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929 matches to Christian Era
Deacon. Christian cleric. Lowest rank of Episcopal Holy Orders. Protestant lay official.
Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.
Diocletian. 245-316. Roman Emperor of the East 284, West 285. Abdicated 305. Regained Britain, Persia. Persecuted Christians. Condemned alchemy 297.
Disciples of Christ. c1810-. US Protestant organization urging ancient order of Christianity.
Disputations. 4-18C Compulsory public debates, Jew vs Christian.
Donatism. 301-5C. Christian sect believing sacraments given by priests who had sinned are invalid.
Doppler, Christian. 1803-53. Austrian physicist. Effect of relative motion on frequency, 1851.
Dowie, John. 1847-1907. Scot. founder of Christian Catholic Church and Zion City, IL, USA.
Dualism, Christian. Christ’s nature is human and divine. Nestor. Monophysitism. Monothelitism.
Dukhobors. 1755-. Russian Christian pacifist, anarchist sect. Leaders claimed to be Christ reincarnated. Tolstoy sponsored emigration to Canada, 1898.
Eastern Orthodoxy. Branch of Christianity. East-West Schism.
Ecumenicalism. 1846-. Movement to unite all Christian churches.
Eddy, Mary Baker. 1821-1910. US founder of Christian Science Religion. Wrote Science and Health 1875.
Ethelbert. 552-616. King of Kent 560-. First Christian Anglo-Saxon king. first extant A-S law code.
Flagellants. 13C-. Christian sects who practise self-whipping as means of salvation.
Galerius. -311. Roman Emperor of the East, 305-. Persecuted Christians. Edict of Tolerance, 311.
Gellert, Christian. 1715-69. German Enlightenment poet, writer. Fables + Tales 1746-48.
Georgia. 6C BC Achaemenid. 4C BC Alexander. 65BC Rome. 330 Christian. 4-5C Sassanids, Byzantine dispute. 6C Sass. 7C Moslem. 8C 2 Kingdoms. c1000 United. 1220 Mongol(E). 14C United. 15C Turk/Persian. 1801 Russia. 1918 Independent. 1921 Soviet Republic. 1991 Independent. CIS.
Gnosticism. 1-6C. Heretical Christian sect incorporating mysticism, dualism, Docetism.
God. Christian, Judaic, Islamic supreme being. Infinite, omniscient, benevolent creator.
Haakon I. c914-61. Norwegian king c935-. Introduced Christianity to Norway.
Harald Blue Tooth. c910-985. First Christian Danish king c940-. Unified Denmark, conquered Norway.
Holy Alliance. 1815. Russia, Prussia, Austria ally to preserve Christian principles, peace and monarchies. All European rulers but 3 joined.
Hungary. Celts, Ilyrians. Pannonia. 14BC Rome. Germans, Asians. c600 Avars. c800 Franks. 892-1301 Arpad-Magyars. 1001 Christian monarch. 1241 Mongols invade. 1526 Turks invade. 1664 Ottoman 1699 Hapsburg. 1848-9 Republic. 1866 Dual Monarchy. 1918 Republic. 1949 People’s Republic. 1990 Democratic.
Iconoclasts. 726-843. Byzantines opposed use of images in Christian worship vs Iconophiles. Persecuted. Nicaea.