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- Cornelius and Novatian divide over restoration
Rival leadership and disagreement about restoring Christians who had lapsed under persecution divide the Roman church. Eusebius preserves Cornelius's attack on Novatian and information about a synod. - Cornelius of Caesarea
Acts describes Cornelius as a centurion of the Italian cohort, devout and God-fearing with his household, generous in almsgiving, and constant in prayer. He sends for Peter, gathers relatives and friends, and hears… - Cornelius: the Spirit and the Gentile household
Acts interweaves Cornelius's summons from Caesarea with Peter's vision in Joppa. Peter enters the centurion's household, proclaims Jesus, and sees the Holy Spirit fall upon the hearers before he orders their baptism.… - Corporal and Capital Punishments
The Qur'an prescribes amputation for qualifying theft, one hundred lashes for zina, retaliation for homicide or injury with room for forgiveness, and severe penalties for violent disorder. Canonical hadith attribute… - Council in Trullo (Quinisext)
The Quinisext council issued disciplinary canons after the fifth and sixth ecumenical councils, which had not produced comparable canonical collections. - Council of Ancyra
A regional synod addresses repentance and discipline after persecution; its canons later enter Eastern canonical collections. - Council of Chalcedon
The council confessed one and the same Jesus Christ in two natures, without confusion, change, division, or separation, and received key earlier Christological letters. - Council of Constantinople (879–880)
With papal legates present, the council confirmed Photios, who had returned to the patriarchal throne in 877; annulled the earlier condemnations; affirmed the Creed without the Filioque; and recognized Nicaea II as… - Council of Constantinople of 879–880
With papal legates present, the council confirmed Photios, who had already returned to the patriarchal throne in 877; annulled the condemnations issued in 863 and 869–870; affirmed the Creed without the Filioque; and… - Council of Ephesus
The council judged the dispute involving Nestorius and approved Cyril's defense of the one incarnate Christ. The title Theotokos identifies the one born of Mary as the divine Word made flesh. - Council of Florence and attempted East–West reunion
Latin and Greek delegates agree to a reunion formula at Florence, but it is rejected by much of the Orthodox East. Catholic and Orthodox reception of the council differs. - Council of Hieria supports iconoclasm
Hieria's iconoclast decisions become a foil for the seventh ecumenical council's defense of holy icons. - Council of Jerusalem
The apostles and elders discern the reception of Gentile believers without imposing the full Mosaic ritual law. - Council of Sardica
Bishops meet amid the continuing Arian crisis; the council's canons become part of later canonical discussion. - Creation
Classical Protestant confessions affirm the triune God as maker and preserver of all things. This is a broad overview: Protestant churches differ over how to read Genesis and describe providence. - Creation and the image of God
Genesis opens with God as Creator and humanity made in His image. This is theological prehistory, not an event assigned a BCE year. - Creation from nothing
God freely gives existence to the world. Creation is not a piece of the divine nature or a rival eternal power. - Creation in Genesis and the Psalms
Genesis 1 presents ordered creation through God's speech and calls it good; Genesis 2 focuses on the human creature, garden, and relationships. Psalm 104 praises a world sustained and provisioned by God. These are… - Creeds and Confessions
Ancient creeds summarize the Church's confession of the triune God and Jesus Christ. Later Protestant confessions address disputes over Scripture, salvation, sacraments, worship, and church order. Their authority… - Cross
This model shows a plain cross as a focus for worship. Other Protestant churches use a crucifix, different Christian imagery, or no central image. - Crucifixion and Resurrection
The death and resurrection of Jesus stand at the center of apostolic preaching and Christian worship. - Cyprian and the unity of the Church
Cyprian writes amid persecution and disputes about lapsi, bishops, and communion. - Cyprian explains why the Lord's Prayer is shared prayer
Cyprian draws attention to the plural language of the Lord's Prayer: believers ask for daily bread and forgiveness together. His exposition connects prayer with the unity of the community and responsibility toward… - Cyprian: one episcopate and communion
In the third century, Cyprian argues for the unity of the episcopate and opposes rival episcopal claims in the Novatian conflict. He connects succession to unity, lawful appointment, and communion. - Cyril and Methodius evangelize Slavic peoples
Their mission develops Slavic Christian learning, translation, and worship, with a long afterlife in Eastern Europe. - Cyril of Alexandria
Alexandrian bishop whose defense of the unity of Christ's person shaped the Council of Ephesus and later Christological discussion. - Cyril of Alexandria and the union of Christ
Cyril's Christological teaching and the 433 Formula of Reunion help frame later conciliar language about the incarnate Word. - Cyril prepares Jerusalem catechumens for baptism
Cyril's catechetical instruction addresses candidates preparing for baptism. Repentance, forgiveness, and the seriousness of participation accompany the explanation of Christian belief. - Cyrus
Persian king whose decree permits return and rebuilding. - Dan
Jacob's son through Bilhah; his name is linked with judging, and Jacob's testament portrays Dan as both judge and serpent. - Daniel
Daniel combines court stories of faithful resistance with symbolic visions of empires, judgment, and resurrection. The story's sixth-century setting and common critical dating of its final form to the second century… - Daniel
Wise court figure and visionary in the book of Daniel. - Daniel's court tales and visions
Daniel presents fidelity under foreign rule and apocalyptic visions of divine sovereignty; the setting and composition date should be distinguished. - David
King associated with Jerusalem and the royal covenant. - David and Jerusalem
David unites the kingdom, establishes Jerusalem as capital, and receives a dynastic promise that later biblical texts read messianically. - Death swallowed up in victory
Paul quotes Isaiah's promise that God will swallow up death when explaining the future victory of resurrection through Jesus. - Death's defeated sting
Paul reuses Hosea's death-and-Sheol language in his proclamation of the future resurrection victory grounded in Jesus Christ. - Debate Card: Can One Bear Another's Sin?
This card distinguishes personal moral responsibility from Christ's voluntary self-offering. Christianity does not teach that an unwilling third party was blamed by mistake; it teaches that God acts in Christ to… - Debate Card: Did Jesus Claim Deity?
This card answers the demand for one exact sentence—'I am God; worship me'—by testing the larger textual case. Identity can be communicated through titles, actions, authority, relationships, and accepted worship… - Debate Card: Does ‘Son of God’ Mean Biology?
Christian use of Son of God does not mean that God took a wife or produced a child through a physical act. Biblical son-language can express royal status, likeness, relationship, inheritance, and origin; Jesus'…