Philo appeals to Caligula amid conflict in Alexandria. Josephus describes rival delegations and accusations concerning the refusal to honor the emperor as a god. - Phinehas
Priest remembered for zeal and covenant mediation.