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- Sava is consecrated for the Serbian Church
Sava receives consecration as archbishop at Nicaea, where the Constantinopolitan patriarchate is operating in exile. He organizes a Serbian ecclesiastical center at Žiča. - 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 and Authority
Most Protestant churches treat the canonical Scriptures as the final norm for doctrine. Creeds, councils, pastors, and confessions can guide interpretation but are judged by Scripture. Sola scriptura does not mean… - Scripture and Tradition
Catholics receive the inspired Scriptures within the apostolic Tradition by which the Church hands on the gospel. Tradition is more than old customs, and the teaching office of the bishops in communion with the pope… - Scripture and Tradition
Orthodox teaching receives Scripture as the foremost written witness within apostolic Tradition. - Scripture Confirmation Dilemma
This focused form of the Islamic Dilemma asks what the Qur'an confirms when it speaks of the Torah, the Gospel, and prior Scripture. If the referent includes the texts read by Jews and Christians in the seventh… - Scripture, public reading, and the canon
The New Testament texts describe Israel's Scriptures and the public circulation of apostolic letters. The later process of naming a complete Christian book collection appears in writers such as Eusebius and… - Scripture, tradition, and church authority
Orthodox teaching reads Scripture within Holy Tradition, the liturgical and conciliar life of the Church. Authority is exercised through bishops and councils and received in the Church, without a single universal… - Sealed with the Spirit, pledged an inheritance
The passage locates the Spirit within a coordinated account of salvation, after the Father’s election and redemption in Christ. - 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 Lyons and attempted reunion
Imperial and ecclesial representatives attempt union with Rome, but it does not take root in Orthodox reception. - 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. - Seeing God and the Speech of God
Qur'an 75:22-23 is read by Sunni theologians as promising that radiant faces will look toward their Lord, and Sahih al-Bukhari 7434 compares the clarity of seeing God with seeing the full moon. Qur'an 6:103 says… - Seen and touched: apostolic witness
The apostolic testimony names what was heard, seen, and touched, and confesses Christ come in flesh. - Semi-Pelagianism
Orthodox theology speaks of synergy without making the human will an independent source of salvation; grace heals and enables the response. - Separate them for me: the Spirit sends
Luke directly attributes both the commissioning speech and the sending to the Holy Spirit, not simply to an unnamed human initiative. - Seraphim of Sarov
Russian monastic elder remembered for teaching on repentance, prayer, and the acquisition of the Holy Spirit, especially through the account of his conversation with Nicholas Motovilov. - Seraphim of Sarov and spiritual renewal
Seraphim's life and remembered teaching become influential in modern Orthodox spirituality. - 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. - Serbia
The Serbian Church received autocephalous organization in 1219, with Sava consecrated as its first archbishop and its headquarters at Žiča. Serbian church life also developed through monasteries such as Studenica,… - Sergius's forest retreat develops into a monastic community
Sergius's solitary retreat and small Trinity church draw other monks into a community. The tradition emphasizes manual work, ascetic discipline, and a gradual transition from solitude to shared life. - Seth
Son of Adam and Eve after Abel's death. - Shallum
Northern king whose reign lasts one month. - Shamgar
Deliverer named briefly between Ehud and Deborah. - Shem
Son of Noah in the ancestral line of Abram. - 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. - Silouan the Athonite
Twentieth-century Athonite monk whose teachings on humility, prayer for the world, and love of enemies were preserved and presented by his disciple Sophrony. - Simeon
Jacob and Leah's second son; with Levi he attacks Shechem after the violation of their sister Dinah, an act Jacob later condemns. - Simon Maccabeus
Brother of Judas and founder of Hasmonean rule. - Sinai
Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai is an ancient center of Eastern Christian prayer, manuscripts, and icons. Its fortified complex received imperial support under Justinian in the sixth century.… - 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. - Sixtus of Rome
Sixtus follows Alexander in Irenaeus's Roman list. - Slavery, Ownership, and Manumission
The Qur'an addressed a slaveholding society, regulated slavery, repeatedly praised or required manumission, and improved some protections, but it did not abolish slave ownership. Early Islamic sources portray… - Solea
The solea is the raised area immediately in front of the iconostasis. Clergy stand here for particular readings, blessings, and services. - Solomon
King associated with wisdom and the first Temple. - 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…