• Confessor of the Faith is a title given by some Christian denominations. In Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Christians who professed their faith in...
    5 KB (585 words) - 17:48, 20 December 2023
  • diocese. The emperor banished George, who died in exile in 814. For his dedication to the Orthodox Church, George was named a Confessor of the Faith. Watkins...
    3 KB (245 words) - 15:42, 11 May 2020
  • Thumbnail for Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor (c. 1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he...
    46 KB (6,138 words) - 22:46, 3 April 2024
  • number of Christian traditions, including Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents...
    3 KB (290 words) - 20:22, 19 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Felix of Nola
    but is now listed in the General Roman Calendar as a confessor of the faith, who survived his tortures. Felix was the elder son of Hermias, a Syrian centurion...
    6 KB (667 words) - 04:11, 15 January 2024
  • The Confessor (short for Confessor of the Faith) is a title bestowed by some Christian denominations. Those so honored include: Anthony the Confessor...
    2 KB (245 words) - 23:21, 26 March 2024
  • with the Christian title Confessor of the Faith This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Confessor. If an internal link led...
    527 bytes (87 words) - 17:45, 17 November 2021
  • carries the label "confessor" because he endured torture for his Christian faith, but was not a martyr. The manuscripts of the Coptic text known as the Apocalypse...
    10 KB (1,399 words) - 19:16, 21 April 2024
  • org/the-hub/study-guides/the-life-of-st.-john-of-kronstadt https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2019/03/holy-martyr-and-confessor-johannes-of.html "Repose of...
    48 KB (1,072 words) - 13:18, 21 April 2024
  • while the welfare of the Midlands is decided by a council of representatives led by the Mother Confessor, who is also the leader of the Confessors. The Confessors...
    59 KB (8,593 words) - 09:10, 23 March 2024
  • Look up confessor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Confessor may refer to: Confessor of the Faith, a saint persecuted but not martyred for their beliefs...
    866 bytes (133 words) - 20:09, 27 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Maximus the Confessor
    Maximus the Confessor (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής, romanized: Maximos ho Homologētēs), also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian...
    35 KB (3,969 words) - 17:29, 26 January 2024
  • number of meanings used in different fields. conf.exe, the filename of Microsoft NetMeeting Confessor of the faith, in the Christian Church; when the term...
    397 bytes (85 words) - 08:46, 17 December 2010
  • Thumbnail for Donatus of Arezzo
    bishop of Arezzo, Severinus; it is of questionable historicity. He calls Donatus a martyr, though Donatus is described as a bishop and confessor of the faith...
    8 KB (755 words) - 23:58, 6 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pope Lucius I
    Pope Lucius I (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia without Wikisource reference)
    Cornelius. For his faith in Christ he suffered exile and acted as an outstanding confessor of the faith, with moderation and prudence, in the difficult times...
    7 KB (881 words) - 13:02, 4 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ulfilas
    Ulfilas (redirect from Apostle of the Goths)
    and the Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son: I, Ulfila, bishop and confessor, have always so believed, and in this, the one true faith, I...
    21 KB (2,337 words) - 19:20, 22 April 2024
  • Pope Caius (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    on the Via Appia, the burial of Saint Caius, Pope, who, fleeing from the persecution of Diocletian, died as a confessor of the faith." Saint Caius is portrayed...
    7 KB (729 words) - 16:33, 31 January 2024
  • Smbat the Confessor (Armenian: Սմբատ Խոստովանող, romanized: Smbat Khostovanogh) was an Armenian noble of the Bagratid (Bagratuni) family and one of the most...
    5 KB (637 words) - 20:05, 15 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kingdom of Hanover
    on the rights of the Jews, Smidt — unauthorised and unconsented by the other parties — had changed the text from "The confessors of Jewish faith are...
    31 KB (3,234 words) - 03:06, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for John the Russian
    tormented by the Turks, who called him a gavur (unbeliever). But as time passed, the mockery stopped because of John's steadiness of faith, humility and...
    6 KB (851 words) - 05:39, 24 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category April in the Eastern Orthodox calendar)
    April 20) Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia, Confessor of the Faith (c. 741-775) Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine...
    17 KB (1,492 words) - 10:17, 18 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Francis of Assisi
    of Assisi", Encyclopædia Britannica online "St. Francis of Assisium, Confessor", Butler's Lives of the Saints The Franciscan Archive St. Francis of Assisi...
    77 KB (8,621 words) - 01:28, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh
    The patron saint of the diocese is St Stephen of Sourozh, an eighth-century Archbishop of Sourozh (today Sudak) and Confessor of the Faith during the...
    36 KB (3,870 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2024
  • called as such in the Orthodox Church, since his position was filled in by St. Matthias after his suicide) Confessor of the Faith or Confessor: one who suffered...
    20 KB (1,819 words) - 18:22, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
    The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is a department of the Roman Curia in charge of the religious discipline of the Catholic Church. The...
    50 KB (3,852 words) - 18:48, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for May 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    May 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category May in the Eastern Orthodox calendar)
    Rostislav the Prince of Great Moravia, Confessor of the Faith (870) (see also: October 29) Hieromartyr Anthimus of Rome, and martyrs Sisinius the deacon with Diocletius...
    14 KB (1,083 words) - 19:47, 9 May 2022
  • The Good Shepherd (also known as The Confessor in the United States) is a 2004 drama film directed by Lewin Webb, starring Christian Slater, Molly Parker...
    3 KB (254 words) - 03:29, 25 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Maximilian Kolbe
    Maximilian Kolbe (category Catholic saints and blesseds of the Nazi era)
    by the Holy See as a Servant of God. Kolbe was declared venerable by Pope Paul VI on 30 January 1969, beatified as a Confessor of the Faith by the same...
    42 KB (3,996 words) - 20:18, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nicetas the Patrician
    general from Paphlagonia active at the turn of the 9th century. He is honoured as a saint and a Confessor of the Faith by the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast...
    10 KB (1,201 words) - 17:30, 13 November 2023
  • Alexander Chira (category Bishops of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church)
    bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Church. His immediate predecessor was Bishop Theodore G. Romzha. He is designated as a Confessor of the Faith. Chira...
    2 KB (149 words) - 20:49, 18 April 2024