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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
Classical Protestant confessions retain the pre-existence and full deity of the Son while differing in how they explain the Incarnation's biblical contours. - 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… - 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
Alexandrian writers are part of the early Christian inheritance studied by Protestant churches, not an ancient Protestant see. Athanasius's own book list and the canons of Nicaea provide more precise evidence than a… - 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. - Amaziah
King of Judah who clashes with Jehoash of Israel. - 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. - 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 English chronicler records harvest failure and hunger
Heavy rain and food shortages produce hunger and sharply rising prices. A monastic chronicler records the difficulty of finding bread even when the king visits St Albans.