[did’-uh-kay]
(Greek, “teaching”)
also, The Teaching of the Lord Through the Twelve Apostles
Possibly the first Christian catechism, the Didache is an early Christian document dated in the late first century or early second century which informed the early Christian community concerning moral instruction and liturgical practice.
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The theory of translation that seeks to represent the original text by translating in a thought-for-thought paradigm, rather than a word-for-word paradigm (see Formal Equivalence). Dynamic Equivalence translations would include, among others, the NIV, NLT, NJB, and GNB.
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[dih-taw’-gruh-fee]
(Greek dittos, “double” + Greek graphos, “written”)
A term used by textual critics which describes the unintentional duplication of material in the transcribing process of the Scriptures. Often a scribe would accidentally write a word or sentence twice. This could happen for many reasons (fatigue, misplacement of marker, or negligence in copying). A dittograph is relatively […]

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[doo’-tuh-roe’-kuh-naw‘-nik-ul]
(Greek deuteros, “second” + Greek kanon, “rule” or “canon” = “second canon”)
Often referred to as the Apocrypha and the “Greek Old Testament canon,” this describes the collection of books that were present in the Greek translation of the Old Testament (LXX), but absent from the Hebrew Bible. Roman Catholics accept many of the Deuterocanonical books […]

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(Latin, “year of our Lord”)
The Latin phrase Anno Domini designates the usage of a calendar system which counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Christ (i.e. “year of our Lord”). This calendar system is the most common and accepted method of dating in the world today, even being used by the United […]

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(Latin, “by God’s grace”)
A phrase used in recognition that all of life, sustenance, power, and hope are found in God’s unmerited bestowal of favor upon the undeserving. This phrase in used on the official coins of Britain and Canada with the abbreviation D.G.

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(Latin, “arise Lord”)
This refers to the papal bull written by Pope Leo X on June 15, 1520. The bull intended to bring an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther and his rebellion to a halt by the threat of excommunication from the Church. In it, the demand was made that Luther retract 41 errors within 60 […]

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Gk. dia, “through” + tessaron “four”
An early compilation of the four New Testament Gospels into a single narrative by Tatian, a Christian apologist, created about A.D. 150. In this harmony, Tatian attempted to resolve all apparent conflicts as well as remove repeated narrative material. It contained most of the Gospels’ material except for, according to […]

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[dye-cawt’-uh-mee]
(Greek dicha, “two parts,” and Greek temnein, “to cut”)
The philosophical teaching about the constitution of man that humans are made up of two essential parts: material and immaterial. Material: all that is physical (body). Non-material: all that is non-material (spirit/soul/heart/mind). Adherents include Augustine, John Calvin, Hodge, along with most of historic orthodox Christianity. This belief […]

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The condition when some of a person’s beliefs are in contradiction to other beliefs they hold or to the way they live. Often people’s habitual patterns do not harmonize with their intellectual convictions. In Christianity, it is often the case that people attempt to live according to a Christian worldview due only to traditional bents […]

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