Church (110 Occurrences)

... Nor is this word ever used to denote the inhabitants of a country united in the same profession, as when we say the "Church of England," the "Church of Scotland ... biblethesaurus.org/c/church.htm - 89k

Presbytery (1 Occurrence)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church. ... 4. (n.) That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/presbytery.htm - 14k

Presbyter

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See Bishop. 2. (n.) One ordained to the second order in ... biblethesaurus.org/p/presbyter.htm - 14k

Excommunication

... esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from ... biblethesaurus.org/e/excommunication.htm - 15k

Benediction

... We may readily see, therefore, that from the very beginning of the Christian church the use of the benediction was common. In the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/benediction.htm - 12k

Deaconess (1 Occurrence)

... 3. (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. 4. (n.) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deaconess.htm - 12k

Baptismal (1 Occurrence)

... BAPTISM and SACRAMENTS, the doctrine ordinarily held by Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, Methodists, and also by Low-Church Episcopalians, ... biblethesaurus.org/b/baptismal.htm - 24k

Barnabas (33 Occurrences)

... His name stands first on the list of prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch (13:1). Luke speaks of him as a "good man" (11:24). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/barnabas.htm - 25k

Cornelius (10 Occurrences)

... He became the first fruit of the Gentile world to Christ. He and his family were baptized and admitted into the Christian church (Acts 10:1, 44-48). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cornelius.htm - 16k

Deutero-canonical

... designated as apocryphal (see APOCRYPHA), and also certain books of the New Testament which for a long time were not accepted by the whole church as Scripture. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deutero-canonical.htm - 14k

Deuterocanonical

... designated as apocryphal (see APOCRYPHA), and also certain books of the New Testament which for a long time were not accepted by the whole church as Scripture. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deuterocanonical.htm - 14k

Agape

... 1. The Name and the Thing: The name Agape or "love-feast," as an expression denoting the brotherly common meals of the early church, though of constant use and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/agape.htm - 15k

Deacon (4 Occurrences)

... In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church. 2. (n.) The chairman of an incorporated company. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deacon.htm - 14k

Follows (65 Occurrences)

... Revelation 2:1 "To the minister of the Church in Ephesus write as follows: "'This is what He who holds the seven stars in the grasp of His right hand says--He ... biblethesaurus.org/f/follows.htm - 25k

Kingly (7 Occurrences)

... Christ is King and sovereign Head over his Church and over all things to his Church (Ephesians 1:22; 4:15; Colossians 1:18; 2:19). ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kingly.htm - 10k

Euodia (1 Occurrence)

... 1. Women Prominent in Church at Philippi: The Textus Receptus of the New Testament of Stephen reads Euodia, which means "fragrant," Philippians 4:2. King James ... biblethesaurus.org/e/euodia.htm - 10k

Dogma

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A statement of religious belief set forth by a church or council; a tenet; a doctrine. 2. (n.) A ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dogma.htm - 10k

Catholic

... Catholic epistles: The epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude; so called because they are addressed to Christians in general, and not to any church or person ... biblethesaurus.org/c/catholic.htm - 9k

Elder (34 Occurrences)

... In other words, the office of elder was the only permanent essential office of the church under either dispensation.". The "elders ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elder.htm - 27k

Government (20 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/government.htm - 50k

Triune

... HISTORICAL PRACTICE 1. The Jews 2. John the Baptist 3. The Didache 4. Justin Martyr 5. Tertullian 6. Eunomius 7. Greek Church LITERATURE I. Linguistic Basis. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/triune.htm - 13k

Trine

... HISTORICAL PRACTICE 1. The Jews 2. John the Baptist 3. The Didache 4. Justin Martyr 5. Tertullian 6. Eunomius 7. Greek Church LITERATURE I. Linguistic Basis. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trine.htm - 14k

Immersion

... HISTORICAL PRACTICE 1. The Jews 2. John the Baptist 3. The Didache 4. Justin Martyr 5. Tertullian 6. Eunomius 7. Greek Church LITERATURE I. Linguistic Basis. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/immersion.htm - 14k

Fullness (31 Occurrences)

... Ephesians 1:10, "unto a dispensation of the fullness of the times." Ephesians 1:23, "the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fullness.htm - 22k

Chapel (1 Occurrence)

... 1. (n.) A subordinate place of worship. 2. (n.) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial. 3. (n.) a small building attached to a church. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chapel.htm - 8k

Colossae (1 Occurrence)

... It does not appear that Paul had visited this city when he wrote his letter to the church there (Colossians 1:2). He expresses in his letter to Philemon (ver. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/colossae.htm - 9k

Sacraments

... idea corresponding to "sacrament," nor does the earliest history of Christianity afford any trace of the application of the term to certain rites of the church... biblethesaurus.org/s/sacraments.htm - 19k

Pentecost (3 Occurrences)

... The day of Pentecost is noted in the Christian Church as the day on which the Spirit descended upon the apostles, and on which, under Peter's preaching, so ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pentecost.htm - 21k

Ananias (11 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah. (1.) One of the members of the church at Jerusalem, who conspired with his wife Sapphira ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ananias.htm - 19k

Allegory (6 Occurrences)

... type of interpretation, dating back to pre-Christian times, practiced particularly by the Alexandrian Jews, and adopted by the early Church Fathers and still ... biblethesaurus.org/a/allegory.htm - 14k

Machpelah (6 Occurrences)

... Over the cave an ancient Christian church was erected, probably in the time of Justinian, the Roman emperor. This church has been ... biblethesaurus.org/m/machpelah.htm - 19k

Tychicus (5 Occurrences)

... 12, and 2 Timothy 4:12 as having been with Paul at Rome, whence he sent him to Ephesus, probably for the purpose of building up and encouraging the church there ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tychicus.htm - 14k

Bethlehem (49 Occurrences)

... There is a church still existing, built by Constantine the Great (AD 330), called the "Church of the Nativity," over a grotto or cave called the "holy crypt ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bethlehem.htm - 31k

Easter (1 Occurrence)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/easter.htm - 12k

Apostles'

... teaching. It will be seen immediately that it had an important place in the early church, when as yet no creed but itself existed. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apostles'.htm - 20k

Goods (231 Occurrences)

... ko-mu'-ni-ti, (hapanta koina eichon, literally, "They had all things (in) common"): In Acts 2:44, it is said that, in the infant church at Jerusalem, "all that ... biblethesaurus.org/g/goods.htm - 43k

First-born (110 Occurrences)

... The "first-born of the poor" signifies the most miserable of the poor (Isaiah 14:30). The "church of the first-born" signifies the church of the redeemed. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/first-born.htm - 41k

Emmaus (1 Occurrence)

... This name, el-Kubeibeh, meaning "little dome," is derived from the remains of the Crusaders' church yet to be found there. Others ... biblethesaurus.org/e/emmaus.htm - 10k

Bethesda (1 Occurrence)

... Anne's Church, which is, as he contends, very probably the Pool of Bethesda. No certainty as to its identification, however, has as yet been arrived at. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bethesda.htm - 11k

Circumcision (98 Occurrences)

... Ezek. 31:18). As a rite of the church it ceased when the New Testament times began (Galatians 6:15; Colossians 3:11). Some Jewish ... biblethesaurus.org/c/circumcision.htm - 53k

Confirmation (3 Occurrences)

... n.) A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in ... biblethesaurus.org/c/confirmation.htm - 9k

Community (77 Occurrences)

... ko-mu'-ni-ti, (hapanta koina eichon, literally, "They had all things (in) common"): In Acts 2:44, it is said that, in the infant church at Jerusalem, "all that ... biblethesaurus.org/c/community.htm - 32k

Assembly (371 Occurrences)

... The word paneguris, "a general festal assembly" (Hebrews 12:23), is transferred from the congregation of the people of Israel to the Christian church of which ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assembly.htm - 38k

Confession (22 Occurrences)

... in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of ... biblethesaurus.org/c/confession.htm - 20k

Schism (1 Occurrence)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among ... biblethesaurus.org/s/schism.htm - 8k

Salute (48 Occurrences)

... Romans 16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. ... (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Romans 16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salute.htm - 19k

Immaculate

... beyond the range of this article (see MARY); it is only necessary to point out the obvious connections (see Roman Catholic Dictionary and church histories, sub ... biblethesaurus.org/i/immaculate.htm - 16k

Arabic

... languages, to which belong the Hebrew and Aramaic tongues of the Bible; secondly, as one of the languages into which the Bible and other church literature were ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabic.htm - 17k

Conception (6 Occurrences)

... beyond the range of this article (see MARY); it is only necessary to point out the obvious connections (see Roman Catholic Dictionary and church histories, sub ... biblethesaurus.org/c/conception.htm - 19k

Rulers (310 Occurrences)

... Sanhedrin, (BBE). Acts 11:30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. (BBE). Acts ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rulers.htm - 38k

Titus (15 Occurrences)

... at a later period, with Paul and Timothy at Ephesus, whence he was sent by Paul to Corinth for the purpose of getting the contributions of the church there in ... biblethesaurus.org/t/titus.htm - 29k

Exaltation (9 Occurrences)

... ASCENSION OF OUR LORD 1. Its Actuality 2. General Doctrine of the Church 3. Lutheran Doctrine 4. Theory of Laying Aside the Existence-Form of God 5. Necessity ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exaltation.htm - 27k

Sardis (3 Occurrences)

... to mind. A fact of current history quickened the visitor's appreciation of the word to "the angel" of that church. "Yonder among ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sardis.htm - 13k

Armenian

... 3. (n.) An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/armenian.htm - 18k

Keys (2 Occurrences)

... the Reformation it has been recognized, by Catholic and Protestant, that on the interpretation of this passage depends the authority of the Church of Rome and ... biblethesaurus.org/k/keys.htm - 32k

Christian (41 Occurrences)

... They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. ... 6. (a.) Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/christian.htm - 29k

Golgotha (4 Occurrences)

... Hence it is an untenable idea that it is embraced within the present "Church of the Holy Sepulchre." The hillock above Jeremiah's Grotto, to the north of the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/golgotha.htm - 19k

Ethiopic

... 2. (n.) The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ethiopic.htm - 17k

Creeds

... 4. The Reformation Creeds LITERATURE By "creed" we understand the systematic statement of religious faith; and by the creeds of the Christian church we mean ... biblethesaurus.org/c/creeds.htm - 28k

Fold (23 Occurrences)

... 9. (n.) An enclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. 10. (n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. 11. (n.) A boundary; a limit. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fold.htm - 17k

Detail (19 Occurrences)

... Acts 14:27 Upon their arrival they called the Church together and proceeded to report in detail all that God, working with them, had done, and how He had ... biblethesaurus.org/d/detail.htm - 12k

Meets (17 Occurrences)

... matter laid against him. (See NAS). Romans 16:5 Greetings, too, to the Church that meets at their house. Greetings to my dear Epaenetus ... biblethesaurus.org/m/meets.htm - 11k

Phoebe (1 Occurrence)

... fe'-be (Phoibe; the King James Version Phebe): Described by Paul as (1) "our sister," (2) "who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchrea," (3) "a helper ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoebe.htm - 9k

Pillar (72 Occurrences)

... state. 3. (n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. 4. (n ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pillar.htm - 38k

Bithynia (2 Occurrences)

... were here formed at an early time (1 Peter 1:1). Paul was prevented by the Spirit from entering this province (Acts 16:7). It is noted in church history as the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bithynia.htm - 11k

Bride (31 Occurrences)

... The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bride.htm - 17k

Congregation (347 Occurrences)

... (see CHURCH.). In Acts 13:43, where alone it occurs in the New Testament, it is the same word as that rendered "synagogue" (qv) in ver. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/congregation.htm - 48k

Contribution (24 Occurrences)

... Acts 2:44 2 Corinthians 8:14 f). The first occasion for calling this fellowship into activity, by way of "contributions," was within the church at Jerusalem ... biblethesaurus.org/c/contribution.htm - 16k

Amen (74 Occurrences)

... That "Amen" was appended to the doxology in the early church is evident both from Paul and Rev, and here again it took the form of a response by the hearers. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amen.htm - 32k

Apostolic (2 Occurrences)

... 2. Jerusalem Church: The members of the earliest Jerusalem church thought of themselves simply as Jews who had a true understanding of the Messiah and so ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apostolic.htm - 17k

Achaicus (1 Occurrence)

... Achaicus was one of the leaders of the Corinthian church (to be inferred from 1 Corinthians 16:15) who, visiting Paul at Ephesus with Stephanas and Fortunatus ... biblethesaurus.org/a/achaicus.htm - 7k

Stephanas (3 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Crown, a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among those the apostle had baptized (1 Corinthians 1:16; 16:15, 17). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stephanas.htm - 10k

Syntyche (1 Occurrence)

... Fortunate; affable, a female member of the church at Philippi, whom Paul beseeches to be of one mind with Euodias (Philippians 4:2, 3). Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syntyche.htm - 8k

Sanctuary (250 Occurrences)

... 3. (n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed. 4. (n ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sanctuary.htm - 63k

Seat (256 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/seat.htm - 41k

Feet (2931 Occurrences)

... FL Anderson According to the Belief and Practice of the Church of the Brethren 1. Practice: Feet-washing is always practiced in connection with the Agape and ... biblethesaurus.org/f/feet.htm - 17k

Praise (487 Occurrences)

... themselves, not simply as general effects of His power and wisdom, but as expressions of His personal love to the individual, the nation, the church, His works ... biblethesaurus.org/p/praise.htm - 47k

Silas (22 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Wood, a prominent member of the church at Jerusalem; also called Silvanus. He and Judas, surnamed Barsabas ... biblethesaurus.org/s/silas.htm - 21k

Virgin (62 Occurrences)

... THE HISTORICAL QUESTION 1. Statement Not Dogmatic but Vital as History 2. Its Importance to Leaders of the Early Church 3. Hypothesis of Invention Discredits ... biblethesaurus.org/v/virgin.htm - 64k