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May 24, 2025. Welcome to WikiChristian - the free Christian Encyclopedia, Public Domain Library for all Christian works and a wiki community for all believers. Learn how to edit pages, experiment in the sandbox, and visit our Community Portal to find out how you can contribute to Wikichristian.

The Bible

The word Bible comes from the Greek word for book - "Biblion" and has come to be used to refer to the complete collection of documents acknowledged by Christians to be inspired by God.

King James Version of the Bible

The King James Version (KJV) is an English translation of the Holy Bible, commissioned for the benefit of the Church of England at the behest of King James I of England. First published in 1611, it has had a profound impact on not only most English translations that have followed it, but also on English literature as a whole. The works of famous authors such as John Bunyan, John Milton, Herman Melville, John Dryden and William Wordsworth are replete with inspiration apparently derived from the King James Version. See also the Quick Bible reference section and Other Bible Translations.

Christian Classics Wiki Library

There are more than 31,000 files in the Believerscafe's collection of Christian Classics. Some of great Classic works include The Confessions of St. Augustine, Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards, Autobiography of George Fox, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law and The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence.

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Free Bible Dictionary

We are building an open source Free Bible Dictionary that any one can edit based on the public domain original Easton's Bible Dictionary.

Free Bible Dictionary | Original Easton's Bible Dictionary.

Free Bible Dictionary A - Z > A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

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A Biography of Saint Peter... Peter the Apostle has been looked to throughout church history as a model. The Roman Catholic church has claimed St. Peter as the first Bishop of Rome, thereby lending legitimacy to the modern day papacy. Peter is widely considered to have been among the "inner circle" of Jesus' disciples (ex. Mark 5.12). He is the central figure in much of the first twelve chapters of the Acts of the Apostles.

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Testimonies Read real life stories of users on how God reaches out to people and listens to their cries! Leave your testimony in your user page or make a link in the testimonies contents page.

Daily Devotions

Covering the whole Bible in 365 days!

Christianity Today

As of 2004, Christianity is the world's most widely practiced religion, with 2 billion adherents (followed by Islam with 1.3 billion, Hinduism with 841 million, and the nonreligious with 774 million).

Christianity has many branches, including 1.1 billion Roman Catholics, 367 million Protestants in a number of traditions, 216 million Orthodox, 84 million Anglicans, 414 million Independents (unaffiliated with the major streams of Christianity), and 31.7 million "marginal" groups (Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints (Mormons), etc.), these last being denominations which describe themselves as Christian but are not standardly recognized as such by other denominations.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life ... ([[John 3:16]])'' - '''[[The essence of Christianity|Read more on The essence of Christianity]]'''
-{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. [[Welcome]] to WikiChristian - the free [[Christian]] [[Encyclopedia]], Public Domain Library for all Christian works and a [[wiki]] community for all believers. This is a collective project to build an [[open source]] free Christian [[encyclopedia]] that anyone can edit and contribute to our knowledge and understanding on [[Christianity]], the [[Bible]] and its [[believers]]. Learn [[WikiChristian:how to edit a page|how to edit pages]], experiment in the  [[WikiChristian:Sandbox|sandbox]], and visit our [[WikiChristian:Community Portal|Community Portal]] to find out how '''you''' can contribute to Wikichristian.
+{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. [[Welcome]] to WikiChristian - the free [[Christian]] [[Encyclopedia]], Public Domain Library for all Christian works and a [[wiki]] community for all believers. Learn [[WikiChristian:how to edit a page|how to edit pages]], experiment in the  [[WikiChristian:Sandbox|sandbox]], and visit our [[WikiChristian:Community Portal|Community Portal]] to find out how '''you''' can contribute to Wikichristian.
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+The word ''[[Bible]]'' comes from the Greek word for book - "Biblion" and has come to be used to refer to the complete collection of documents acknowledged by [[Christian|Christians]] to be inspired by [[God]].
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-We are building an [[open source]] [[Free Bible Dictionary]] that any one can edit based on the public domain [http://www.believerscafe.com/ebd2.html original Easton's Bible Dictionary]. Easton's Bible Dictionary contains almost 4,000 Bible words with a complete explanation of its Biblical meaning.
+We are building an [[open source]] [[Free Bible Dictionary]] that any one can edit based on the public domain [http://www.believerscafe.com/ebd2.html original Easton's Bible Dictionary].
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-[[A Biography of Saint Peter]]... Peter the Apostle has been looked to throughout church history as a model. The Roman Catholic church has claimed St. Peter as the first Bishop of Rome, thereby lending legitimacy to the modern day papacy. Peter is widely considered to have been among the "inner circle" of Jesus' disciples (ex. Mark 5.12). He is the central figure in much of the first twelve chapters of the Acts of the Apostles. Two epistles bear his name and some scholars argue that he was the source material that allowed Mark to write his Gospel. Many apocryphal books deal with his preaching and deeds, and church tradition has a well developed story of his martyrdom. But, amidst all of this the question must be raised, who was Peter?
+[[A Biography of Saint Peter]]... Peter the Apostle has been looked to throughout church history as a model. The Roman Catholic church has claimed St. Peter as the first Bishop of Rome, thereby lending legitimacy to the modern day papacy. Peter is widely considered to have been among the "inner circle" of Jesus' disciples (ex. Mark 5.12). He is the central figure in much of the first twelve chapters of the Acts of the Apostles.
 Recent featured articles: [[One solitary life]]; [[Becoming a Christian]] | Nominate an article for [[Template:fa|Featured Article]].
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 </div> Christianity has many branches, including 1.1 billion [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]], 367 million [[Protestant churches|Protestants]] in a number of traditions, 216 million [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]], 84 million [[Anglican church|Anglicans]], 414 million Independents (unaffiliated with the major streams of Christianity), and 31.7 million "marginal" groups ([[Jehovah's Witnesses]], Latter Day Saints ([[Mormonism|Mormon]]s), etc.), these last being denominations which describe themselves as Christian but are not standardly recognized as such by other denominations.
-Although Christianity is the largest religion in the world and there are massive missionary efforts under way, as a whole it is declining in terms of the overall population. While the population of the world grows at roughly 1.25% per year, [[The essence of Christianity|Christianity]] is growing at about 1.12% per year. By contrast, [[Islam]] is growing at 1.76% per year. The slow growth can be attributed to most of the Christian population residing in affluent nations where the birth rate is quite low. By contrast, Islamic nations have a higher birth rate and by effect have a larger growth percentage.
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-Welcome to the Christian Web Directory at WikiChristian, the open source [[wiki]] directory of everything Christian on the internet. This wiki directory aims to serve as a meta directory or directory of directories for all Christian websites.
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