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- 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. - Aisha, the Wives, and Household Reports
Aisha, Hafsa, the wives, domestic disputes, marriage, intimacy, inheritance, and household practice. - Aksum
Frumentius links the Aksumite Christian inheritance with Alexandria. - Al mintaqa
A liturgical girdle interpreted as readiness for ministry. - Alexander Campbell
Advocate of restoration and Christian unity. - 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
Mark’s foundation tradition and the Alexandrian school inform Coptic self-understanding. - 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. - Ali's Cumulative Authority Case
Sunni collections preserve several unusually strong statements about Ali: the Aaron-to-Moses analogy with prophethood excepted, divine and prophetic love at Khaybar, inclusion with Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn as… - Ali, Fatima, and Ahl al-Bayt
Reports concerning Ali, Fatima, Hasan, Husayn, the Prophet's family, and their claimed authority. - Allah, Tawhid, and Divine Attributes
Divine body-language, throne, descent, speech, action, unity, and theological interpretation. - Altar
The altar serves the Lord's Supper. Lutheran worship connects the proclaimed Gospel with Christ's gifts received in the sacrament. - Altar
The covered altar stands within the sanctuary in this representative Coptic teaching plan. - Altar / Holy Table
Holy Communion is celebrated at this central altar. Church of England canons use the name holy table and permit its place in the main body of the church or chancel. - Ambo
In many Orthodox churches the ambo projects from the center of the solea before the Holy Doors. The Gospel is proclaimed and Communion is often distributed here. - 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. - American Lutheran Church
One of the three bodies that joined the 1988 ELCA merger. - American Methodist preachers meet in conference
A conference develops common ministry structures. - American Methodists adopt a constitution
Constitutional provisions shape shared government. - American Methodists divide over slavery and episcopacy
Conflict produces a major institutional division. - Ammar and the Rebel Party
Bukhari and Muslim preserve Muhammad's prediction that a rebellious or transgressing party would kill Ammar ibn Yasir. Ammar was killed at Siffin while fighting for Ali against Muawiya's forces. The canonical… - 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: justice and judgment
Amos denounces injustice and empty worship in the prosperous northern kingdom. - An archive search supports the Temple rebuilding
Ezra recounts a search for the earlier royal authorization. A memorandum found at Ecbatana supports continued building and imperial assistance. - An earthquake disrupts Judea during Herod's war
Josephus describes collapsing houses and heavy losses in Judea while Herod's army is encamped outside. The disaster affects morale during conflict with the Nabataeans. - An icon is a relationship
Start with three things: the material image, the person depicted, and the action of the viewer. Confusing these makes the whole debate harder. - Anabaptist and Mennonite traditions
Believers baptism and voluntary discipleship distinguish influential Anabaptist traditions. - Anatolius writes on calculating Pascha
Eusebius quotes Anatolius on the timing of Pascha and describes his mathematical learning. The passage shows the use of astronomy and calendrical reasoning in Christian observance. - Andronicus and Junia
Romans 16:7 greets Andronicus and Junia as Paul's kinspeople or fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners who were in Christ before him. The description translated by the BSB as 'outstanding among the apostles' has also… - Angels and departed humans are distinct
Raphael’s presentation of prayer and Revelation’s incense scene concern heavenly or angelic service. Why transfer a role assigned to angels to every departed human saint? - Anglican and Episcopal churches
The Reformation reshaped ancient churches in the British Isles. - Anna Hall
Early Pentecostal worker named in the Azusa Street ministry network. - Anointed to announce good news
Jesus reads Isaiah's Spirit-anointed proclamation and announces its fulfillment in his hearers' presence. - Anointing of the sick
Prayer and anointing place the sick within the Church's care. Healing is not a guarantee that a faithful person will never suffer illness. - Antioch
Syriac memory and the mixed community of Acts belong together without confusing text and institutional chronology. - Antioch and the Syriac inheritance
Acts locates an early mixed community at Antioch. The Syriac patriarchate describes its apostolic inheritance through Peter; the later institution and its residences have their own history. - Antioch sends: Cyprus and the Galatian cities
Acts traces the Antioch community to believers scattered after Stephen's death, then introduces Barnabas and Saul teaching there. During worship and fasting the community sets them apart for mission. Their journey… - Antony's life becomes a model for monastic readers
The Life of Antony narrates renunciation, ascetic struggle, instruction, and death. Its portrait of a desert elder becomes a powerful literary model for Christian monastic life. - Apollos of Alexandria
Acts introduces Apollos as a Jew from Alexandria, eloquent and well versed in the Scriptures, who teaches about Jesus while knowing only John's baptism. Priscilla and Aquila explain the way of God more accurately to… - Apostasy, Coercion, and the Bare Command
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4059 preserves the unqualified command to kill whoever changes religion. Classical Sunni law generally reads such reports as authorizing a state-imposed death penalty for a legally competent Muslim…