Christian Family & Christian Lifestyle
What is the term for a formal ceremony recognizing the public acceptance of a person into the Christian church?
Baptism
The belief in one God.
Monotheism
The belief in one God who exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Trinity
The central theological belief of Arminianism concerning the nature of Jesus Christ.
Adoptionism
The theological term for God's eternal decree by which He determines everything that will happen.
Predestination
The spiritual authority and leadership within a Christian congregation.
Pastor
A sacred text in Hinduism.
Vedas
The theological doctrine that emphasizes the free and unconditional grace of God in offering salvation to humanity.
Grace
The Armenian term for the visible head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Catholicos
The doctrine that God has irresistibly chosen a certain number of people for salvation.
Election
The practice of abstaining from food or drink as a spiritual discipline.
Fasting
The concept of enlightenment in Buddhism.
Nirvana
The process by which the Holy Spirit transforms believers into the likeness of Christ.
Sanctification
The Armenian doctrine of the Holy Spirit, which differs from the Nicene Creed in its formulation.
Armenian Pneumatology
Is a doctrine in Christian Theology which teaches that the saving grace of God is effectually applied to those whom he has determined to save
Irresistible Grace
A term for dedicated service to others as a Christian duty.
Diakonia
The Islamic holy book.
Quran
A condition moving from a state of sin to a state of righteousness.
Justification
The Armenian theological concept of the divine nature of Jesus Christ as a unity, without division into two wills or natures.
Miaphysitism
The Calvinist doctrine that believers cannot lose their salvation.
Perseverance of the Saints
A period of prayer and reflection leading up to a major Christian holiday.
Devotional
The belief in many gods.
Polytheism
The belief in the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, whereby he died in place of sinners.
Penal Substitutionary Atonement or Sacrificial Salvation
The belief that believers can lose their salvation through sin and unbelief.
Conditional Perseverance
The Calvinist concept of God's absolute sovereignty and the inability of humans to comprehend His ways.
Inscrutability of God