Christian

Follower of Jesus

Christian describes things related to Jesus Christ or the religion based on his teachings.

As a noun, a Christian is someone who follows Christianity: She became a Christian in her twenties.

The adjective marks beliefs, practices, and institutions: Christian values, Christian music, a Christian school.

Informally, christian (often lowercase) can mean decent or humane: That's not a very christian way to treat people.

Christian is also a given name.

faith

belief

Trust held as true

grace · redemption · gospel · resurrection · atonement · providence · revelation · incarnation · prophecy · eternal life

sacrament

baptism

Ritual water purification ceremony

anointing · confession · penance · absolution · matrimony · consecration · holy water · font · chalice · host

follower

disciple

Committed follower of teaching

evangelist · missionary · parishioner · churchgoer · pastor · priest · minister · preacher · deacon · elder

worship

prayer

Address to deity

  • churchPlace of Christian worship
  • massQuantity of matter
  • liturgyFormal worship structure

hymn · sermon · vespers · matins · devotion · praise · congregation · sanctuary · chapel · cathedral

doctrine

trinity

Unified set of three

  • messiahProphesied liberator figure
  • divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
  • creedStatement of belief

testament · apostle · scripture · theology · catechism · dogma · heresy · orthodoxy · canon · covenant

ethics

charity

Voluntary aid for others

mercy · love · sacrifice · service · stewardship · temperance · virtue · golden rule · beatitudes · tithing

denomination

orthodox

Conforming to established belief

reformed · charismatic · nondenominational

devotion

piety

Sincere religious devotion

fervor · godliness · pilgrimage · fasting · meditation · rosary · devotional · novena · contemplation · vigil

observance

advent

Notable arrival or emergence

feast day

Categories
Opposites
religious identity

ChristianMuslim

Adherent of Islam

Jewish · Hindu · Buddhist · Sikh · non-Christian

belief vs non-belief

Christianatheist

One denying gods exist

agnostic · nonbeliever · unbeliever · secularist · freethinker

MORAL CHARACTER (informal/figurative usage)

Christianunchristian

Contrary to church teachings

un-Christian · unchristianlike · uncharitable · cruel · savage

Phrases
Family

Christianity, Christians, unchristian, Christine, Christina, Christianization, Christianized, Christianize, Christie

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