christianity

Noun
  1. associated with:
    • 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
    • errancy - (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility
    • paradise - (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
    • hell, infernal region, inferno, nether region, perdition, pit - (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
    • tritheism - (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods
    • 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, immaculate conception of the virgin mary - (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, father of the church - (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
    • cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved - in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
    • ransomed, redeemed - saved from the bondage of sin
    is a type of: faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
    subtypes:
    • 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'
    same as: christian religion
  2. is a type of: body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
    has:
    • 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
    same as: christendom

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