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- Saints and intercession
The saints witness to Christ's sanctifying life. The 1973 Catholic–Coptic declaration confesses Mary as ever-Virgin and Theotokos and affirms her intercession. This is a concrete Coptic witness; each saint's… - Salvation & Theosis
Salvation is deliverance from sin, corruption, and death; forgiveness and reconciliation; healing and transformation; adoption in Christ; and participation by grace in God's uncreated life. Theosis does not mean… - Salvation and transformation
Christ defeats death and restores life. Grace and the Spirit's renewing work call for prayer, mercy and obedience; transformation never turns a creature into the divine essence. - Salvation as a light for the nations
Simeon describes the child Jesus as salvation and light for the nations, echoing Isaiah's servant mission. - SALVATION IN CHRIST
The Incarnation, cross and resurrection belong together. The Spirit renews persons for a life of love and holiness. - Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Yoruba translator, missionary and Anglican bishop. - Samuel and the transition to kingship
Samuel serves as prophet and judge during Israel's transition from tribal leadership to monarchy. - Sanctuary
The sanctuary is the holy area behind the iconostasis and contains the Holy Table. Those serving there enter for their appointed responsibilities. - Sanctuary
The sanctuary contains the altar and the space of liturgical service. This is an analogy of sacred space, not a claim that a Jewish furnishing became this altar. - Saul becomes king
Israel's first king begins the monarchy, though the biblical account also portrays tension between kingship and covenant fidelity. - Schleitheim Articles
Seven articles describe the Swiss Brethren’s common commitments. - Scotland’s Parliament advances reform
The Scottish Reformation reached a major institutional turning point. - Scripture & Holy Tradition
Holy Scripture is the inspired written Word received, preserved, proclaimed, and interpreted within the apostolic life of the Church. Holy Tradition is not a rival pile of human customs; it is the Spirit-guided… - SCRIPTURE & RECEPTION
Scripture is transmitted in the Church's worship and teaching. The Oriental family has no single book list that can be inferred from an English reference registry. - Scripture and living tradition
Apostolic faith is proclaimed, written, prayed and taught. Study textual context and the Church's reception together. Canon counts do not establish identical contents or verse numbering. - Scripture, tradition and church authority
Scripture is received within apostolic tradition and the life of the churches. The first three ecumenical councils are shared authorities; later councils and local synods have distinct reception. No Roman universal… - Seats beside Meal Tables
Participants sit together around meal tables in this service arrangement. Local examples differ in family seating, table shape and use of sanctuary or fellowship rooms. - Second Agreed Statement
The joint commission distinguishes icon practice from reception of the four later Eastern councils. - Second Council of Constantinople
The council addressed the Three Chapters and interpreted Chalcedon in a strongly Cyrilline direction, insisting that the incarnate Lord is the one divine Word. - Second Council of Nicaea
The council defended the place of holy images in Christian life, distinguishing honorable veneration given to icons from worship owed to God alone. - Second Temple completed
The rebuilt sanctuary anchors worship in the Persian-period community, though it differs from Solomon's Temple. - Seen and touched: apostolic witness
The apostolic testimony names what was heard, seen, and touched, and confesses Christ come in flesh. - Serampore College is founded
Mission colleagues and Indian scholars contribute to educational work. - Serapion investigates the Gospel of Peter
Serapion revisits his initial permission to read a text attributed to Peter after learning more about its teaching. Eusebius quotes part of his letter to the community at Rhossus. - Seven Tanganyika Lutheran churches form a federation
Federation preceded the later merger and retained a distinct institutional meaning. - Seventh-day Adventist Church
Formal organization followed the nineteenth-century Adventist movement. - Severus and exile
The Syriac church account remembers Severus of Antioch and the disruption of the see after Chalcedon. His authority in this tradition differs from his reception in Chalcedonian churches. - Severus of Antioch
A teacher received in Syriac Orthodox tradition. His reception differs in Chalcedonian churches. - Shared Meal Tables
The love feast includes a shared meal as well as foot washing and Communion. Menu and table arrangement vary. These dining tables are distinct from the bread-and-cup table. - Silas (Silvanus)
Silas is chosen by the Jerusalem church to carry the council's letter, accompanies Paul on mission, suffers imprisonment, and is named in several epistolary greetings. - Sinai covenant and the Law
At Sinai, Israel receives covenant commandments and instructions for worship and communal holiness. - Sirach
Sirach offers extended practical instruction on speech, wealth, friendship, worship, care, and the pursuit of wisdom. Its praise of Israel's ancestors locates wise living within a remembered community and its worship. - Six church partners form the Church of North India
The institutional union joined distinct church traditions after negotiations. - Six traditions, many histories
Trace Egypt, Syria, Armenia, the Horn of Africa and India on their own timelines. Apostolic foundation traditions, later institutions, persecution and diaspora are different kinds of historical claims. - Small Catechism
A concise teaching text for pastors and households. - Solea
The solea is the raised area immediately in front of the iconostasis. Clergy stand here for particular readings, blessings, and services. - Solomon and wisdom traditions
Solomon's reign is associated with royal administration, wisdom, and Temple building; Proverbs and other wisdom books took shape over time. - Something greater than Solomon
Jesus explicitly contrasts the queen of the south's response to Solomon with the response to the greater wisdom present in his own ministry. - Song of Songs
Song of Songs is a collection of love poetry with alternating voices, desire, absence, searching, and delight. Jewish and Christian readers have also read it figuratively; those receptions should be identified… - Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice: seventh song
The available excerpt praises God and addresses exalted heavenly beings. It is liturgical praise, not an individual petition to a departed saint. The online excerpt is partial and cannot establish the complete song…