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The word Christian is used three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and 1 Peter 4:16.The original usage in all three New Testament verses reflects a derisive element in the term Christian to refer to followers of Christ who did not acknowledge the emperor of Rome.
Mary's Well, said to be the site of the Annunciation, Nazareth, 1917. Nazarene is a title used to describe people from the city of Nazareth in the New Testament (there is no mention of either Nazareth or Nazarene in the Old Testament), and is a title applied to Jesus, who, according to the New Testament, grew up in Nazareth, [1] a town in Galilee, located in ancient Judea.
Jesus giving the Farewell Discourse (John 14–17) to his disciples, after the Last Supper, from the Maestà by Duccio, 1308–1311. In Christianity, a disciple is a dedicated follower of Jesus. This term is found in the New Testament only in the Gospels and Acts.
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The Greek word Χριστιανός (Christianos), meaning ' follower of Christ ', comes from Χριστός (Christos), meaning 'anointed one', [19] with an adjectival ending borrowed from Latin to denote adhering to, or even belonging to, as in slave ownership. [20]
Bible Dictionary is an official publication of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [1] Since 1979, Bible Dictionary has been published as an appendix to most copies of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible printed by the LDS Church. The dictionary contains 1285 entries on 196 pages.
Police believe Herb Baumeister targeted gay men and buried at least 25 victims on $1 million Indiana estate in the 1990s
This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church.Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.