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- 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. - 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. - 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 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. - Pouring Baptism — Service Equipment
Candidates knelt and received water poured on their heads when rain moved the baptism indoors. A pitcher and kneeling mat depict temporary equipment; no permanent immersion pool is claimed. - 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 Candles
Worshippers often light a candle as they pray for themselves, loved ones, or the departed. Candle stands may be in the narthex or near icons in the nave. - Prayer Direction
Daniel prays with windows open toward Jerusalem (Daniel 6:10). Later synagogue orientation follows the direction of Jerusalem from its own location. - 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 Lectern
The prayer leader uses an amud facing the ark, slightly to its right, in this Ashkenazi arrangement. The cited Jewish guide describes Sephardic prayer leaders standing at the bimah instead. - 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, fasting and mercy
Learn a sustainable prayer rule with pastoral guidance. Fasting serves conversion and care for others. The available Eastern and Catholic calendar feeds are comparative resources, not an Oriental observance rule. - 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… - Preaching Place
The Army gives prominence to the Bible read, explained and proclaimed. Its freedom of worship forms does not require this desk design. - Preaching Place
The Manual reserves the pulpit for the preaching of the divine Word and authorized church purposes. Furniture form and stage dimensions remain local decisions. - Preaching Stand
A transparent preaching stand occupies the center of the platform in this model. Pentecostal preaching draws on Scripture, while stand designs and positions vary. - Preaching Stand
An acrylic speaking stand marks the preaching place at the front of this model. Some large churches also use recorded or transmitted sermons; stand designs and teaching arrangements vary. - 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… - Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The PCUS and UPCUSA reunited in 1983. - Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
The PCUS was one partner in the 1983 Presbyterian reunion. - Presbyterian Church of Australia: union participants
Participating Presbyterians entered the Australian union in 1977. - Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Local Christians, West Indian Christians and European mission traditions shaped the church. - Presbyterian churches
Reformed churches organized through elders and wider councils. - Presbyterian participants in the Canadian union
Most Canadian Presbyterian congregations entered union in 1925. - Presbyterian polity is established in Scotland
A century of conflict separated this settlement from the initial Reformation. - Print, argument, and public authority
Read a source’s claim before applying a modern slogan. - Priscilla and Aquila
Priscilla and Aquila work with Paul, host churches in their home, travel for mission, and explain the way of God more accurately to Apollos. - Procession of the Spirit
Procession names the Spirit's eternal relation of origin from the Father. Orthodox theology distinguishes this from the Spirit's temporal sending through the Son. - Projection Screens
Screens in this contemporary example can display song words. Assemblies of God's Influence magazine describes projected lyrics in contemporary worship; the number, design, and position of these screens are local choices. - Projection Screens
One wide central screen and two side screens represent tools for song words, Scripture, and video. Life.Church provides presentation resources and maintains audio, lighting, and video support for its campuses. - Proverbs
Proverbs brings instruction, poetic speeches about wisdom, short sayings, and named collections into a guide for practiced judgment. Its observations about normal consequences are not mechanical guarantees that every… - Province of Nigeria is inaugurated
A new province followed growth within the Province of West Africa. - Psalm 151
Psalm 151 presents David's smallness, anointing, music, and victory over the Philistine in a compact first-person poem. Its Greek superscription places it outside the numbered collection of 150 psalms. - Psalms
Psalms gathers lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal prayer, wisdom, and pilgrimage songs. Its many voices teach readers to bring protest and trust to God; the collection's five-book shape and recurring praise do not… - Psalms 103, 148, and the Song of the Three Young Men
These hymns summon angels, heavens, waters, and created things to praise the Lord. They do not ask a departed human saint to carry a petition. The Song of the Three Young Men appears in the Greek additions to Daniel;… - Psalms in Israel's worship
The Psalter preserves royal, communal, lament, and praise traditions; individual psalms and the final collection do not share a single date. - Pulpit
A side pulpit provides the preaching place while keeping the central altar visible. Its side position is an illustrative choice. - Pulpit
The side pulpit serves proclamation in this traditional example. It shares the front area with the altar and font. - Pulpit
The prominent central pulpit makes preaching the visual focus of this example. Reformed church plans can also place the pulpit to one side. - Pulpit
The pulpit is a visible place from which the sermon is preached.