A-Z: General definitions
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- a Calvary
- Aaron
- Aaron's Rod
- Abaddon
- Abbess
- Abbey
- Abbot
- Abdication
- Abel
- Abolition
- Abolitionism
- Abolitionist
- Abomination of desolation
- Abraham
- Abraham Lincoln
- Absalom
- Absolution
- Absolve
- Abstinence
- Abstruse
- Absurdist
- Abyss
- Academy
- Accent
- Achan
- Acheron
- Achilles
- Acolyte
- Acoustic
- Acoustics
- Act
- Act of Union
- Actaeon
- Active Life
- Active verb
- Active Voice
- Acts
- Adam
- Adjective
- Adjectives - comparatives and superlatives
- Adjectives - predicative position
- Adolf Hitler
- Adonian
- Adonis
- Adultery
- Advent
- Adverb
- Adverbs - temporal adverbs
- Aegeus
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A-Z: General definitions: Commentaries
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Many of the Church Fathers wrote commentaries on individual books of the Bible and their interpretations shaped the understanding of subsequent generations. Among the most influential were those produced by Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome and Gregory the Great.
Christian leaders and thinkers, living mostly between the end of the first century and the eight century
The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament scriptures inherited from Judaism, together with the New Testament, drawn from writings produced from c.40-125CE, which describe the life of Jesus and the establishment of the Christian church.
(1) The translation from one language to another; the making clear of the meaning of a symbolic, prophetic, or otherwise complex text.
(2) From the Fathers of the Church onwards it was believed that the Bible could be understood at more than one lev
Bishop of Milan c339-97
Bishop in North Africa who wrote a huge volume of literature, including many influential theological works
Biblical scholar and main translator of the Vulgate
(c. 540-604). Bishop of Rome from 590. He sent a mission to England under Augustine of Canterbury.
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