canonical
adjective
based on the laws of a Christian church
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according to the Bible, one of the ten rules of behaviour called the Ten Commandments that God gave people to obey
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in the Jewish and Christian religions, the story of how evil came into the world because Adam and Eve did not obey God
the countries in the Middle East where the stories in the Bible are based, and where Christians believe that Jesus Christ lived
the Christian belief that Mary, the mother of Christ, was free from original sin (=the evil that all people are born with)
in the Bible, the last meal Jesus Christ ate with his 12 disciples on the evening before he was crucified. He offered them bread and wine, and the religious ceremony known as Communion or the Eucharist is based on this.
noun
according to the Bible, the food that God gave to the Israelites in the desert after they had escaped from Egypt
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the time when some Christians believe Jesus Christ will return to the world and rule it for 1,000 years
the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated by Christians at Christmas
in the Bible, the large boat that Noah built to save animals from the flood that covered the whole world
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the state of being made free from the power of evil, especially in the Christian religion
adjective
making someone free from the power of evil, especially in the Christian religion
noun
the occasion on which Jesus Christ was brought back to life after his death, according to the Bible
noun
the occasion on which all dead people will be brought back to life at the end of the world, according to Christian belief
in Christianity, the return of jesus christ to Earth
two cities in the Bible that were destroyed by God as punishment for the sexual behaviour of the people who lived there. People sometimes say that a place is like Sodom and Gomorrah as a way of saying that they are very shocked by people’s sexual behaviour in that place.
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the belief of some Christians that the bread and wine used in church ceremonies become the body and blood of Jesus Christ
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the birth of Jesus Christ. In Christian belief, Jesus’s mother Mary was made pregnant by God, not by having sex with a man.
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