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APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR _____________________ AR  – DE  – EN  – ES  – FR  – IT  – PL  – PT 1. “I HAVE LOVED YOU” (Rev 3:9). The Lord speaks these words to a Christian community that, unlike some others, had no influence or resources, and…

The Church of Greece (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, romanized: Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, IPA: [ekliˈsi.a tis eˈlaðos]), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its canonical territory is confined to the borders of Greece prior to the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 (“Old Greece“), with the rest of Greece (the “New Lands”, Crete, and the Dodecanese) being subject to the jurisdiction of…

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church,[8][9][10] and also called the Greek Orthodox Church[11] or simply the Orthodox Church, is one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity.[12][13] As of 2012, it has approximately 300 million adherents and is the third largest religious community in the world after Roman Catholics and Sunni Muslims.[14][15] The Eastern Orthodox Church operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed…

The doctrine of sin is central to Christianity, since its basic message is about redemption in Christ.[10] Christian hamartiology describes sin as an act of offense against God by despising his persons and Christian biblical law, and by injuring others.[11] According to the classical definition of St. Augustine of Hippo sin is “a word, deed, or desire in opposition to the eternal law of God.”[12][13] Thus, sin requires redemption, a metaphor alluding…

martyr, one who voluntarily suffers death rather than deny their religion by words or deeds; such action is afforded special, institutionalized recognition in most major religions of the world. The term may also refer to anyone who sacrifices their life or something of great value for the sake of principle. Judaism The universality of persecution throughout its history has…

Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean region or locations further east, south or north.[1] The term does not describe a single communion or religious denomination. Eastern Christianity is a category distinguished from Western Christianity, which is composed of those Christian traditions and churches that originally developed further west. Major Eastern Christian bodies include the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental…

John Chrysostom (/ˈkrɪsəstəm, krɪˈsɒstəm/; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος, Latin: Ioannes Chrysostomus; c. 347 – 14 September 407)[6] was an important Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority[7][incomplete short citation] by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, his Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, and his ascetic sensibilities. He was also the author of Adversus Judaeos and was strongly against Judaism. The epithet Χρυσόστομος (Chrysostomos, anglicized…

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.[1] George Whitefield and John’s brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named Methodists for “the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith”.[2][3] Methodism originated as a revival movement within Anglicanism with roots in the Church of England in the 18th century and…

Sacrifice is an act or offering made to a deity.[1][2] A sacrifice can serve as propitiation, or a sacrifice can be an offering of praise and thanksgiving.[3] Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Greeks, and possibly existed before that. Evidence of ritual human sacrifice can also be found back to at least pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica as well as…

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group.[1] As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembrance, supplication, or repentance. It forms a basis for establishing a relationship with God. Technically speaking, liturgy forms a subset of ritual. The word liturgy, sometimes equated in English as “service“, refers to a formal ritual…