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- Pelagianism
Catholic teaching rejects the claim that human beings can save themselves without grace while affirming real cooperation with grace in a transformed life. - 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… - Peter Canisius
Jesuit priest, preacher, educator, and catechist who helped articulate Catholic teaching during the Reformation in German-speaking Europe. - Peter Chrysologus
Bishop of Ravenna celebrated for concise sermons that explain the creed, incarnation, Christian conversion, and the liturgical year. - Peter Damian
Benedictine reformer, cardinal, and theologian whose letters addressed clerical discipline, monastic life, penance, and the freedom of divine action. - Pews & Kneelers
Pews or chairs seat the congregation; many parishes also provide kneelers. Their arrangement should support the liturgy and movement. - 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. - Phoebe of Cenchreae
Paul commends Phoebe to the Roman believers as a sister and a diakonos of the church at Cenchreae, asking them to welcome and assist her. He also calls her a prostatis of many, including himself. Translations render… - Photios and East–West disputes
Photios's patriarchate intersects with disputes over jurisdiction, papal claims, and the Filioque. - Pilate, imperial images, and the aqueduct protest
Josephus describes opposition to imperial images brought into Jerusalem and a separate protest over Temple funds used for an aqueduct. These episodes place the Gospel accounts within the tensions of Roman government. - Pistoia regulates funerals during plague
Pistoia's authorities issue health ordinances covering movement, contaminated goods, and funerals. Burial and mourning practices become matters of civic regulation during epidemic. - Pius of Rome
Pius follows Hyginus in Irenaeus's Roman list. - Pius V promulgates a revised Roman Missal
Quo Primum introduces the revised Roman Missal after Trent and directs its use in churches following the Roman rite. - Pliny asks Trajan how to try Christians
A provincial governor asks whether the Christian name itself warrants punishment. Trajan permits prosecution of accused Christians but rejects active searches and anonymous denunciations. - Pneumatomachianism
Catholic teaching receives the Spirit as consubstantial and coequal with Father and Son; the Creed's language is a boundary for Trinitarian faith. - Polycarp and Anicetus retain communion despite differing Paschal customs
Irenaeus recalls Polycarp and Anicetus disagreeing over Paschal observance without breaking communion. Eusebius preserves the recollection in his account of a later controversy. - Polycarp and remembered apostolic teaching
Irenaeus says he heard Polycarp and remembered his accounts of contact with John and others who had seen the Lord. This is a personal chain of teaching memory, distinct from a complete record of episcopal consecrations. - Polycarp of Smyrna
Bishop of Smyrna whose Letter to the Philippians urges faithful living and draws repeatedly on apostolic writings; a separate early narrative recounts his martyrdom. - Praise is not invocation
If poets address heavens, waters, and the sun, second-person address alone cannot establish that a saint hears a request. Psalm 148 asks creation to praise; it does not request departed intercession. - Prayer
Catholic prayer includes liturgy, Scripture, contemplation, petition, and intercession within the communion of saints. - Prayer and Moral Life
Catholic discipleship joins prayer to conversion and love of neighbor. The Lord's Prayer teaches trust, forgiveness, and dependence on God; the commandments and Beatitudes shape conscience and action. Personal… - Prayer is not automatically invocation
In 2 Maccabees 15:12–16, Judas receives a vision. Onias invokes blessings and identifies Jeremiah as praying for the people. Judas does not ask Jeremiah for prayer. - Prayer of Manasseh
The Prayer of Manasseh is a short penitential prayer voiced as the humbled king's appeal for mercy. It expands the narrative possibility of repentance without claiming to be the verbatim prayer preserved in Chronicles. - Prayer, reading, and assembly in early Christianity
Acts portrays teaching, prayer, and breaking bread among the Jerusalem believers. Paul gives instructions for intelligible speech and orderly participation in an assembly. Justin later describes a Sunday gathering… - Preparation Day — John’s Sabbath context
John 19:31 connects Preparation Day with the approaching Sabbath, and 19:42 repeats the term at burial. Mark 15:42 explicitly defines Preparation as the day before Sabbath. Friday of Passover week is a possible… - Prepare the way of Yahweh
The opening Scripture quotation announces preparation for the Lord’s coming; the narrative immediately presents John preparing for Jesus. - Presbyters, episkopoi, and deacons
The New Testament uses several ministry terms. Philippians addresses overseers and deacons; Acts 20 calls the same Ephesian leaders elders and says the Spirit made them overseers. Later threefold terminology should… - Presider's Chair
The priest's chair expresses his ministry of presiding over the gathering and directing its prayer. It should avoid the appearance of a throne. - Printing reshapes Western Christian learning
Movable-type printing accelerates the circulation of Scripture, theology, devotional works, and later Reformation arguments across Western Europe.