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Greek word diakonos (διάκονος) meaning "minister". First used by Diocletian in the administrative re-organization of the Roman Empire. The title was bestowed upon leaders of the the various saviour cults unified under the common newly formed religion of Christianity by Emperor Constantine in 325. There is no credible evidence whatsoever that the word was used prior to this date. |
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Sects such as the Boethusians, Paulinists and Tertullians continued to use the title of Bishop instead of Deacon and the role of deacons eventually became subservient to the role of Bishops. |
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Deus volt! |
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(Latin "God wills it"). The battle cry of the Crusaders.
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diocese |
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(Latin dioecesis, from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). A geographical region headed by a bishop (deacon), which usually includes several congregations. In Orthodoxy, a diocese is called an eparchy.
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It was Roman Emperor Diocletian (284-305) that first introduced the concept of a diocese when he ordered the Roman Empire divided into semi-autonomous administrative regions. Emperor Constantine (309-337) adopted the divisional model of Diocletian when he ordered the creation of the unified structure we know today as Christianity. |
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docetism |
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(Greek "to seem"). The belief that Christ only appeared to have a human body. Associated with Gnosticism and based on the dualistic belief that matter is evil and only spirit is good.
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Domine quo vadis? |
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(Latin, "Lord, where are you going?"). A phrase attached to a mythical fable associated with the claim that Nazarene and Jewish rebel leader Simon bar Jona (St. Peter) did not die at the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE, but in Rome. Instead, the fable claims he asked this question of Jesus who appeared to him on his journey along the Appian Way. The small church of Santa Maria delle Piante on the Appian Way, commonly called Domine Quo Vadis, commemorates this fable.
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Donatists |
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Fourth century North African Christian faction, named for Bishop Donatus. The Donatists believed the church should be pure, and therefore church leaders who had handed over scripture during persecution (traditores) should not retain their positions. They were opposed most notably by Augustine, the prominent North African bishop. Augustine's influential doctrine of the church developed primarily in response to the Donatist controversy.
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doxology |
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(Greek doxa, "glory"). A short hymn glorifying God.
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Dynamic Monarchianism |
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Form of Monarchianism in which Jesus was a man who was adopted as the Son of God, or given the "power" (Gk. dynamos) of God, at his baptism or after his resurrection. Essentially synonymous with Adoptionism.
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