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This is a glossary of terms used inChristianity.

• Advent – a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas.
• Almah – a young woman of childbearing age.
• Amen – used in Jewish, Christian and Muslim worship as a concluding word or response to prayers.
• Ancient of Days – name for God in the Book of Daniel:Atik Yomin; in the Greek Septuagint:Palaios Hemeron; and in the Vulgate:Antiquus Dierum.
• Anchorite – a person who withdraws from secular society to be able to lead an intensely prayer-orientated life.
• Anno Domini (AD) – Latin term forYear of the Lord, theLord in this case being Jesus, by Christian reckoning, theMessiah. Due to western dominance of the world, this has become the common world calendar system, though many cultures separately maintain their own calendars based on various events. Recently, the termsCommon Era (CE) andAnno Mundi (AM) have come into use.
• Anointing – ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body. By extension, the term is also applied to related acts of sprinkling, dousing, or smearing a person or object with any perfumed oil, milk, butter, or other fat.
• Antichrist – in Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or anti-Christ is someone recognized as fulfilling the Biblical prophecies about one who will oppose Christ and substitute himself in Christ's place.
• Antilegomena – an epithet used by the Church Fathers to denote those books of the New Testament which, although sometimes publicly read in the churches, were not — for a considerable amount of time — considered to be genuine, or received into the canon of Scripture. They were thus contrasted with the "Homologoumena" (from Greek ομολογουμένα), or universally acknowledged writings
• Antinomianism – in theology, is the idea that members of a particular religious group are under no obligation to obey the laws of ethics or morality, and that salvation is by predestination only
• Apocalypse – any prophetic revelation or so-calledEnd Time scenario, or to the end of the world in general
• Apostasy – (fromGreek αποστασία, meaninga defection or revolt, from απο,apo, "away, apart", στασις,stasis, "standing") is a term generally employed to describe the formal abandonment or renunciation of one'sreligion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. In a technical sense, as used sometimes bysociologists without thepejorative connotations of the word, the term refers to renunciationand criticism of, or opposition to, one's former religion
• Apostle – (Ἀπόστολος,apostolos, "someone sent out", e.g. with a message or as a delegate) were, according to theSynoptic Gospels andChristian tradition,disciples (followers) whomJesus ofNazareth had chosen, named, and trained in order to send them on a specific mission. See also:Apostle (word).
• Apostolic Age – traditionally the period of the Twelve Apostles, dating from the Crucifixion of Jesus (c. 26–36) and the Great Commission until the death of John the Apostle
• Apostolic Decree –Acts 15:19–21; seeCouncil of Jerusalem
• Aramaic – believed to be the primary language of Jesus.
• Ascension of Jesus – a Christian doctrine that says Jesus ascended to heaven in the presence of his Eleven Apostles following his resurrection, and that in heaven he sits at the right hand of God the Father
• Atonement – a doctrine found within bothChristianity andJudaism. It describes howsin can be forgiven byGod. In Judaism, Atonement is said to be the process of forgiving or pardoning a transgression. This was originally accomplished through rituals performed by aHigh Priest on the holiest day of the Jewish year:Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). In Christian theology the atonement refers to the forgiving or pardoning of sin through thecrucifixion ofJesusChrist which made possible the reconciliation between God and man. Within Christianity there are numerous technical theories for how such atonement might work, including theransom theory, theAbelardian theory, thesubstitutionary atonement theory with its variations, and theAnselmian satisfaction theory.

• Baptism – rite of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into Christianity.
• Bauer lexicon – the standard English lexicon ofBiblical Greek.
• Bible – a collection of writings by early Christians, believed to be mostly Jewish disciples of Christ, written in first-century Koine Greek. Among Christian denominations there is some disagreement about what should be included in the canon, primarily about the Apocrypha, a list of works that are regarded with varying levels of respect.
• Beelzebub – a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon.
• Blood of Christ – A reference to (a) the actual blood of Jesus when he was sacrificed on the cross (cf. Luke 22:19, 20); and/or (b) the spiritual covering that that sacrifice of Jesus on the cross provides for sin and our sanctification, i.e., "That's covered by the blood of Christ.".
• Body of Christ – A reference to (a) the Christian church as a whole, worldwide (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:12–14 and Ephesians 4:1–16), and/or (b) a name for the bread used in Communion/Eucharist to represent the physical body of Jesus sacrificed on the cross (cf. Luke 22:19, 20).
• Born-Again Christianity – A "spiritual rebirth" or a regeneration of the human spirit particularly in Evangelical Christianity. In contrast to one's physical birth, being "born again" is distinctly and separately caused by baptism in the Holy Spirit as it is not caused by baptism in water.
• Born-again virgin – A person who, after having engaged in copulation, makes some type of commitment not to be sexually active again until marriage (or some other defined point in the future, or indefinitely)

• Cafeteria Christianity
• Charismania
• Christ – theEnglish term for theGreek wordΧριστός (Christós), whichliterally means "TheAnointed One." TheHebrew word for Christ is מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ, usuallytransliteratedMessiah). The word may be misunderstood by some as being thesurname ofJesus due to the frequent juxtaposition ofJesus andChrist in the ChristianBible and other Christian writings. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact atitle, hence its common reciprocal useChrist Jesus, meaningThe Anointed One, Jesus.
• Christendom – In acultural sense, it refers to the religion itself, or to theworldwide community ofChristians, adherents ofChristianity.^[1] or refer collectively toChristian majority countries or countries in whichChristian civilization dominates^[2] or nations in which Christianity is the established religion.
• Christian - a person who adheres toChristianity, amonotheistic^[3]religion centered on the life and teachings ofJesusChrist as presented in theNew Testament^[4] and prophesied in theOld Testament.^[5]
• Christian Bible
• Christianese – Terms and jargon used within many of the branches and denominations of Christianity as a functional lexicon of religious terminology, characterized by the use in everyday conversation of certain words, theological terms, puns, and catchphrases, assumed to be familiar but in ways that may be only comprehensible within the context of a particular Christian group or denomination.
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre – traditionally believed to be the site ofGolgatha and theEmpty tomb.
• Circumcision controversy in early Christianity – Jesus and Paul and presumably theJewish Christians were circumcised according to biblical tradition, theCouncil of Jerusalem made the practice optional for converts as is the case today among most Christians.
• Consecrate – To set something—or someone—apart for God, solely devoted to use by/for God, thereby making it "holy."
• Covenant (biblical)
• Creed
• Crown Of Thorns
• Crucifixion darkness
• Crucifixion of Jesus

• Daily devotional
• Desposyni
• Disciple
• Dispensationalism
• Divine law
• Dual-covenant theology

• Early Christianity
• East–West Schism
• Easter – Easter,Pascha, orResurrection Day, is an important religiousfeast in theChristianliturgical year. It celebrates theresurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred on the third day after hiscrucifixion some time in the period AD 27 to 33. Easter also refers to theseason of the church year calledEastertide or theEaster Season. Traditionally the Easter Season lasted for the forty days from Easter Day untilAscension Day but now officially lasts for the fifty days untilPentecost. The first week of the Easter Season is known as Easter Week or theOctave of Easter. See alsoEaster controversy.
• Elect
• Eschatology
• Eternal life
• Eternal sin
• Eucharist – also known as Communion, and the Lord's Supper.
• Evangelical counsels
• Exorcism

• Faith
• The Fig Tree – the tree and its fruit is mentioned several times in theNew Testament, and in theOld Testament as well; but as more than just the commonMediterranean fruit tree, theCommon Fig, it is also a symbol ortype, subject to various interpretations. TheParable of the barren fig tree is aparable of Jesus recorded in theGospel of Luke13:6–9. The parable has no parallels in other gospels. A vinekeeper holds out hope that a barren fig tree will bear fruit next year.
• Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

• Gnosticism
• God – most commonly refers to thedeity worshipped by followers ofmonotheistic andmonolatristreligions, whom theybelieve to be thecreator and overseer of theuniverse.^[6]
• God-fearer
• Godhead
• God the Father
• God the Son
• Golden Gate
• Golden Rule – based on Leviticus 19:18 and summarized byHillel the Elder as "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow" and considered the central teaching of the Torah.^[7] Summarized by Jesus as "do to others what you would have them do to you".^[8]
• Gospel – from theOld English for 'good news,' this refers to the good news concerning Jesus Christ. It can also refer to any one of the four canonical gospels, named for their traditional authors: the "Gospel according to Saint Matthew," the "Gospel according to Saint Mark," the "Gospel according to Saint Luke," and the "Gospel according to Saint John." The word "gospel" can also refer to the literal book which contains any one or all of these texts, which in "high church" traditions may be decorated ornately and given special liturgical prominence.
• Grace
• Grazers
• Great Apostasy
• Great Commission

• Hallelujah
• Heaven
• Hebrew Bible
• Hell
• Hellenization
• Historical Jesus
• Holy Rood
• Holy Spirit
• Hosanna
• Hypostatic union

• Idolatry
• Incarnation – in traditional Christianity is the belief that the second person of the Trinity, also known as God the Son or the Logos (Word), "became flesh" by being conceived in the womb of Mary, also known as the Theotokos (Birth-giver to God) or "Mater Dei" (mother of God).
• INRI
• Intercession of the Spirit

• Jah
• Jehovah
• Jerusalem
• Jesus
• Jewish Christians – were the original members of the Jewish movement that later became Christianity.
• Jews
• Judaizers – those who teach that Christians must observe Jewish laws and customs.
• Judeo-Christian – a term used by many Christians since the 1950s to encompass perceived common ethical values based on Christianity and Judaism.
• Justitia civilis or "things external" is defined by Christian theologians as the class of acts in which fallen man retains his ability to perform both good and evil moral acts.

• King James Only movement
• Kingship and kingdom of God
• Koine Greek – Greek of the New Testament and Septuagint.

• Last Judgment
• Last Supper
• Latter Rain Movement (disambiguation)
• Law and Gospel
• Law of Christ
• Laying on of hands
• Legalism – inChristiantheology, is the act of putting law above gospel by establishing requirements for salvation beyond repentance and faith in Jesus Christ and reducing the broad, inclusive and general precepts of the Bible to narrow and rigid moral codes.^[9] It is an over-emphasis of discipline of conduct, or legal ideas, usually implying an allegation of misguided rigour, pride,superficiality, the neglect of mercy, and ignorance of thegrace of God oremphasizing the letter of law at the expense of the spirit. Legalism is alleged against any view that obedience to law, notfaith in God's grace, is the pre-eminent principle ofredemption.
• Letter and spirit of the law
• Leviticus 18 – the section of scripture usually cited during debates about homosexuality.
• Logos – (Greek:Λόγοςlogos, that is, "word", "discourse" or "reason" i.e., rationality or reasoning) is a name or title ofJesus Christ, seen as the pre-existent Second Person of aTrinitarian God. It has been important in endeavoring to establish the doctrine of thedivinity and morality of Jesus Christ and his position asGod the Son in theTrinity byTrinitarian theologians as set forth in theChalcedonian Creed.
• Lord's Day
• Lord's Prayer
• Love your enemies

• Maranatha
• Marcionism
• Mark of the Beast
• Messiah
• False messiah
• Messianism
• Messianic Age
• Messianic Judaism
• Monarchianism
• Mosaic covenant

• Nazarene
• Nazirite
• Neoplatonism
• New Commandment
• New Covenant – (Hebrew:ברית חדשה,berit hadashah;Greek:διαθήκη καινή, diatheke kaine) is used in theBible (both in theHebrew Bible and theGreek New Testament) to refer to anepochal relationship of restoration and peace following a period of trial and judgment. As are allcovenants between God and man described in the Bible, it is "a bond in blood sovereignly administered by God."^[10]
• New Jerusalem
• New Testament (sometimes called the "new covenant") – translation of theGreek καινή διαθήκη. Western Christianity so names its Greek scriptures to distinguish them from the Hebrew scriptures ("Old Testament"). It consists of "Gospels," Epistles, and the Apocalypse (Revelation). The term (new covenant) comes from 1 Cor. 11:25 and its parallel (Luke 22:20) in which Jesus institutes the Christianeucharist.
• New Wine into Old Wineskins
• Nicene Creed
• Number of the Beast

• Oblate
• Old Testament – name used by Western Christians for the Hebrew scriptures to distinguish them from the Greek scriptures, which they call the "New Testament". In the New Testament the Hebrew scriptures are simply denoted "the scriptures" or "the holy scriptures" (Matt. 21:42, John 5:39, 2 Tim. 3:15-16). Some Western Christians suggest a more neutral term, such asHebrew Bible.

• Papal supremacy
• Papal infallibility –
• Paraclete
• Parousia – advent or appearance of theMessiah and theMessianic Age.
• The Passion
• Passover (Christian holiday)
• Paul the Apostle
• Pauline privilege
• Pentarchy
• Pentateuch – the first five books of the Bible, i.e.Genesis,Exodus,Leviticus,Numbers,Deuteronomy, traditionally attributed toMoses, hence also theMosaic Law. See alsoSamaritan Pentateuch.
• Pentecost
• Peshitta – the standard version of the Bible for churches inSyriac Christianity.
• Petrine privilege
• Pharisees – The Pharisees were at various times a political party, asocial movement, and aschool of thought in theHoly Land during the time ofSecond Temple Judaism (536 BCE–70 CE). After thedestruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical and ritualistic basis forRabbinic Judaism.
• Predestination – in theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul.
• Premillennialism – the belief thatJesus will physically return to the Earth before theMillennium, a literal thousand-yeargolden age of peace.
• Primacy of Simon Peter
• Propitiation – is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding divine retribution.
• Proselyte – ananglicization of theKoine Greek term προσήλυτος (proselytos), as used in theSeptuagint (Greek Old Testament) for "stranger", i.e. a "newcomer toIsrael";^[11] a "sojourner in the land",^[12] and in theGreek New Testament^[13] for afirst century convert to Judaism, generally fromAncient Greek religion. It is a translation of theBiblical Hebrew phrase גר תושב (ger toshav).^[14]

• Quartodecimanism – part of theEaster controversy.

• Rabbinic
• Rapture – the belief that either before, or simultaneously with, theSecond Coming ofJesus Christ to earth, believers who have died will be raised and believers who are still alive and remain shall be caught up together with them (the resurrected dead believers) in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.^[15][16]
• Red-Letter Christian
• Redemption
• Reformed
• Remez/Allegory – (fromGreek αλλος,allos, "other", and αγορευειν,agoreuein, "to speak in public") is a figurative mode ofrepresentation conveying ameaning other than theliteral. Generally treated as a figure ofrhetoric, but an allegory does not have to be expressed inlanguage: it may be addressed to the eye, and is often found in realisticpainting,sculpture or some other form ofmimetic, or representative art. In allegorical representations, relationships between elements of a text or composition are understood to stand for different relationships between elements not found in the text or composition; meaning is thus constituted through the difference between the superficial (or literal) meaning of the text or composition, and a "deeper" meaning. In Jewish thought this method is best known through the works ofPhilo. The extreme form of remez, sod, understands the Tanakh as an allegory for a mystical understanding of the universe and as a means for mystical communion with God; this approach is best known throughKabbalistic texts such as theZohar. Traditionally, only Jews who have mastered the midrashic method and the corpus of halakha are encouraged to pursue this form of interpretation. In Christianity this method was first promoted bySaint Paul.
• Resurrection
• Righteousness

• Sabbath in Christianity
• Sabbath in seventh-day churches – Sabbath is generally a weekly religious day ofrest as ordained by theTen Commandments. Originally denoting a rest day on the seventh day of the week, the term "Sabbath" has acquired the connotation of a time of communalworship and now has several meanings in Christian contexts.
• Sacrament
• Saint Peter
• Salvation
• Sanctification
• Satan
• Second Coming
• Septuagint
• Sermon on the Mount
• Sermon on the Plain
• Seven Laws of Noah – according to Judaism, these are the laws applicable to non-Jews, some see a connection to theApostolic Decree of theCouncil of Jerusalem.
• Shekhinah
• Shema Yisrael – inMark 12:28–34 Jesus refers to the Shema as the first commandment (in importance.)^[17]
• Sin
  • Original sin
  • Eternal sin
• Son of God
• Son of man
• Son of perdition
• Sons of God
• Spirit of God
• Star of Bethlehem
• Suffering Servant
• Sunday school answer
• Supersessionism

• Ten Commandments
• Testament
  • Old Testament
  • New Testament
• Tetragrammaton
• Transfiguration
• Transubstantiation
• Trilemma
• Trinity – used as a synonym for God, in order to call attention to the three distinct persons which share the single divine nature or essence. They are traditionally referred to as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though some modern sects prefer more gender-neutral terms such as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.
• Tzitzit – scholars think Jesus wore thetzitzit, see Christianity and fringed garments for details.

• Via Dolorosa
• The Vine
• Veronica
• Vocation
• ’’’Violet’’’

• Walk with God
• Western Schism
• Whore of Babylon

• Yahweh
• Yeshua – spelledיֵשׁוּעַ in Hebrew, a common name among Jews of theSecond Temple Period, and known to be the name used forJesus byMessianic Jews andHebrew Christians.

• Zionism

• Christian culture
• Christianity in popular culture
• Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament

• Christian terminology
• Glossaries of Christianity

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