Term |
Term description |
|---|---|
| Absolution |
The remission of sins and the freeing of guilt. The pastor standing in the stead of Christ forgives sins. |
| Adiaphora |
Neither forbidden nor commanded in the Scriptures. |
| Adoption |
Our entrance into God's family, best seen in Romans 8:15. |
| Advent |
Season of the church year which begins the church calendar, means "coming." |
| Amillennialism |
The end times view that there is no literal thousand year reign of Christ, but that the thousand year reign of Christ begins at Christ's crucifixion until the day He returns in glory. |
| Anabaptist |
Following the Reformation of the 16th century, the group that rejected infant baptism. |
| Anathema |
Greek word meaning accursed. |
| Antilegomena |
Things contradicted or disputed. The books of the Bible that were not immediately accepted as Holy Scripture, e.g. Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, Jude. |
| Antinomian |
Literally, "no law." The heretical doctrine that Christians are exempt from the obligations of moral law. |
| Apocryphal |
Lit, those having been hidden away. Usually applied to the books that were considered by the Church as useful, but not divinely inspired. |