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2004 Khobar massacre

Kidnappers asked the hostages if they were Christian or Muslim, letting the Muslims go, and slitting the throats of non-Muslims.

Angel of the Presence

In some Judeo-Christian traditions, the Angel of the Presence / Face (lit. "faces", Hebrew: malak ha'panim, מלאך הפנים) or Angel of his presence / face (Hebrew: malak panayu, מַלְאַךְ פָּנָיו) refers to a type of angel, a singular entity variously considered angelic or else identified with God Himself.

Arpalı

Book called Bayburt Province which was written by Prof. Dr. İsmet Miroğlu states that at 1516 only 8 Muslim and 41 Christian soldiers were living at Arpalı.

Associated Brotherhood of Christians

The Associated Brotherhood of Christians is a Christian religious denomination.

Bible story

Bible stories, Judeo-Christian parables retelling some portions of the Bible, have been used in family religious worship, spiritual instruction and literature in Christian and Jewish societies.

Biblical accommodation

In the Epistle to the Hebrews (xiii, 5) the words spoken to Josue, "I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Jos., i, 5), are applied to all Christians.

Bodo language

Christian missionaries, who entered the Bodo speaking areas with an intent to preach their religion, published some books on religion, tales, rhymes and songs.

Bridal theology

Within the Judeo-Christian tradition, bridal theology, also referred to as mystical marriage, is the New Testament portrayal of communion with Jesus as a marriage, and God's reign as a wedding banquet.

Buddhism and the Roman world

Early 3rd century–4th century Christian writers such as Hippolytus and Epiphanius write about a Scythianus, who visited India around 50 CE from where he brought "the doctrine of the Two Principles".

Christian Democratic Employees' Association

The CDA was created after the Second World War, by mostly Christian trade unionists in the industrial areas of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Christian Outreach College

Two Australian Christian schools can be referred to as Christian Outreach College (also abbreviated as COC).

Christian Social Responsibility

The goal of the organisation was to get Christian politicians placed high up on the voting papers of the Swedish political parties.

Christian, Count of Waldeck

Christian, Count of Waldeck (25 December 1585 in Eisenberg – 31 December 1637 in Waldeck), was Count of Waldeck-Wildungen and also imperial chamberlain.

Christian was the son of Count Josias I of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1554-1588) and his wife Marie of Barby (1563-1619).

Philipp VII (1613-1645), Count of Waldeck-Wildungen, married in 1634 Countess Anna Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein

Christian died in 1637 and was succeeded as Count of Waldeck-Wildungen by his son Philip VII.

Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg

After the divisionary treaty of the duchy in 1680, Christian retained Eisenberg and the towns of Ronneburg, Roda and Camburg.

Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

For his 31st birthday in the year 1713, the composer Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the famous cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (The lively hunt is all my heart's desire) as occasional music with a pastoral character.

For Christian's 43rd birthday in 1725 Bach wrote the Shepherd cantata Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a (en: "Escape, disappear, disperse, ye sorrows"), its music is lost but survived as the parody setting of the Easter Oratorio.

Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ærø

To provide for her, he gave her two large houses in 1629, one in Ærøskøbing and the other on the island of Dejrø.

Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels

He also received Eschwege Castle in Eschwege in 1713, after Hesse-Kassel had repaid its debt to the Duke of Brunswick-Bevern.

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

# Georg Albrecht (b. Bayreuth, 20 March 1619 – d. Schretz, 27 September 1666), inherited Kulmbach but never reigned.

# Erdmann August (b. Bayreuth, 8 October 1615 – d. Hof, 6 February 1651), Hereditary Margrave (German: Erbmarkgraf) of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

# Anna Maria (b. Bayreuth, 30 December 1609 – d. Ödenburg, 8 May 1680); married on 23 October 1639 to Prince Johann Anton I von Eggenberg.

Christian, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

In 1711, Francis Alexander, the last Prince of Nassau-Hadamar had died and his territory had been divided among the surviving Ottonian lines of Nassau: Nassau-Dietz, Nassau-Dillenburg and Nassau-Siegen.

Christian and his Hofmeister, Gustav von Moltke, were sent to Leiden, where Christian enthousiastically studied mathematics at the local university.

Christian's Coalition

Reprising that shared role between the two started from 2004-2005 in WWE, Christian Cage originally brought Tomko in to TNA as a personal enforcer in late-2006 to help him regain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Community Chapel and Bible Training Center

According to Dr. Daniel Pekota, a professor at Northwest College (now Northwest University) in Kirkland, WA, Barnett monopolized the meetings with preaching about the "Oneness" doctrine, a doctrine that, because it denies the Trinity, is widely recognized as contrary to historical Christian doctrine.

Esperanza TV

Esperanza TV (Hope TV) is a Spanish Christian TV channel for North and Central America.

Ever Increasing Faith

Ever Increasing Faith is a Christian television show hosted by Frederick K. Price, and Betty Price that has been airing in weekly syndication since 1978.

Family Christian Stores

Family Christian is the world's largest Christian-focused retailer, and is located in the United States.

Fares al-Khoury

Khoury's ascension to the upper echelons of Syrian politics is remarkable, in light of the fact that he was Christian.

Fourth Reich of the Rich

Fourth Reich of the Rich is a conspiracy book by Christian writer Des Griffin about the New World Order.

Gary Valenciano

He had his first solo concert in April 1984 at the Araneta Coliseum, followed a number of albums, three of which were released internationally, including the Christian-inspired album Out of the Dark.

Global Vision Christian School

Global Vision Christian School is a private Christian boarding school located in Eumseong, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.

God or the Girl

Each of them did something to try to help them make their decision: Joe hitchhiked to Niagara Falls, Dan carried an eighty pound cross, Mike went to a Christian retreat center, and Steve traveled to Guatemala to do missionary work.

Islamization

It was most prominently achieved during the 7th century Arabian Muslim conquests which spread the Arabic language, culture, and—having been carried out by Arabian Muslims as opposed to Arab Christians or Arabic speaking Jews—the religion of Islam to the lands they conquered.

James McKinnon

He also edited the collection The Music of Antiquity and the Middle Ages which includes chapters he wrote on early Western civilization, Christian antiquity and the emergence of Gregorian chant.

Joondalup

Joondalup has a large Christian majority, comprising 49% of the city's religious following, with the two largest denominations being Anglican (12,208 or 24.6%) and Catholic (12,154, 24.1%).

Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret

Joseph Christian Ernest Bourret (9 December 1827 in the hamlet of Labro, near Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, Ardèche - 10 July 1896, Rodez) was a French churchman, bishop and cardinal.

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Since the questioner is a Muslim, Bahá'u'lláh uses verses from the Bible to show how a Christian could interpret his own sacred texts in allegorical terms to come to believe in the next dispensation.

Lamparello v. Falwell

In 1999, Christopher Lamparello created a website to respond to and criticize the anti-homosexual statements of popular and sometimes controversial Christian evangelical preacher Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell.

In 1999, Christopher Lamparello registered the domain name fallwell.com and used the affiliated website as a gripe site to express his negative opinions about the Fundamentalist Christian preacher Jerry Falwell's public statements against homosexuality.

Lebanese Independence Day

This incident, which unified the Christian and Muslim opinion towards the mandate, led to an international pressure demanding the Lebanese leaders' release and massive street protests.

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball

A 1986 Sports Illustrated article stated, "A Lady Techster is likely to be a good student and a devout Christian, probably favors needlepoint over Madonna tapes on airplanes and fears a drug test about as much as she does an airport metal detector." The same article stated that Hogg's insistence that her players act like ladies gave the team an "almost antebellum image" that was well-suited to a conservative town like Ruston.

Man to Men

Man to Men (French:D'homme à hommes is a 1948 French-Swiss historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Jean-Louis Barrault, Bernard Blier and Hélène Perdrière.

Northeast Oklahoma Association of Homeschools

On March 8, 1998, 17 families assembled to form N.O.A.H. N.O.A.H. is a 501(c)3 organization that was created to provide homeschool students with the opportunity to develop athletic abilities while building character in a distinctly Christian environment.

O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a

He wrote the solo cantata for soprano in Leipzig as a "Huldigungskantate" (homage cantata) for Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, first performed on 12 January 1729, and dedicated it at least twice to different people and occasions.

Odell McBrayer

Odell Lavon McBrayer (August 16, 1930 – March 18, 2008) was a Fort Worth attorney, Christian layman, and a Republican candidate for governor of Texas in the 1974 party primary election.

Osceola County, Florida

15.87% are Catholic; 1.22% are Mormons; 4.83% are Baptist, 3.53% are Pentecostal, 7.92% are members of other Christian faiths, 0.05 are Jewish, 0.18% affiliate with an eastern faith, and 3.12% affilitate with Islam.

Papa Stronsay

It has been described as the most northerly early Christian monastery ever found.

Powder Day

A more likely origin of the tradition is said to have its roots in a Christian/Moorish riot in the 16th century when Tolox, then under Christian control, had a large Moorish population.

Saint Derfel

Derfel, known as Derfel Gadarn (cadarn: "mighty, valiant, strong") was a 6th-century British Christian monk, regarded as a saint.

Sefer Ali-Bey Shervashidze

Sefer Ali-Bey Shervashidze (also known by the Christian name of Giorgi Shervashidze) was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from 1810-21.

Shirley Corea

As a devoted Christian, Mr. Corea served as a Diocesan Council member, of the Church of Ceylon, for a long period.

Show Your Face

Although the song had a religious theme, Shaw has stated that she is not a Christian and was not one at the time the song was recorded.

Southfleet

The parish church of St Nicholas has 14th-century origins, although pre-Roman Christian remains have been found in the village.

Structural anthropology

In this essay, Edmund Leach sought an explanation of why human societies have solemn or sacred occasions, such as the Christian celebration of Christmas, followed in a short time by their opposite: a taboo-breaking and "profane" celebration such as New Year's.

The History of Constantine

Having called upon the Christian God at Milvian Bridge, Constantine legitimized the Christian religion, offering it new status and protection.

The Mikey Show

Since arriving back in San Diego the show has become more mellow due to Esparza's embrace of Christianity, with a billboards campaign advertising his contrasts labeling him both an addict and a Christian.

The True Furqan

The True Furqan, al-Furqan al-Haqq is a book written in Arabic mirroring the Quran but incorporating elements of traditional Christian teachings.

Traditions of Louisiana Tech University

A 1986 Sports Illustrated article stated, "A Lady Techster is likely to be a good student and a devout Christian, probably favors needlepoint over Madonna tapes on airplanes and fears a drug test about as much as she does an airport metal detector."

Tritheism

The term has been sporadically used to spearhead heresy accusations, especially when employed against Christian sects promoting allegedly anathema conceptions of the Trinity.


2013–14 Ontario Fury season

Other players that logged time on the field for the Fury this season include Jay Lee Harris (#2), Robert Tornel (#4), Heriberto Negrete (#9), Hugo Seisdedos (#12), Francisco Magana (#15), Bernie Lilavois (#26), Steven Ritchie (#98), Andru Camacho, Brent Gonzales, Jayro Martinez, Arturo Rodriguez, and Christian Vidaurrazaga.

Almerigo Grilz

He witnessed all the conflicts from mid 70’s, from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan to the Israeli’s operation in Lebanon; the conflicts between Druses and Christian Maronites; and the Myanmar-Thailand border war between Keren minority and Myanmar regulars.

Antinomasy

Antinomianism, a belief originating in Christian theology that faith alone is necessary for salvation

Battle of Garigliano

The Christian armies united the pope with several South Italian princes of Lombard or Greek extraction, including Guaimar II of Salerno, John I of Gaeta and his son Docibilis, Gregory IV of Naples and his son John, and Landulf I of Benevento and Capua.

Battle of the Hotels

As a counter-move, Christian fighters of the Phalange Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) militia headed by William Hawi and Bashir Gemayel began to take positions between and around the main hotels, but quickly found themselves at a disadvantage as they were under constant observation and heavy machine gun fire from the Murr Tower.

Bsharri

During the Lebanese civil war (1975–1990), Bsharri was a bastion of Christian resistance against first the Palestinians and the Syrians.

C3 Church Global

C3 Church Global, formerly known as Christian City Church International (C3i), is a Charismatic movement founded by Phil Pringle and Christine Pringle.

Chapel Christian Academy

Graduates from Chapel Christian Academy were encouraged to attend Fundamentalist Christian colleges such as Bob Jones University, Pensacola Christian College, also primarily encouraging studies in Teaching, Missions, and Music.

Christian Johansson

Christian Johansson's daughter, the ballerina Anna Christianovna Johansson (1860-1917), was a celebrated soloist of the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet and created roles in nearly every important premiere throughout the late 1880s, until burn injuries forced her to retire in 1895.

Christian Karl Reisig

Christian Karl Reisig (name sometimes given as Karl Christian Reisig; 17 November 1792 – 17 January 1829) was a German philologist and linguist who was a native of Weißensee.

Christian Quadflieg

Christian Urs Quadflieg (born April 11, 1945 in Växjö, Sweden) is a German television actor and director.

Christian radio

Popular artists on Christian radio stations with this format include Third Day, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Mercy Me, Steven Curtis Chapman, Carman, Sandi Patty, TobyMac, Relient K, Chris Tomlin, Switchfoot, Colton Dixon, and the Bill Gaither Trio.

Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels

Christian of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels (17 July 1689 in Wanfried – 21 October 1755 in Eschwege) was a son of Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (1649-1711) and his second wife Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg (d. 1703).

Christianity in Saudi Arabia

Christians and other non-Muslims are prohibited from entering the cities of Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest cities.

Crenshaw Christian Center

The Crenshaw Christian Center East was opened in May, 2001 in the former First Church of Christ, Scientist at 1 West 96th Street on the corner of Central Park West in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

Dae

Daniel Amos (aka D. A., Dä), a Christian rock band

Daniel Christian

Born in 1983, Christian grew up in the town of Narrandera in the Riverina region of New South Wales and is of indigenous ancestry (Wiradjuri).

Elzéar of Sabran

In his youth, Elzéar was given a thorough training in the Christian faith as well as in the sciences under the supervision of his uncle, William of Sabran, at the Abbey of St. Victor in Marseille, where his uncle ruled as the Abbot.

Emmanuel Espinosa

Emmanuel Espinosa is a Christian musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer, composer and songwriter from Hermosillo, Sonora, México.

Faith Academy Secondary School

Faith Academy is a Christian Secondary School located in Canaanland, Ota which is in the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria.

Fishermen's Mission

Fishermen's Mission - the full title of which is The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen - is a British charitable organisation founded and run on Christian principles.

Foundation for New Era Philanthropy

After successfully completing that match, many major organizations such as the Philadelphia Public Library and the University of Pennsylvania joined, along with churches and other Christian organizations.

George Burman Foster

A friendship with Clarence Darrow shows that despite Foster's progressive views he still valued and respected the views of a traditional Christian community.

Girdle of Thomas

There were a number of supposed original girdle relics across the ancient Christian world, partly conflated with "tertiary" relics of belts that had touched the supposed genuine belt - Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England, bought one of these from a friar to help her pregnancy, and there was an "original" at Westminster Abbey in London.

Herbert Taylor

Herbert Hudson Taylor (1861–1950), British Protestant Christian missionary to China

Honorific

Other honorifics may denote the honored person’s occupation, for instance "Doctor", "Captain", "Coach", "Officer", "Reverend" for all clergy and/or "Father" (for a Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, or Anglican Christian priest), or Professor.

Islamic pottery

The first centre was Malaga, producing wares in traditional Islamic styles, but from the 13th century Muslim potters migrated to the reconquered Christian city of Valencia, outlying suburbs of which such as Manises and Paterna became the most important centres, manufacturing mainly for Christian markets in styles increasingly influenced by European decoration, though retaining a distinct character.

Jean Mohamed Ben Abdejlil

Born into a family of Muslim notables of Fez, Mohamed Ben Abdejlil, who had made the Hajj to Mecca with his father, converted to Catholicism and was baptized in April 7, 1928 in the chapel of Franciscan college of Fontenay-sous-bois, taking the Christian name Jean, with sponsor of French orientalist Louis Massignon.

Kiki Fatmala

She married Christian Froeschel in Zwettl, Austria on 14 August 2004 and already registered in Registry Office, Jakarta.

KiptonART

Kipton Cronkite and Christian Simonds Co-Founded @60" (at60inches.com) in May 2012.

L'Église réformée du Québec

L'Église Réformée du Québec, or "Reformed Church of Quebec", is a small conservative French-speaking Reformed Christian denomination located primarily within the Canadian province of Quebec.

Lou Gramm

In April 1997, two months after providing vocals for Christian rock band Petra's Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus, and on the eve the band was to leave for a Japan tour, Gramm was diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called a craniopharyngioma.

Marvin Olasky

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Olasky edited the 16-book Turning Point Christian Worldview series funded by Howard Ahmanson, Jr.'s Fieldstead Institute.

Michael Christian

Christian has also commentated on weightlifting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Mission of Full Gospel – Christian Open Door

The Mission of Full Gospel – Christian Open Door COD (Mission du Plein Évangile - Porte Ouverte Chrétienne POC) is a French Evangelical church whose main place of worship is located in Mulhouse.

Muhammad Afrizal

He was taken to Royal Hospital in Jakarta, and later transferred to Christian University of Jakarta UKI Hospital, where he died four days after brain surgery to remove a blood clot.

Musalaha

Seeking and Pursuing Peace: the Process, the Pain, and the Product, Edited by Salim J. Munayer (Jerusalem: Yanetz Ltd., 1998)
This book is a series of articles by Messianic Jewish and Palestinian Christian leaders, such as Naim Ateek and Arnold Fruchtenbaum, as well as others, on the topic of peace and peacemaking.

Nationwide Festival of Light

John Biggs-Davison (MP for Chigwell): “It is not so much a permissive society as a licentious, callous and cruel society… The Christian strives to imitate Christ who calls him to heroic purity.”

Norway in 1814

He learned that Prussia and Austria were waning in their support of Sweden's claims to Norway, that Tsar Alexander I of Russia (a distant cousin of Christian Frederik's) favored a Swedish-Norwegian union but not with Bernadotte as the king, and that the United Kingdom was looking for a solution to the problem that would keep Norway out of Russia's influence.

Orentius

Orentius and Patientia (d. 240), Christian martyr and saint, father of St. Lawrence

Paulton, Illinois

Today the interior streets of the community are named McCartney (for the singer), Simon (for both the singer and the senator), Saint (for the early Christian Apostle), Pope (for the many Catholic leaders so named), Revere (for the patriot) and Newman (for the actor).

S. Arasaratnam

Arasaratnam was a practising Christian who attended the Uniting Church in Armidale, New South Wales.

Sectarian violence

Obasanjo sacked governor Joshua Dariye, accusing him of failing to act to end a cycle of violence between the Plateau State's Muslim and Christian communities.

Serafima Meletieva

Some documents of a personal nature, and books are available in the archives of the Abbess' Christian Russia in Seriate, Italy.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wayne E. Oates, late author of best-selling pastoral care text The Christian Pastor, SBTS professor, 1947–74; first to coin the term, "workaholic"; nationally known authority on theology and health care.

Spirit prison

Spirits in prison, one of several Christian concepts about the afterlife

Third Heaven

In the Second Book of Enoch, Third Heaven is described as a location "between corruptibility and incorruptibility" containing the Tree of Life, "whereon the Lord rests, when he goes up into paradise." (chapter 8) Two springs in the Third Heaven, one of milk and the other of honey, along with two others of wine and oil, flow down into the Garden of Eden.

Villatina Massacre

On November 15, 1992, around 9:00 PM, eight children and one adult, all members of a Christian youth group, were standing on a street corner in east Medellín.

ZOEgirl

Released as the lead single for their third album, Different Kind of Free, this was their only No. 1 Christian adult contemporary (AC) single.