English > Christianity: 2 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
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| Synonym | Christian religion |
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| Category of | Annunciation | (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ |
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| Antichrist | (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament |
| Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord | (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven |
| Assumption | (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended |
| Church Father, Father of the Church, Father | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine |
| Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil |
| 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 |
| Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius | Roman martyr |
| Nicene Creed | (Christianity) a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs |
| Paradise | (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death |
| Transfiguration, Transfiguration Day, August 6 | (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus |
| article of faith, credendum | (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided |
| assume | Take up someone's soul into heaven |
| 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 |
| cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved | In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell |
| ecumenism, ecumenicism, ecumenicalism | (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation / cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations |
| errancy | (Christianity) holding views that disagree / disagree with accepted doctrine |
| inerrancy | (Christianity) exemption from error / error / error / error |
| 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) |
| ransomed, redeemed | saved from the bondage of sin / sin |
| real presence | (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist |
| receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament |
| transubstantiate | change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ |
| tritheism | (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods |
| Narrower | Adventism, Second Adventism | Any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent |
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| Albigensianism, Catharism | A Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries |
| Catholicism, Catholicity | The beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church |
| Donatism | A schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century |
| Protestantism | The theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation |
| Tractarianism, Puseyism | principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called 'Tracts for the Times' |
| Broader | religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
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| Spanish | cristianismo |
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| Catalan | cristianisme |
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| Adjectives | Christian | relating to or characteristic of Christianity |
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| Judeo-Christian | being historically related to both Judaism and Christianity |
| christian | following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ |
