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Theological Studies Spelling, Almighty, the Abbreviations, and Preferred Alpha and Omega (Christ) Usage Guide Ambrosian Rite, Missal, chant Revised August 9, 2017 Amendment, First, etc. (For words not covered here, consult CMOS chap. 8. Note that TS favors anamnesis American usage, not British.) anaphora ancient Near East A angel Gabriel, the Angelus a fortiori Anglican Church a posteriori Anglican orders a priori Annunciation, the (feast of) a.m., p.m. annunciation, the (to Mary) Abba (for Jesus’s reference to the Anointed One (Christ) Father) anointing, sacrament of abba, amma ante-Nicene abbey, abbot, abbess anti-Semitism, anti-Semitic AD 68, avoid: use 68 CE or 68 BCE Antichrist ad hoc Antiochene Rite ad hominem antiphon ad limina Antiphonary, the Adoptionism, Adoptionists Apocalypse, the Advent season Apocrypha, apocryphal Advocate, the (Holy Spirit) apologetic African-American (noun & adj.) Apologists (Justin Martyr, etc.) agape apostasy Age of Reason, Enlightenment, etc. apostle Paul, the aggiornamento Apostle to the Gentiles Agnus Dei apostles agony in the garden, the Apostles’ Creed Alexandrine Rite apostolic All Saints Day apostolic blessing All Souls Day apostolic church Alleluia (before the Gospel) apostolic constitution almighty God apostolic exhortation (by a pope) beatific vision Apostolic Fathers Beatitudes, the Apostolic See Being (God) appendixes Beloved Apostle, the archabbot Beloved Disciple, the archangel Michael, the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament archdiocese Benedictus Archdiocese of Seattle berakah (pl.: berakoth) archimandrite Bible, biblical Aristotelian Biblical Commission, Pontifical ark (Noah’s) Bishop of Rome (the pope) ark of the covenant bishop(s), Armenian Rite the bishop of Omaha said ascension of Christ, the Jim Smith, the Bishop of Omaha, Ascension, the (feast of) said Asperges Blessed Mother Assumption, the Feast of Blessed Sacrament assumption of Mary, the Blessed Trinity atonement, the Blessed Virgin Athanasian Creed blessing of palms, the Athanasian Body and Blood of Christ (the Eucharist) auxiliary bishop (see bishop) Body of Christ (the church) Ave Maria book of Genesis, etc. Book of Hours B Book of Mormon bread of life Babylonian captivity breviary, a bachelor’s degree (BA; do not use AB) Breviary, the baptism of Jesus, the brief, papal baptism, sacrament of brother, lay brother (religious) Baptist Church, the Buddhism, Buddhist Baptist, the; the Precursor bull, papal baptistery (also baptistry) Bultmannian 68 BC (but AD 68), 68 BCE (full caps) Byzantine (or: Greek) Rite C chapter (abbr.: chap., chaps.) chapter house Canaan, Canaanite charism (not charisma) canon (of the Code or of a council) charismatic renewal Canon (of the Mass) cherubim canon (the Jewish canon) Chi-Rho canon law chosen people, the canon of Scripture, the Chrism Mass canonical hours Christ Child canticle Christ event Canticle of Zechariah, the Christ the King Captivity Epistles, the Christendom captivity of the Jews, the Christian (but unchristian) captivity, the Christian era cardinal (see bishop) christianize cardinal-bishop Christlike catalogue Christmas Day catechism (generic) Christmas Eve Catholic catechism, Anglican catechism Christmas season Catechism of the Catholic Church (not christocentric CCC), can be Catechism for christological short after first usage Christology cathedral Chronicler, the Catholic Church, the 2 Chronicles; Second Chronicles; the Catholic Epistles second book of the Chronicles Catholic social teaching church and state Catholic Worker Movement Church Fathers Catholicism church of Antioch, the (local) catholicism, early church year, the Cenacle, the church, a (local) censor deputatus church, the (universal) censor librorum Church (when modified, as in the cf. (avoid, use see) Roman Catholic Church) Chair of Peter coadjutor bishop (see bishop) Chaldean Rite coauthor Code of Canon Law Coptic Rite code of the covenant, the council Code, the (1917; 1983) Council Fathers Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, etc. Council of Jerusalem coequal Council of Nicea collect council, the (Vatican II) college of bishops Counter-Reformation College of Cardinals covenant Comforter, the (Holy Spirit) covenant theology commandments, the (but: the Ten coworker Commandments, the first creation, the (of the world, etc.) commandment) Creation, the (as an event) Common of the Blessed Virgin Creator the (another name for God) Common of the Saints creator, God as communal penance service Creed, the (Nicene) communion (received communion) creedal, intercreedal (AVOID credal) Communion, avoid: use Eucharist cross (wooden object) communion antiphon cross-bearer communion of saints cross, the (the event) Compline Cross, the (when = Redemption; this Conception, the Immaculate usage is rare) conciliar crucifix concordat crucifixion, the Confession of Augsburg Crusades, Crusaders confirmation, sacrament of Curia, the = Roman/Vatican Curia Confiteor curial congregation (religious) consecration (of the Mass) D consistory Constitution, the (US) Dark Ages constitutions, papal data (plural) Constitutions of the Society of Jesus Day of Atonement contrition, act of Day of Judgment cooperation Day of the Lord coordinate Daytime Prayer de (as prefix, no hyphen before disciple consonant: decontrol; BUT de- disciples, the emphasize) dismissal (at Mass) de facto Divine Liturgy, the (Eastern churches) de iure Divine Office De Profundis, the Divine Persons (the Trinity); second Dead Sea Scrolls, the scrolls, the Person of the Trinity Qumran scrolls Divine Praises, the Decalogue, the divine presence defense (n.) = American usage (AVOID defence (n.) = British) Divine Providence (God); but divine providence as an act or gift of Deism God deity, a divinity (but the Divinity, as a name for Deity, the God) Deluge, the (the Flood) Divinity (personified) Demiurge, the divinity, the (of Christ) demotic Docetism, Docetic, Docetist demythologize, demythologization Doctor of the Church Desert Fathers or mothers doctorate Deutero-Isaiah (Second Isaiah) dominations deuterocanonical Donatism deuteronomic Dormition, the (feast of); see Deuteronomic Code, the Assumption deuteropauline dormition, the (of Mary) devil, the doxology (greater, lesser) diakonia Diaspora (the event or the dispersed E Jewish community) Diatessaron e.g. always followed by a comma, 6.43; Didache avoid abbreviating such expressions Dies Irae early catholicism diocesan see early Christian diocese early church Diocese of Duluth East Syrian Rite Dionysian (as an adjecti) East-West dialogue Dionysus (Dionysian), the Greek god east, eastern (direction) Epistles of the New Testament: Pauline East, Eastern (regional or cultural) Epistles; Pastoral Epistles, etc.; Epistle to the Hebrews; Letter to Easter Day Philemon; Epistles of Paul (see Easter season Gospels) Easter Vigil eschatology, eschatological Eastern church Essene(s) Eastern Rite Ethiopian Rite Eastern-rite (adj.) Eucharist, sacrament of the ecumenical eucharistic ecumenical council Eucharistic Prayer I, II, etc. (but: the eucharistic prayer) ecumenical movement evangelical counsels ecumenist editio typica Evangelical Lutheran Church Evangelical, an (person who is) elect, the evangelist (writer of a gospel) Elohim evangelist, an (a preacher of the Elohist Gospel) Ember Days Evangelist, the (one of the four), the Emmanuel (in Matthew) Evangelist Mark Emperor Nero (but: the emperor Nero) Evening Prayer empire, the ex cathedra Encratites ex opere operantis encyclical ex opere operato end time, the excursus, excursuses end-time (adj.) exile, the (Babylonian) Enlightenment, the Exodus, the entrance antiphon, song Exsultet Enuma Elish extra-Christian Ephphetha extrabiblical epiclesis eyewitness Epiphany, the feast of episcopal F Episcopal Church episcopal conference faith, the (Catholic) epistle(s), the fall (season) Fall, the (the biblical event) formulas (plural) fascicle Forty Hours Devotion Father Smith (abbr.: Fr.) Fourth Evangelist, the (John) Father, the (God) Fourth Gospel, the (John) Fathers of the Church, Church Fathers Franciscan Order Fathers of the Council; see also Council free will Fathers fundamentalism feast day funeral Mass feast of Booths (Sukkot or Sukkoth) feast of Epiphany G feast of Pentecost (Weeks) feast of Purim (Lots) Galilean feast of Tabernacles (Booths or Garden of Eden Ingathering) Garden of Gethsemane (but: the Abbey feast of the Ascension of Gethsemani) feast of the Immaculate Conception Gelasian Sacramentary feast of the Nativity general absolution feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover) general chapter feria, ferial general intercessions (of Mass) Fertile Crescent Gentile (n. and adj.) festschrift (no italics) Gloria (of Mass) filioque Glorious Mysteries (of the rosary) final judgment Glory to God (of Mass) First Communion gnosis, gnostic (adj.), gnostic(s), first edition gnosticism First Friday gnosticizing First Letter of John, the God-man First Person (of the Trinity) Godhead firstborn Good News, the firstfruits Good Samaritan, the Flood, the Good Shepherd, the Florilegium, Florilegia Good Thief, the footwashing, the Gospel (Good News) form criticism, form critic, form-critical gospel, a, or Gospels, the (Scripture (when used adjectivally) texts), but the Gospel of John (title) and the Gospel (Good heaven News); see the SBL Handbook of Hebraic Style blog for further clarification hell Gospel harmony Hellenic, Hellenize, Hellenization gospel music Hellenism, Hellenistic, Hellenist Gospel of Matthew, etc. (title) Hellenistic-Jewish (adj.) Gospel, the Fourth (John) Hemisphere, Western government,
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