Christianity

• MICROPAEDIA
• MACROPAEDIA
• Apologist: see Apologist [Cross ref]
• arts
  • dance [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • Early Christian art
  • literature
    • fable, parable, and allegory [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • Latin literature [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • Scandinavian literature
  • moralistic view
  • mosaic art [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • tesserae
  • Mozarabic art and architecture
  • music
    • African
    • folk
    • Japanese
    • percussion instruments
  • painting [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • adoration of the shepherds
    • halo significance
    • Holy Family
    • iconography
    • Japanese painting
    • Madonna
    • Nativity
    • orant
    • subject matter
    • symbolism
  • Pietà
  • sculpture [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • theatre
• canon law: see canon law [Cross ref]
• doctrines, beliefs, and teachings [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  • angels and demons [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • angels
    • cherubs
    • demons
    • Satan
  • atheism
  • chosen people
  • communion of saints
  • confirmation
  • covenant [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • creation and transcendence
  • creeds [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • cremation
  • David's symbolic meaning
  • death
  • Deism [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • dress and adornment
  • dualism [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • eschatology [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
  • extrinsicism
  • faith healing
  • heaven
  • hell
  • Holy Spirit
  • idolatry
  • immortality
  • Last Judgment
  • love
    • Augustine's theology
    • Clairvaux's theology
    • New Testament theme [Ref 1], [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
  • martyrs
    • Scillitan Martyrs
  • Mary, mother of Jesus
  • miracles
  • monotheism
  • mysticism
  • Nicene Creed
  • oaths
  • poverty
  • prophecy
  • providence
  • resurrection
  • revelation
  • saints [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • salvation [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
  • sin
  • soul
  • supernaturalism
  • syncretism
  • theism [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
  • theosophy
• ecumenism: see ecumenism [Cross ref]
• historical criticism of Baur
• historiography
• history (to 1054)
  • cities, countries, and regions
    • Aksumite empire
    • Alexandria [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • ancient Britain
    • Antioch
    • Armenia
    • Austria
    • Balkan Peninsula [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Bulgaria
    • Byzantine Empire [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • Caesarea
    • Denmark
    • Edessa
    • Egypt
    • England
    • Ephesus
    • Eritrea
    • Ethiopia
    • Europe [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
    • France [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Frankish territories
    • Gaul
    • Germany [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • Holy Roman Empire [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • Hungary
    • Iceland
    • Illyria
    • Ireland
    • Italy [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Japan
    • Jordan
    • Kiev
    • Low Countries
    • Mesopotamia [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Moravia
    • North Africa
    • Norway [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • Palestine
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Roman Empire [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
    • Russia [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Scotland
    • Southwest Asian origin
    • Spain
    • Sudan [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
    • Sweden [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • Ukraine
    • Wales
  • conversion of Constantine I
  • effect on
    • Arabian religions
    • Irish Gaelic literature
  • Jews' religious freedom
  • Manichaeism
  • Middle Ages [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2], [Ref 3], [Ref 4]
  • Mithraism's decline
  • persecution policy of
    • Athanaric
    • Decius
    • Diocletian
    • Galerius
    • Marcus Aurelius
    • Maximian
    • Maximinus
    • Nero
    • Trajan
    • Valerian
  • schism of 1054 [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • Church Slavonic language
    • Eastern Orthodoxy [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Melchites
• history (1055-1600)
  • Baltic states
  • Byzantine Empire [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  • China
  • Egypt
  • Holy Roman Empire [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  • India
  • Japan [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Kirishitan
    • Valignano
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Spain [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • United Kingdom
• history (1600-20th century)
  • cities, countries, regions
    • Africa [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • Beirut
    • Central America [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Eastern Africa
    • Ethiopia [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Europe [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Guinea Coast
    • India
    • Indonesia [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Israel
    • Japan [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]; [Ref 3]
    • Lebanon [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • Malawi
    • Melanesia
    • Micronesia
    • Mozambique
    • Niue
    • Polynesia [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
    • Singapore
    • South Asian cultures
    • South Korea
    • Southeast Asia [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • southern Africa [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • Spain
    • Sri Lanka
    • Syria
    • Uganda
    • United Kingdom
    • Vietnam
  • Enlightenment [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
  • Jewish-Christian dialogue [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
• Jesus Christ: see Jesus Christ [Cross ref]
• missions: see mission [Cross ref]
• moral theology: see moral theology [Cross ref]
• myth and legend
  • allegory
  • creation myths
  • dragons
  • Jewish mythology
  • medieval Ireland
  • unicorns
  • use by Thomas
• organization and practice
  • asceticism
  • cantor
  • celibacy
  • episcopacy
  • episcopus vagans
  • ministry
  • monasticism [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
  • mysticism [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • Augustine
    • Dutch medieval literature
    • experience of transpersonal Godhead
    • German medieval culture
    • Gregory of Nyssa
    • Jewish mysticism [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Law
    • Low Countries
    • Loyola
    • Müntzer
    • Pietism [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • prophetic movements
    • Pseudo-Dionysius
    • Renaissance in northern Europe
    • Roman Catholicism [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • St. John of the Cross
  • oratory development
  • priesthood [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
  • vows
• patristic literature: see patristic literature [Cross ref]
• philosophy
  • branches
    • epistemology
    • ethics: see moral theology [Cross ref]
    • philosophical anthropology
    • philosophy of history
    • philosophy of religion [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • political philosophy [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
  • contribution by
    • Bossuet
    • Carlini
    • Kierkegaard
    • Schelling
    • Thomas Aquinas
  • criticism by
    • Nietzsche
    • Rousseau [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
  • schools and doctrines
    • Aristotelianism [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • Existentialism
    • Hellenistic philosophy
    • humanism [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • medieval philosophy [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • pantheism and panentheism [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • Platonism: see Christian Platonism [Cross ref]
    • Scholasticism
    • Stoicism [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  • views on space and time
• Reformation: see Reformation [Cross ref]
• relationship to
  • ancient European religions [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2], [Ref 3], [Ref 4]
    • Greek religion [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • Buddhism
  • Indian religions
    • Brahmo Samaj [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • Hinduism [Ref 1], [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
  • Iranian religions [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
  • Judaism [Ref 1], [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
    • Talmud
  • Middle Eastern civilization
  • mystery religions [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
• ritual and worship
  • circumcision
  • death rites [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  • dietary laws and food customs
  • feast and festival
  • imposition of hands
  • liturgical use of biblical literature
  • orb significance
  • prayer [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • rosary
    • use of amen
  • religious dress and vestments
  • ritualistic objects [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • ampulla
  • sacraments [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
    • baptism
    • Eucharist [Ref 1]; [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
  • symbolism and iconography [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  • worshipping communities [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
• sacred literature: see Bible [Cross ref]
• social and cultural aspects
  • Anarchist theory [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
  • attitude toward
    • birth control [Ref 1]; [Ref 2]
    • censorship
    • classical scholarship
    • constitutional government
    • evolution [Ref 1]; [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
    • family and marriage
    • family law [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
    • history of Earth
    • occultism [Ref 1], [Ref 2] passim to [Ref 3]
    • pacifism
    • Palestine
    • sex and sexuality [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • slavery [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
    • warfare
  • Byzantine coinage
  • calendar origin and reform
  • Christian Socialism
  • chronology
  • church and state
  • demography of Europe
  • education [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
  • history of science
  • legal profession origins
  • medicine [Ref 1], [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
  • publishing
  • time
  • writing
    • calligraphy origins and development [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2], [Ref 3]
    • hieroglyphic decline [Ref 1], [Ref 2]
• study and classification of religions [Ref 1] passim to [Ref 2]
• theology: see theology [Cross ref]
• viewed by Machiavelli
• see also Eastern Orthodoxy [Cross ref]; Protestantism [Cross ref]; Roman Catholicism [Cross ref]; and significant persons, places, events, and related subjects by name