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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Christianity.
See also changes related to Christianity, or pages that link to Christianity or to this page or whose text contains "Christianity".

Persons

  • Abraham [r]: Biblical patriarch and founder of Abrahamic monotheism. [e]
  • God [r]: Supreme, supernatural entity, often credited with omnipotence, omniscience and rulership of the universe. [e]
  • Jesus [r]: Traveling preacher in first century CE, foundational figure in Christianity. [e]

Churches

  • Anglicanism [r]: the religious tradition of the Church of England and the other autonomous members of the Anglican Communion. [e]
  • Catholicism [r]: 1. A large group of Christian denominations which view themselves as being in historical and doctrinal continuity with Catholic Christianity as it existed before the Great Schisms that separated the church universal into different communions. It is taken from the word catholic, used in the sense of universal, or all-embracing. 2. Adherence, membership or affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church. To use the term "Catholic" to describe only Roman Catholics is standard among many, but may offend Christians of other denominations who also view themselves as "Catholic", such as many Anglicans, Orthodox Christians and High Lutherans. [e]
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [r]: A restorationist Christian denomination founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. and currently headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. [e]
  • Eastern Orthodox Church [r]: Those Christians who are in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. [e]
  • Pentecostalism [r]: A Christian Evangelical movement, mostly Protestant, that emphasizes speaking in tongues, divine healing and baptism of the Holy Spirit. [e]
  • Protestantism [r]: The branch of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation of the 16th century. [e]

History

Philosophy

  • Death of God theology [r]: Theological movement based on Nietzsche's proclamation that "God is dead". [e]
  • Judaism [r]: Monotheistic religion of the Jewish people based on the Torah. [e]
  • Nicene Creed [r]: A statement derived from the Christian Scriptures defining the basic beliefs of the Church. [e]
  • Theology [r]: Discipline that engages in dialogue and reflection about God and religion. [e]
  • Trinitarianism [r]: The belief within Christianity that God is one essence and three distinct persons - the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. [e]

Other

  • The Bible [r]: The Old and New Testaments (in Christianity) or just the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible (in Judaism). [e]