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- 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… - Soter of Rome
Soter follows Anicetus in Irenaeus's Roman list. - Sound & Video Booth
The rear booth represents a place for operators to manage microphones, music, screens, and video. Life.Church documents audio, lighting, and video systems; the raised booth location is illustrative. - Spiritual Life: Prayer, Repentance, and Love
Christian spiritual writing connects prayer with repentance, the formation of desire, and concrete love of God and neighbor. In the Orthodox writers gathered here, ascetic practices serve communion with God rather… - Stained Glass
Many churches include windows depicting biblical scenes, saints, or Christian symbols. Their subjects and styles are local artistic choices. - Stations of the Cross
A traditional set of fourteen stations recalls Christ's Passion and death. Other approved devotional forms also exist. - Stephen and the spread beyond Jerusalem
Stephen's martyrdom and the scattering of believers widen the mission described in Acts. - Stephen the Protomartyr
Stephen is appointed among the Seven, performs signs, disputes with opponents, testifies before the council, sees the Son of Man in glory, and is killed while praying for his persecutors. - Study Books
Books support study alongside prayer. The cited Jewish architectural guide describes a Torah library, often housed in the synagogue. This model uses a study table and illustrative scroll as its learning marker; it… - Sulpicius writes the Life of Martin of Tours
Sulpicius portrays Martin as a monk and bishop, combining accounts of charity, ascetic practice, conflict, and wonders. The author also describes personal contact with his subject. - Susanna
Woman vindicated by Daniel in the Greek addition to Daniel. - Symeon of Jerusalem
Eusebius reports that Symeon son of Clopas succeeded James in Jerusalem and later suffered martyrdom. The report preserves a local succession claim but comes through later historiography. - Symeon the New Theologian
Byzantine monk and spiritual writer who stresses repentance, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and lived knowledge of God within the life of the Church. - Symeon the New Theologian
Symeon's writings emphasize repentance, spiritual fatherhood, and conscious participation in the Holy Spirit. - Synod of 424 and Church of the East autonomy
The synod under Catholicos Dādīšōʿ barred appeals to churches west of the Sasanian realm, consolidating the Persian church's self-government. This preceded the Council of Ephesus in 431; reception of Antiochene… - Synod of Jassy (Iași)
The synod examined Peter Mogila's Orthodox Confession and made corrections before the confession's wider circulation and patriarchal approval. - Synod of Jerusalem
Convened under Patriarch Dositheus of Jerusalem, the synod answered Calvinizing propositions in the confession attributed to Cyril Lucaris and issued the Confession of Dositheus on Scripture, the Church, grace, and… - Synod of Jerusalem
Convened under Patriarch Dositheus, the synod answered Calvinizing propositions in the confession attributed to Cyril Lucaris and issued the Confession of Dositheus on Scripture, the Church, grace, and the mysteries. - Synods of Antioch and Paul of Samosata
Regional bishops address teachings attributed to Paul of Samosata and depose him from the see of Antioch. - Tabernacle
The tabernacle on the Holy Table holds reserved Holy Communion. It enables Communion to be brought to the sick and others unable to attend the Liturgy. - Tabernacle
The tabernacle is a secure receptacle distinct from the altar, reserving the Blessed Sacrament. It is normally fixed, opaque, and locked. The GIRM prefers a place apart from the altar of celebration, in the sanctuary… - Table of Preparation
The bread and wine are prepared for the Divine Liturgy at this table. It is normally on the north side, to the left as you face the Holy Table. - Table of the Presence
One gold-covered acacia table measures 2 × 1 × 1½ cubits and stands on the north side (Exodus 25:23–30; 26:35). Twelve bread cakes are arranged in two rows of six and renewed each Sabbath (Leviticus 24:5–9). In a… - Tables of the Bread
Chronicles describes ten tables, five on the right and five on the left, and identifies tables for the bread of the Presence (2 Chronicles 4:8,19). Kings separately names a single golden bread table (1 Kings 7:48).… - Tahrif: Text, Meaning, Concealment, or Mixture?
The debates repeatedly use 'corruption' for different claims. Qur'an 3:78 speaks of some people twisting their tongues so that something is mistaken for Scripture; 4:46 and 5:41 describe moving words from their… - Tamar
Mother of Perez and Zerah in Judah's family story. - Targeted Killings, Blasphemy, and Wartime Deception
Canonical hadith attribute to Muhammad authorization of the killings of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf and Abu Rafi, figures portrayed in the sources as active wartime enemies or organizers. The Ka'b narrative includes deceptive… - Tatian combines Gospel narratives in the Diatessaron
Tatian arranges Gospel material into a combined narrative known as the Diatessaron. Eusebius later reports that copies of this compilation were still circulating in his own time. - Taught by God and drawn to Jesus
Jesus quotes the promise that Zion's children will be taught by God and applies it to hearing the Father and coming to him. - Tawhid and the Metaphysics of Allah
Tawhid is the Islamic confession of God's oneness and exclusive right to worship. At the metaphysical level it raises a linked set of questions: how one God can possess many attributes without composition, how… - Telesphorus of Rome
Irenaeus lists Telesphorus after Sixtus and says he suffered a glorious martyrdom. - Temple confrontation and Jerusalem teaching
Jesus challenges the temple's commerce with Isaiah and Jeremiah; final-Jerusalem parables, debates, and reflections on his public ministry are grouped with this phase. - Temple Courts
The accounts describe an inner court, a court for the priests, and a great court (1 Kings 6:36; 2 Chronicles 4:9). - Temple Porch
The porch spans twenty cubits across the temple width and projects ten cubits before the main hall (1 Kings 6:3). Kings does not supply its height; Chronicles records 120 cubits (2 Chronicles 3:4). Its height in the… - Temple rededicated; Hanukkah
The sanctuary is purified and rededicated after Seleucid profanation. - Tent and Oak
Genesis 12:8 links Abraham’s tent with an altar, and 13:18 places his tent and altar by the oaks of Mamre. Isaac also pitches a tent after building an altar (26:25). The earth-colored fabric tent and oak combine… - Tent of Meeting
The tent uses gold-covered acacia boards, each ten cubits high and one and a half wide, with twenty boards along each long side. Its inner linen curtains carry woven cherubim. A separate outer entrance screen has… - Tertullian describes a community fund and common meals
In his Apology, Tertullian describes Christian assemblies, voluntary contributions, and meals framed by prayer. He presents shared resources as assistance for people in need rather than payment for religious membership. - Testament of Levi 5: an angel says he intercedes
Levi asks the angel for his name so that he may call on him in tribulation. The angel says he intercedes for Israel. This is an angelic role in a Jewish testamentary work; the extant passage does not name the angel… - The angel and the pillar at the sea
The divine presence moves between Israel and its pursuers.