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Anglicanism Anglicanism ![]() Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England ![]() Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.[1] Adherents of Anglicanism ![]() Anglicanism are called "Anglicans". The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion,[2] which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic ![]() Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.[3] They are in full communion with the See of Canterbury, and thus the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its primus inter pares (Latin, "first among equals") [...More...] | "Anglicanism" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Celtic Christianity Celtic Christianity ![]() Christianity or Insular Christianity ![]() Christianity refers broadly to certain features of Christianity [...More...] | "Celtic Christianity" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Bede Bede ![]() Bede (/biːd/ BEED; Old English: Bǣda, Bēda; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Venerable Venerable Bede, and Bede ![]() Bede the Venerable (Latin: Bēda Venerābilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St. Peter and its companion monastery of St. Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles ![]() Angles (contemporarily Monkwearmouth– Jarrow ![]() Jarrow Abbey in Tyne and Wear, England). Born on lands likely belonging to the Monkwearmouth monastery, Bede ![]() Bede was sent there at the age of seven and later joined Abbot ![]() Abbot Ceolfrith ![]() Ceolfrith at the Jarrow ![]() Jarrow monastery, both of whom survived a plague that struck in 686, an outbreak that killed a majority of the population there [...More...] | "Bede" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Augustine Of Canterbury Augustine of Canterbury ![]() Canterbury (born first third of the 6th century – died probably 26 May 604) was a Catholic ![]() Catholic Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury ![]() Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the Catholic ![]() Catholic Church in England.[3] Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome ![]() Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission, usually known as the Gregorian mission, to Britain to Christianize King Æthelberht and his Kingdom of Kent ![]() Kent from Anglo-Saxon paganism. Kent ![]() Kent was probably chosen because Æthelberht had married a Christian princess, Bertha, daughter of Charibert I ![]() Charibert I the King of Paris, who was expected to exert some influence over her husband [...More...] | "Augustine Of Canterbury" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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First Seven Ecumenical Councils In the history of Christianity, the first seven ecumenical councils, include the following: the First Council of Nicaea ![]() First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople ![]() Constantinople in 381, the [...More...] | "First Seven Ecumenical Councils" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Jesus In Christianity In Christianity, Jesus ![]() Jesus is believed to be the Messiah ![]() Messiah (Christ) and through his crucifixion and resurrection, humans can be reconciled to God and thereby are offered salvation and the promise of eternal life.[2] These teachings emphasize that as the willing Lamb of God, Jesus ![]() Jesus chose to suffer on the cross at Calvary ![]() Calvary as a sign of his full obedience to the will of God the Father, as an "agent and servant of God".[3][4] The choice Jesus ![]() Jesus made thus counter-positions him as a new man of morality and obedience, in contrast to Adam's disobedience.[5] Christians believe that Jesus ![]() Jesus was both human and divine—the Son of God [...More...] | "Jesus In Christianity" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Architecture Of The Medieval Cathedrals Of England The medieval cathedrals of England, which date from between approximately 1040 and 1540, are a group of twenty-six buildings that constitute a major aspect of the country’s artistic heritage and are among the most significant material symbols of Christianity. Though diversified in style, they are united by a common function. As cathedrals, each of these buildings serves as central church for an administrative region (or diocese) and houses the throne of a bishop ( Late Latin ![]() Late Latin ecclēsia cathedrālis, from the Greek, καθέδρα).[1] Each cathedral also serves as a regional centre and a focus of regional pride and affection.[2] Only sixteen of these buildings had been cathedrals at the time of the Reformation: eight that were served by secular canons, and eight that were monastic [...More...] | "Architecture Of The Medieval Cathedrals Of England" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Christ (title) In Christianity, Christ[Notes 1] (Greek Χριστός, Christós, meaning "the anointed one") is a title for the saviour and redeemer who would bring salvation to the Jewish people ![]() Jewish people and mankind. Christians believe Jesus ![]() Jesus is the Jewish messiah called Christ in both the Hebrew Bible ![]() Bible and the Christian ![]() Christian Old Testament. Christ, used by Christians ![]() Christians as both a name and a title, is synonymous with Jesus.[5][6][7] The role of the Christ in Christianity ![]() Christianity originated from the concept of the messiah in Judaism [...More...] | "Christ (title)" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Episcopal (other) Episcopal may refer to:Bishop, an overseer in the Christian church Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese Episcopal Church (other), any church with "Episcopal" in its nameThe Episcopal Church, an affiliate of Anglicanism based in the United StatesEpiscopal Conference, an official assembly of bishops in a territory of the Roman Catholic Church Episcopal polity, the church united under the oversight of bishops Episcopal see, the official seat of a bishop, often applied to the area over which he exercises authority Historical episcopate, dioceses established according to apostolic succession Of, or relating to, the Anglican churchThis disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Episcopal. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the [...More...] | "Episcopal (other)" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Paul The Apostle Paul the Apostle ![]() Paul the Apostle (Latin: Paulus; Greek: Παῦλος, translit. Paulos, Coptic: ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; c. 5 – c. 67), commonly known as Saint ![]() Saint Paul and also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus (Hebrew: שאול התרסי, translit. Sha'ul ha-Tarsi; Greek: Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, translit. Saulos Tarseus),[4][5][6] was an apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of the Christ ![]() Christ to the first century world.[7] Paul is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age[8][9] and in the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD he founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe. He took advantage of his status as both a Jew ![]() Jew and a Roman citizen Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences [...More...] | "Paul The Apostle" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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King James Version The King James Version ![]() King James Version (KJV), also known as the King James Bible ![]() Bible (KJB) or simply the Authorized Version (AV), is an English translation of the Christian Bible ![]() Bible for the Church of England, begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.[a] The books of the King James Version ![]() King James Version include the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of the Apocrypha and the 27 books of the New Testament. It was first printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker and was the third translation into English approved by the English Church authorities [...More...] | "King James Version" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury ![]() Canterbury Cathedral ![]() Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. It forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop ![]() Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Justin Welby, leader of the Church of England ![]() Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion; the archbishop, being suitably occupied with national and international matters, delegates most of his functions as diocesan bishop to the Bishop ![]() Bishop suffragan of Dover, currently Trevor Willmott. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury. Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077 [...More...] | "Canterbury Cathedral" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Christian Theology Christian ![]() Christian theology is the theology of Christian ![]() Christian belief and practice.[1] Such study concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament ![]() Old Testament and of the New Testament, as well as on Christian tradition. Christian ![]() Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rational analysis and argument [...More...] | "Christian Theology" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Dissolution Of The Monasteries The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of anti-Catholic administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded Roman Catholic ![]() Roman Catholic monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales ![]() Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions [...More...] | "Dissolution Of The Monasteries" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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Christian Church The Christian ![]() Christian Church is an ecclesiological term generally used by Protestants to refer to the whole group of people belonging to the Christianity ![]() Christianity throughout history. In this understanding, the "Christian Church" does not refer to a particular Christian denomination ![]() Christian denomination but to the body of all believers. Some Christian ![]() Christian traditions, however, believe that the term " Christian ![]() Christian Church" or "Church" applies only to a specific historic Christian ![]() Christian body or institution (e.g., the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, the Non-Chalcedonian Churches of Oriental Orthodoxy, or the Assyrian Church of the East) [...More...] | "Christian Church" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |
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The Books Of Homilies The Books of Homilies ![]() The Books of Homilies (1547, 1562, and 1571) are two books of thirty-three sermons developing the reformed doctrines of the Church of England in greater depth and detail than in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. The title of the collection is Certain Sermons or Homilies Appointed to Be Read in Churches.Contents1 Overview 2 History and contents2.1 First Book of Homilies 2.2 Second Book of Homilies3 See also 4 External linksOverview[edit]Title page of the 1683 reprinted editionDuring the reign of Edward VI ![]() Edward VI and later during the reign of Elizabeth I, Thomas Cranmer ![]() Thomas Cranmer and other English reformers saw the need for local congregations to be taught Christian theology ![]() Christian theology and practice [...More...] | "The Books Of Homilies" on: Wikipedia Yahoo |