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- Aaron
Moses' brother and Israel's first high priest. - Abdon
Judge from Pirathon. - Abel
The brother killed by Cain. - Abigail
Woman whose intervention prevents David's bloodshed. - Abijah of Judah
King of Judah between Rehoboam and Asa. - Abimelech
Gideon's son who seizes power at Shechem. - Abraham
Called to leave his land and receives covenant promises. - Abraham and the covenant promise
God calls Abram, promises land and descendants, and makes a covenant that shapes the rest of Israel's story. - Absalom
David's son who rebels against him. - Acts
Acts continues Luke's narrative with the Spirit's coming, the Jerusalem community, mission beyond Judea, and Paul's journey toward Rome. Its speeches, summary scenes, and travel accounts are different literary forms.… - Acts and Galatians: compare before harmonizing
Galatians is Paul's first-person argument about his gospel, call, and relationship with Jerusalem. Acts is a connected narrative with speeches, journeys, and a wider cast. The two sources overlap without providing an… - Adam
The first human in the garden narrative. - Adoptionism
Catholic teaching identifies Jesus Christ with the eternal Son, not with a merely human person subsequently adopted by God. - After Acts: how early Christians remembered the apostles
Early Christian letters preserve communities remembering apostolic teaching and reading apostolic correspondence. 1 Clement recalls Paul's letter to Corinth and describes apostolic appointments; Ignatius invokes… - Agabus and Antioch's relief for Judea
Acts describes Agabus predicting a famine and the Antioch disciples arranging help for believers in Judea. Barnabas and Saul carry the assistance to the elders. - Agrippa I dies at Caesarea: comparing accounts
Acts and Josephus both recount Agrippa I's death after public acclamation in language appropriate to a god. Their descriptions differ in setting, sequence, and symptoms. - Ahab
Northern king confronted by Elijah. - Ahaz
King of Judah addressed by Isaiah in a crisis. - Ahaziah of Israel
Ahab's son and northern king. - Ahaziah of Judah
Judahite king killed during Jehu's revolt. - Aidan begins a mission from Lindisfarne
Oswald obtains a bishop from the monastic network associated with Iona. Aidan receives Lindisfarne as a base, and the king assists communication while the missionary learns the language. - Aisha's Reported Age and Child Marriage
Several canonical Sunni hadith report that Muhammad contracted marriage with Aisha when she was six or seven and consummated it when she was nine. That is the traditional Sunni chronology and the basis of the modern… - Albert the Great
Dominican bishop, philosopher, natural investigator, and theologian who interpreted Aristotle extensively and defended the study of the created world. - Aleppo consultation proposes a common calculation of Easter
A World Council of Churches and Middle East Council of Churches consultation recommends retaining the received paschal principles while using precise astronomical calculation and the meridian of Jerusalem. - Alexander of Rome
Irenaeus places Alexander after Evaristus in his Roman episcopal list. - Alexander's conquest and Hellenistic rule
Alexander's conquest begins a long Hellenistic period that reshapes languages, politics, and the setting of later Jewish literature. - Alexandria
Alexandria is a major center of shared patristic learning, represented by Athanasius and Cyril. Its Markan origin tradition, fourth-century regional authority, and later divisions require different kinds of evidence.… - Alexandria: Mark and Annianus
Eusebius reports that Annianus succeeded Mark the Evangelist in the administration of the Alexandrian church during Nero's reign. This is an early see tradition reported by a fourth-century historian. - Alexandrian Christians nurse neighbors during epidemic
Dionysius describes Christians caring for the sick and burying the dead during a devastating epidemic. Eusebius preserves his account in a discussion of Alexandria's successive crises. - All authority and the one baptismal name
Jesus joins the Father and Holy Spirit in the singular baptismal name, claims authority in heaven and earth, and promises continuing presence. - All the fullness of the Deity
The claim is not merely that Christ has divine help or a spiritual gift: the passage names all the fullness of the Deity dwelling bodily in him. - Alphonsus Liguori
Redemptorist founder, bishop, and moral theologian who sought a pastoral path between rigorism and laxity while encouraging prayer and trust in grace. - Altar
The Eucharist is celebrated at the altar, shown here freestanding and as the assembly's focus. Items placed on it depend on the part of Mass being celebrated. - Amaziah
King of Judah who clashes with Jehoash of Israel. - Ambo
The ambo is normally a stationary place for the readings, responsorial psalm, and Easter proclamation; the homily and intentions of the Universal Prayer may also be given here. It differs from an announcements stand. - Ambrose defends using church vessels to free captives
Ambrose argues that the church's precious vessels may serve the urgent needs of people held captive. His discussion places the preservation of human lives ahead of keeping gold and silver untouched. - Ambrose of Milan
Fourth-century Latin bishop whose teaching on the Holy Spirit and instruction on baptism and the Eucharist influenced Western Christian theology and worship. - Amon of Judah
Judahite king between Manasseh and Josiah. - Amos
Amos confronts exploitation, complacency, and worship detached from justice. Oracles against surrounding nations lead into judgment on Israel itself; visions of loss conclude with a disputed but important restoration… - Amos
Prophetic voice against injustice and empty worship.