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- Christ commissions witnesses
The risen Jesus sends his disciples. Christian accounts of apostolic succession begin with this commission, while distinguishing Christ's unique authority from every later ministry. - Christ judges; purgatory is rejected in named confessions
Christ's judgment remains real in the sources shown here. Matthew 25 includes concrete mercy toward vulnerable neighbors. Protestant disagreement over final punishment does not remove accountability. The Lutheran… - Christ, faith, and the light
John 3:16–21 connects God's gift of His Son, belief, judgment, and deeds exposed by light. This concerns Christ and human response. A color preference or a passing emotion cannot be used to determine anyone's salvation. - Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever?
The WEB punctuates Paul’s words as a description of Christ as over all and God blessed forever. Other punctuation divides off a doxology to God. - Christians, Jews, and Muslims appear in a Damascus plague procession
Ibn Battuta reports a fast and procession during plague in Damascus. Christians carry the Gospel, Jews carry the Torah, and Muslims bring Qurans as the participants seek relief. - Christodoulos establishes the monastery on Patmos
A monastery dedicated to John the Theologian is established on Patmos under Christodoulos. It becomes a center of pilgrimage, Greek Christian learning, and the preservation of books. - Christology: One Christ, Fully Divine and Fully Human
Christology asks who Jesus Christ is and how his divine and human life belong to the one incarnate Son. The Chalcedonian account distinguishes person, the acting subject, from nature, what that subject is. It… - Christophanies: a guide to reading
Explore Old Testament encounters associated with the eternal Son. Read the text, trace Christian interpretation, and weigh what each passage establishes. - Church
Protestant accounts locate the Church where the gospel is proclaimed and the sacraments or ordinances are faithfully practiced, with differing forms of polity. - Church and Unity
Ecclesiology studies what the Church is, how its unity is expressed, and how its teaching and ministries are recognized. Councils and confessions connect these questions with worship, discipline, and communion. Their… - Church History
Protestant history includes the apostolic and early churches, the medieval Western background, multiple Reformation movements, later revivals, and global Christianity. It is inaccurate to begin all Christian history… - Church of South India inaugurated
Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist communities join in the Church of South India after decades of negotiation. This union is a significant example of Protestant ecumenism in South Asia. - Church, Worship, and Sacraments in the Fathers
Early Christian accounts of worship connect the gathered community with Scripture, prayer, thanksgiving, ministry, and care for those in need. Justin's account of Sunday assembly and Cyprian's defense of ecclesial… - Clare's form of life receives papal confirmation
Clare's form of life is confirmed after decades of communal practice and advocacy for poverty. The document preserves the religious commitments of the sisters of San Damiano. - Claudius's expulsion and a meeting in Corinth
Acts explains Aquila and Priscilla's presence in Corinth through an order of Claudius requiring Jews to leave Rome. Suetonius also records an expulsion, while describing disturbances associated with a name rendered… - Clear Qur'an Dilemma
This meta-dilemma begins with Qur'anic passages describing the book or its signs as clear, decisive, explained, or detailed. The Christian argument then asks whether the passages about earlier Scripture give clear… - Clement of Alexandria examines wealth and generosity
In Who Is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?, Clement reads the Gospel encounter with a wealthy man as a challenge to attachment and the use of possessions. He connects spiritual freedom with practical generosity… - Clement of Rome
The letter known as 1 Clement speaks from the church in Rome to the church in Corinth about disorder, repentance, peace, and the continuity of appointed ministry. - Clement of Rome in the Roman list
Irenaeus places Clement third after the apostles and associates his time with Rome's letter to Corinth. The letter itself speaks in the name of the Roman church and gives no personal signature from Clement. - Cluny and monastic reform
The founding of Cluny helps launch a network of monastic reform that shapes prayer, patronage, and ecclesiastical life in medieval Latin Europe. - Colossians
Colossians proclaims Christ's primacy over creation and the church while urging a community to remain rooted in him. It responds to rival pressures without fully spelling out the opponents' teaching. Traditional… - Coming with the clouds at God’s right hand
Jesus’ reply closely draws on Daniel’s cloud-borne human-like figure and Psalm 110’s right-hand enthronement. - Communion Table
The table serves the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Reformed churches emphasize the name table; some Anglican and Lutheran churches use altar. - Communion Vessels
Plates, cups, or trays hold the bread and wine or grape juice for Communion. A shared cup or individual cups may be used, according to church practice. - Compare the objection with the passage
1 Timothy 2:1–6 urges intercessions for all and names Christ as one mediator. Hebrews 12:22–24 describes the heavenly assembly and Jesus the mediator. Neither passage narrates an invocation of a departed saint. - Concubinage, Captive Women, and Consent
Qur'anic passages distinguish wives from women 'possessed by the right hand,' and canonical reports connect Qur'an 4:24 with captive married women at Awtas becoming sexually lawful after a waiting period. Classical… - Confession, Penance, and Absolution
Protestants teach repentance and forgiveness in Christ. Lutherans retain private confession and absolution; other churches emphasize corporate confession, pastoral prayer, or direct confession to God. Its sacramental… - Constance asserts conciliar authority during the Western Schism
The council declares that its authority comes from Christ and requires obedience in matters concerning faith, ending the schism, and reform. The decree becomes a central text in debates about council and papacy. - Constantinople
Constantinople is part of the early council history inherited by many Protestant churches, not an ancient Protestant institutional center. Read the received creed alongside the council's canons, while distinguishing… - Constantinople becomes imperial capital
The new capital at Byzantium changes the geography of imperial and ecclesiastical life. - Constantinople council of 869–870
Convened during the conflict over the patriarchal succession, this council deposed Photios and recognized Ignatios. The subsequent council of 879–880 confirmed Photios, who had returned to the patriarchal throne in… - Constantinople I — Second Ecumenical Council
The council receives Nicene faith and confesses the Holy Spirit as Lord and giver of life. - Constantinople II — Fifth Ecumenical Council
The council clarifies that the one person of Christ is the divine Word and addresses the Three Chapters controversy. - Constantinople III — Sixth Ecumenical Council
The council confesses two natural wills and two natural operations in the one Christ, consistent with His full divinity and humanity. - Constantinople synod concerning Palamas (1347)
Amid political and ecclesiastical conflict, a Constantinopolitan synod reaffirmed the Palamite position and restored Gregory Palamas. - Constantinople synod of 1484
A Constantinopolitan synod under Patriarch Symeon rejected the Florentine union and published a rite for receiving Latin Christians by chrismation. Dragas distinguishes the anti-Florentine Horos issued in 1482 from… - Constantinople synod on divine energies (1351)
The synod affirmed the Palamite account of real communion with God through His uncreated energies while the divine essence remains incomprehensible. - Constantinople synod on hesychasm (1341)
A synod in Constantinople addressed the dispute between Gregory Palamas and Barlaam over hesychast prayer and the knowledge of God. - Consulting the dead: the prohibition texts
Deuteronomy forbids divination and necromancy; Isaiah challenges consulting the dead on behalf of the living; 1 Samuel narrates Saul seeking Samuel through the woman at Endor after the LORD did not answer him. These… - Corinth and Ephesus: teaching, trades, and shared ministry
At Corinth, Acts places Paul alongside Priscilla and Aquila in work and witness. At Ephesus the couple explains the way more accurately to Apollos, who then serves believers in Achaia. Paul's letters reject factions…