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For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is believed to be the third Person of the Trinity, [1] a triune God manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each being God. [2] [3] [4] Nontrinitarian Christians, who reject the doctrine of the Trinity, differ significantly from mainstream ...
The Schism of the Russian Church, also known as Raskol ( Russian: раскол, pronounced [rɐˈskoɫ], meaning "split" or "schism"), was the splitting of the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers movement in the mid-17th century. It was triggered by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in 1653, which aimed to ...
Lapsi. (Christianity) In the early Christian Church, lapsi (Latin for "fallen;" Greek: πεπτωκότες, romanized : peptōkotes) were apostates who renounced their faith under persecution by Roman authorities. The term refers to those who have lapsed or fallen away from their faith, only to return to it later. [1]
Most scholars think Paul actually dictated his letters to a secretary. [1] Pauline Christianity or Pauline theology (also Paulism or Paulanity ), [2] otherwise referred to as Gentile Christianity, [3] is the theology and form of Christianity which developed from the beliefs and doctrines espoused by the Hellenistic-Jewish Apostle Paul through ...
The Samaritans are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant originating from the Israelites (or Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East . Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from the Tribe of Ephraim and Tribe of Manasseh (two sons of Joseph) as well as from the Levites, [1] who have links to ancient Samaria from the period of their entry into Canaan ...
Saint Peter, the first Pope, with the Keys of Heaven.By Francesco del Cossa, currently at the Pinacoteca di Brera.. Papacy in early Christianity was the period in papal history between 30 AD, when according to Catholic doctrine, Saint Peter effectively assumed his pastoral role as the Visible Head of the Church, until the pontificate of Miltiades, in 313, when Peace in the Church began.
e. Arianism ( Koine Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, Areianismós) [1] is a Christological doctrine considered heretical by all modern mainstream branches of Christianity. [2] It is first attributed to Arius ( c. AD 256–336 ), [1] [3] [4] a Christian presbyter who preached and studied in Alexandria, Egypt. [1] Arian theology holds that Jesus ...
