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Traditional Theological Language

Terms on the Church

apostle
baptizô
bishop
church and Israel
church and the kingdom
deacon
deaconess
elder
ekklâsia
Eucharist
evangelism
ex opere operato
excommunication
fellowship
footwashing
laying on of hands
liturgy
local church
mass
nature and purpose of church
ordination
ordinance
pastor
presbyter
sacrament
universal church
vicar
worship
 
kinds of baptism
believers’ baptism
immersion
infant baptism
paedobaptism
sprinkling
 
Lord’s Supper and Christ’s presence
real absence (Zwingli)
spiritual presence (Calvin)
consubstantiation (Luther)
transubstantiation (Catholic)
 
polities
congregational
Presbyterian
Episcopalian