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Third Council of Constantinople
Third Council of Constantinople 680, regarded by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches as the sixth ecumenical council. It was convoked by Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV to deal with Monotheletism . The council was attended by more than 150 bishops from all over the world, and it was... Read more |
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creed
creed [Lat. credo =I believe], summary of basic doctrines of faith. The following are historically important Christian creeds. 1 The Nicene Creed, beginning, "I believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, and in one Lord Jesus... Read more |
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missions
missions term generally applied to organizations formed for the purpose of extending religious teaching, whether at home or abroad. It also indicates the stations or the fields where such teaching is given. In a more particular sense it designates the efforts to disseminate the Christian religion. ... Read more |
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ecumenical council
ecumenical council [Gr.,=universal], in Christendom, council of church leaders, the decisions of which are accepted by some segment of the church as authoritative, also called general council. Although councils can declare themselves ecumenical, this designation has often been applied... Read more |
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Akhisar
Thyatira, a city in NT times in N. Lydia; the modern Akhisar, now in W. Turkey. It is one of the ‘Seven Churches’ addressed in Rev. (2: 18–29); here it is upbraided for tolerating a ‘Jezebel’ who teaches Christians ‘to commit fornication and to eat things... Read more |
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Thyatira
Thyatira, a city in NT times in N. Lydia; the modern Akhisar, now in W. Turkey. It is one of the ‘Seven Churches’ addressed in Rev. (2: 18–29); here it is upbraided for tolerating a ‘Jezebel’ who teaches Christians ‘to commit fornication and to eat things... Read more |
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iconoclasm
iconoclasm [Gr.,=image breaking], opposition to the religious use of images. Veneration of pictures and statues symbolizing sacred figures, Christian doctrine, and biblical events was an early feature of Christian worship (see iconography ; catacombs ). The humanity of Christ was increasingly... Read more |
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Melchites
Melchites or Melkites , members of a Christian community in the Levant and the Americas, mainly Arabic-speaking and numbering about 250,000. They are in communion with the pope and have a Byzantine rite much like that of Constantinople but in the Arabic language. Their head, under the pope, is... Read more |
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Monotheletism
Monotheletism or Monothelitism [Gr.,=one will], 7th-century opinion condemned as heretical by the Third Council of Constantinople in 680 (see Constantinople, Third Council of ). This doctrine, by declaring that Christ operated with but one will, although he had two natures, opposed the intent... Read more |
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Armenian Church
Armenian Church autonomous Christian church, sometimes also called the Gregorian Church. Its head, a primate of honor only, is the catholicos of Yejmiadzin, Armenia; Karekin II became catholicos in 1999. His rule is shared by the patriarchs of Jerusalem and Constantinople and by the catholicos of... Read more |
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The Great Popes through History: An Encyclopedia, 2 Vols.(Book Review)
...ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2 VOLS. Frank J...X 10 1/2 inches...into five parts: 1. The...seven popes 2. The Medieval...popes Each part is preceded...confession; (2) his denial...Doctor of the Church. He ... |