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- Apostle Andrew
Andrew is called with Peter in the Synoptic Gospels and appears several times in John bringing people or questions to Jesus. - Apostle Bartholomew
Bartholomew appears in the apostolic lists. The New Testament does not narrate a separate episode under this name. - Apostle James, Son of Alphaeus
James son of Alphaeus is consistently named in the apostolic lists but is not given a separate narrative episode under that designation. - Apostle James, Son of Zebedee
James belongs to the inner group present at several major events and is the first of the Twelve whose martyrdom is narrated in Acts. - Apostle John
John appears with Peter and James in the Synoptic inner group, with Peter in the early chapters of Acts, and in the Church's tradition as the beloved disciple and Evangelist. - Apostle Judas (Thaddaeus)
The apostolic lists preserve variant naming: Matthew and Mark use Thaddaeus in the familiar textual tradition, while Luke and Acts name Judas son of James. - Apostle Matthew
Matthew is called from the tax booth and named among the Twelve. The Church receives him as the Evangelist associated with the first canonical Gospel. - Apostle Matthias
Matthias is selected from those who accompanied Jesus's ministry from John's baptism through the Ascension and becomes a witness of the resurrection with the apostles. - Apostle Paul
Formerly a persecutor, Paul encounters the risen Christ, receives baptism, proclaims the gospel, undertakes extensive missions, suffers for the churches, and writes apostolic letters. - Apostle Peter
Simon, named Peter by Christ, appears prominently among the Twelve, confesses Jesus as the Christ, fails and is restored, preaches at Pentecost, and receives Gentiles in Acts. - Apostle Philip
Philip is prominent in John's Gospel as one who is called directly, brings Nathanael, participates in the feeding narrative, and asks Jesus to show the Father. - Apostle Simon the Zealot
Simon is distinguished from Simon Peter by the designation Cananaean or Zealot in the apostolic lists. - Apostle Thomas
Thomas appears especially in John, moving from courageous willingness and questioning to the climactic confession of the risen Christ. - Apostolic Mission and Coworkers
Acts and the Epistles portray mission as a network: apostles travel with coworkers, appoint and send trusted delegates, teach in households, and maintain communion among local churches. - Are icons borrowed pagan or Platonic religion?
Shared visual forms or vocabulary do not decide a practice's truth; their meaning and use must be examined. - Are only Byzantine flat paintings legitimate?
A medium is not automatically an idol. Orthodox liturgical tradition has strong preferences and theological disciplines, with historical variation. - Aren't cherubim just special exceptions?
They disprove a universal ban on sacred imagery; further authorization remains a real question. - Argula challenges the treatment of Arsacius Seehofer
Her pamphlets called authorities to account for forcing recantation. - Argula von Grumbach
Bavarian noblewoman who publicly defended a pressured reform-minded scholar. - Arian controversy intensifies
The dispute about the Son's relation to the Father prompts a wider conciliar response and careful language about the Son's full divinity. - Ark Curtain
A curtain covers the Torah ark in many synagogues. Jewish teaching relates this furnishing to the Temple’s inner sanctuary curtain. - Ark of the Covenant
The gold-covered ark measures 2½ × 1½ × 1½ cubits. Two hammered-gold cherubim rise from the ends of its cover, facing one another and looking toward the cover; raised wings overshadow it (Exodus 25:10–22). - Ark of the Covenant
The priests bring the ark beneath the great cherubim in the inner room. It contains the covenant tablets from Horeb (1 Kings 8:6–9). Its gold-covered chest and two facing cherubim on the golden cover follow the… - Armenian Christianization tradition
The Armenian church account remembers Gregory the Illuminator and King Tiridates in the Christianization of Armenia, conventionally dated 301. The traditional chronology should be distinguished from a modern… - Armenian response at Dvin
The Armenian church source dates an official response to Chalcedon to the council at Dvin in 506. This is a named Armenian reception milestone, not an additional universally Oriental ecumenical council. - Armenian spiritual literature
The Mother See announced a revised publication of Gregory of Narek’s Book of Lamentations in 2018. Armenian liturgical and literary reception should be studied without substituting his Catholic Doctor title for an… - Arranged Wood
Genesis 22:9 specifically says Abraham builds an altar and arranges wood on it. The branches shown here illustrate that detail; their number, species, and pattern are not supplied by the text. - Assemblies of God approves Fundamental Truths
The General Council affirms a Trinitarian statement. - Assemblies of God USA is organized
A coalition of ministers pursues shared mission and accountability. - Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
One of the three bodies that joined the 1988 ELCA merger. - Assyria takes Samaria; northern kingdom falls
Assyrian conquest ends the northern kingdom of Israel and brings deportations and imperial resettlement. - Athanasius defends Nicene faith
Across multiple exiles, Athanasius insists that the incarnate Son is fully divine and brings humanity into life with God. - Athanasius lists books for church reading
Athanasius distinguishes canonical books from other works suitable for instruction. His New Testament list contains the twenty-seven books familiar in the major Christian traditions today. - Athanasius of Alexandria
Alexandrian bishop and defender of the Nicene confession that the Son is truly divine and not a creature; his writings tie the incarnation to the restoration of human life. - Athanasius of Alexandria
A shared early Father and the bishop named in the Ethiopian account of Frumentius’s consecration. - Athenagoras asks emperors to examine Christian beliefs
Athenagoras's Plea asks imperial readers to assess Christians by their teaching and conduct rather than their name. He answers accusations against Christian worship and describes belief in the Father, Son, and Holy… - Athenagoras, Plea for the Christians 10 and 24
Athenagoras describes angels and ministers whom God appoints to posts around the elements, heavens, world, and its ordering. They are created ministers under God’s providence, not independent powers. - Auditorium Aisles
Two parallel aisles connect the entrance with the worship platform and divide the seating blocks. Their arrangement is an illustrative building choice. - Auditorium Seating
Individual chairs form three seating blocks in this model. Building sizes and seating arrangements vary; the drawing does not claim a literal 2,000-seat capacity. - Augsburg Confession
A confession presented to the emperor at Augsburg.