| christianity | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. christian religion, christianity | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
| ~ mortification | (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself). |
| ~ inerrancy | (Christianity) exemption from error.; "biblical inerrancy" |
| ~ errancy | (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility.; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church" |
| ~ paradise | (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death. |
| ~ infernal region, nether region, perdition, hell, inferno, pit | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment.; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions" |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| ~ tritheism | (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods. |
| ~ adventism, second adventism | any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent. |
| ~ catholicism, catholicity | the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church. |
| ~ albigensianism, catharism | a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition. |
| ~ donatism | a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments. |
| ~ protestantism | the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation. |
| ~ puseyism, tractarianism | principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times'. |
| ~ article of faith, credendum | (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided. |
| ~ annunciation | (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ. |
| ~ ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism | (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity. |
| ~ immaculate conception of the virgin mary, immaculate conception | (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived. |
| ~ incarnation | (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ. |
| ~ nicene creed | (Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded. |
| ~ real presence | (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist. |
| ~ assumption | (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended. |
| ~ communion | (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites. |
| ~ council | (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine. |
| ~ church father, father of the church, father | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom. |
| ~ antichrist | (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ. |
| ~ laurentius, lawrence, saint lawrence, st. lawrence | Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258). |
| ~ ascension, ascension day, ascension of the lord | (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter. |
| ~ august 6, transfiguration, transfiguration day | (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus. |
| ~ transubstantiate | change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ. |
| ~ receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament. |
| ~ assume | take up someone's soul into heaven.; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven" |
| ~ unredeemed, unsaved, cursed, damned, doomed | in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell.; "poor damned souls" |
| ~ ransomed, redeemed | saved from the bondage of sin. |
| n. (group) | 2. christendom, christianity | the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia).; "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom" |
| ~ body | a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" |
| ~ christian church, church | one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship. |
| ~ church | the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church.; "our church is hosting a picnic next week" |
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