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t. e. A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder. It is a secular and neutral term, generally used to denote ...
Western Christianity is composed of the Latin Church and Western Protestantism, together with their offshoots such as the Old Catholic Church, Independent Catholicism and Restorationism . The large majority of the world's 2.3 billion Christians are Western Christians (about 2 billion: 1.2 billion Latin Catholic and 1.17 billion Protestant).
Toronto. , Canada. Website. www .sheptytskyinstitute .ca. The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (MASI) is an autonomous unit of the Faculty of Theology at the University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, Canada. It specializes in Eastern Christian studies in all its breadth.
e. Christian symbolism is the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity. It invests objects or actions with an inner meaning expressing Christian ideas. The symbolism of the early Church was characterized by being understood by initiates only, while after the legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire ...
Liturgy of Saint Basil. Liturgy of Saint James. Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom. Liturgy of Saint Tikhon. Liturgy of Saint Cyril. Anaphora of Saint Gregory. Liturgy of the eighth book of the Apostolic Constitutions. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
St. Paul the Hermit Fed by the Raven, after Il Guercino (17th century), Dayton Art Institute. Christian monasticism is the devotional practice of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship. It began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural examples ...
Hell in Christianity. In Christian theology, Hell is the place or state into which, by God's definitive judgment, unrepentant sinners pass in the general judgment, or, as some Christians believe, immediately after death ( particular judgment ). [1] [2] Its character is inferred from teaching in the biblical texts, some of which, interpreted ...
