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- Arianism
Catholic teaching receives the Nicene confession of the Son's consubstantial equality with the Father and connects it to the Church's sacramental and creedal life. - Asa
King of Judah noted for reform. - Asher
Jacob's son through Zilpah; the birth narrative links his name with happiness, and Jacob's testament associates his line with rich produce. - Assisi
Assisi is associated with Francis and a mendicant movement combining Gospel-shaped poverty, work, preaching, and care. The approved Rule of 1223 supplies a precise institutional text, distinct from later devotional… - Assumption of Mary defined
Munificentissimus Deus defines Mary's bodily Assumption as Catholic dogma, reflecting a long liturgical and theological tradition. - Assyria takes Samaria; northern kingdom falls
Assyrian conquest ends the northern kingdom of Israel and brings deportations and imperial resettlement. - Athaliah
Queen who briefly rules Judah. - 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. - 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. - Audit of Viral 'Body of Allah' Charts
The supplied images are polemical composites, not quotations from one Islamic source. A fair audit separates citation from inference. Several labels point to genuine texts, but the assembled humanoid body, assigned… - Augustine advises a teacher of Christian beginners
Deogratias asks Augustine for help introducing newcomers to the Christian faith. Augustine addresses the order of an explanation and the difficulty of teaching with attention, patience, and genuine engagement. - Augustine of Hippo
North African bishop whose writings on the Trinity, grace, Scripture, and Christian life profoundly influenced later Western theology. - Augustine turns remembered life into the Confessions
Augustine addresses God while recalling childhood, ambition, religious searching, and conversion. The opening book presents memory as a setting for praise and moral examination. - Augustine's mission meets the king of Kent
A mission sent from Rome reaches Kent and receives permission to preach. Bede describes a meeting with Æthelberht and the subsequent establishment of the missionaries at Canterbury. - Avignon
Avignon preserves the material setting of a fourteenth-century papal court outside Rome. The residence of the popes there and the later Western Schism are connected but not identical episodes: one concerns residence,… - Baasha
Northern king who overthrows Nadab. - Babel and the nations
Genesis 11 depicts the scattering of peoples and languages before the call of Abram. - Babylon defeats Egypt at Carchemish
The Babylonian Chronicle describes Nebuchadnezzar, still crown prince, defeating Egyptian forces at Carchemish and pursuing them toward Hamath. - Banu Qurayza: Execution and Enslavement
After the Battle of the Trench, the Jewish tribe Banu Qurayza surrendered. Qur'an 33:26-27 alludes to killing and captivity without a number. Canonical hadith say that Sa'd ibn Mu'adh judged that fighting men be… - Baptism
Baptism is the foundation of Christian life, freeing from sin and incorporating the baptized into Christ and the Church. Infants are baptized; Confirmation and Eucharist complete initiation. - Baptism and Christian initiation
Catholic teaching calls baptism the foundation of Christian life: it frees from sin, gives new birth, and incorporates a person into Christ and the Church. Infants are baptized, while catechesis and growth in faith… - Baptism and public ministry of Jesus
Jesus is baptized by John and begins proclaiming the Kingdom, teaching, healing, and gathering disciples. - Baptism of Kievan Rus
The conversion associated with Vladimir and Kyiv marks a major phase in the spread of Orthodox Christianity among eastern Slavs. - Baptism: command, response, and early practice
Matthew's commission names Father, Son, and Spirit; Acts connects baptism with response to the proclamation; Romans 6 interprets it in relation to Christ's death and resurrection. The Didache later gives practical… - Baptismal Font
Baptism is celebrated with water at the font. A font may stand near the entrance or in another suitable place or baptistery. - Barak
Commander summoned by Deborah against Sisera. - Barnabas
Joseph called Barnabas supports the Jerusalem church, introduces Saul to the apostles, helps establish Antioch, is sent with Paul, and later continues mission with Mark. - Baruch
Baruch frames confession, wisdom, and consolation through the experience of exile and the voice associated with Jeremiah's scribe. Its promise of divine instruction and return should be read before later… - Baruch
Jeremiah's scribe in the scroll narrative. - Baruch reads Jeremiah's scroll; Jehoiakim burns it
Jeremiah dictates a scroll to Baruch, who reads it publicly. When it reaches the palace, the king destroys it; Jeremiah dictates a replacement with further material. - Basil advises young readers on Greek literature
Basil advises young Christians to approach Greek literary education selectively. He treats useful moral examples as preparation while warning readers not to imitate everything admired in a text. - Basil defends a complex for travelers and the sick
Basil explains to the governor why accommodation for travelers and people needing treatment benefits the city. He describes medical personnel, transport, and buildings alongside the church. - Basil organizes food relief during a Cappadocian famine
Gregory recalls Basil persuading people with supplies to share them and organizing meals for those suffering hunger. Infants, older people, and entire households appear in the account. - Basil the Great
Cappadocian bishop whose work on the Holy Spirit and letters helped clarify Trinitarian language while his pastoral activity shaped communal Christian life. - Basil the Great and the Spirit
Basil defends the Holy Spirit's divine dignity and helps articulate one divine essence and three hypostases. - Bathsheba
Mother of Solomon and a figure in David's court. - Bede finishes his history of the English churches
Bede brings his Ecclesiastical History to his own day and lists his writings. His account preserves letters, local memories, biographies, and a chronological framework for the English churches.