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Eschatology
Eschatology (lit. study of the end of the world) TERM 2
Episcopalian
DEFINITION 2 The Episcopal Church, also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States, Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe. TERM 3
Congregational
DEFINITION 3 Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each independently and autonomously runs its own affairs. TERM 4
Presbyterian
DEFINITION 4 Presbyterianism is the religion of a number of different Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, and organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. TERM 5
Parousia
DEFINITION 5 In most Christian theologies, the second coming of Christ is the return of Jesus from Heaven to Earth, an event expected to fulfill aspects of biblical Messianic prophecy, such as the general resurrection of the dead, the last judgment of the dead and the living and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth (also called the Reign of God), including the Messianic Age.
Rapture
The Rapture is a future event in Protestant Christianity relating to the return of Jesus. TERM 7
Gehenna, Hades, Tarturus
DEFINITION 7 Hell TERM 8
Armageddon
DEFINITION 8 Armageddon (Arabic , Late Latin: , Harmagedn, har mgidd) is the site of an epic battle associated with the end time prophecies of the Abrahamic religions. TERM 9
Last Judgment
DEFINITION 9 The Last Judgment is the judgment by God of every human who ever lived in Abrahamic eschatology. TERM 10
Tribulation
DEFINITION 10 The Tribulation is the name given to the event or events referred to in ("For then shall be great tribulation..." - King James Version) and other passages of the New Testament in the Christian Bible.
Galileo
Galileo Galilei (;15 February 1564- 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. TERM 17
Premillenialist
DEFINITION 17 Premillennialism in Christian end-times theology is the belief that Christ will literally and physically be on the earth for his millennial reign, at his second coming. TERM 18
Postmillennialist
DEFINITION 18 In Christian end-times theology, (eschatology), postmillennialism is an interpretation of chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation which sees Christ's second coming as occurring after (Latin post-) the "Millennium", a Golden Age or era of Christian prosperity and dominance. TERM 19
Amillennialism
DEFINITION 19 Amillennialism (Latin: a- "no" + millennialism) is a view in Christian end-times theology named for its rejection of the theory that Jesus Christ will have a thousand-year long, physical reign on the earth. TERM 20
Dispensationalist
DEFINITION 20 Dispensationalism is a Protestant evangelical tradition and theology based on a biblical hermeneutic that sees a series of chronologically successive "dispensations" or periods in history in which God relates to human beings in different ways under different Biblical covenants.
Gregorian Chant
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical chant in Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services. TERM 22
Faure's Requiem
DEFINITION 22 Atheist, but wrote a requiem played at most funerals today TERM 23
Amazing Grace
DEFINITION 23 "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn written by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725-1807) and published in
- With a message that forgiveness and redemption is possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, "Amazing Grace" is one of the most recognized songs in the English-speaking world. John Newton was a former captian of a slave ship who gave up his profession to seek God's forgiveness TERM 24
Baptism
DEFINITION 24 In Christianity, baptism (from Greek baptizo: "immersing", "performing ablutions", i.e., "washing") is the ritual act, with the use of water, by which one is admitted to membership of the Christian Church and, in the view of some, as a member of the particular Church in which the baptism is administered. TERM 25
Eucharist
DEFINITION 25 The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion, Sacrament of the Table, the Blessed Sacrament, or The Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance, generally considered to be a commemoration of the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples before his arrest and eventual crucifixion.
Consubstantiation
Consubstantiation is a theological doctrine that (like transubstantiation) attempts to describe the nature of the Christian Eucharist in concrete metaphysical terms. TERM 32
Thomas Aquinas
DEFINITION 32 Highly revered in the Catholi church for his philosophy on reason and revelation. TERM 33
Martin Luther
DEFINITION 33 Martin Luther (10 November 1483 - 18 February 1546) initiated the Protestant Reformation. Author of the 95 Theses TERM 34
Eastern Orthodox
DEFINITION 34 The Orthodox Church, also officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church, and commonly referred to in English- speaking countries as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the world's second largest Christian communion, estimated to number 225 million members. TERM 35
Catholic
DEFINITION 35 Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole.
