Philippians

bishop

"overseer" (episkopos); a type of leader in the early church, perhaps analogous to a pastor today.

Christ Hymn

the poetic passage in Philippians 2:6-11 that describes Christ as one who was in the form of God but humbled himself to become human and die on a cross.

circumcision

a surgical procedure that removes the foreskin of a penis; in the Jewish tradition, the rite is viewed as a sign of the covenant that God had made with Israel.

deacon

a type of leader in the early church, the exact duties of which are unclear; the word means "one who serves" (diakonos) and sometimes was used of a table waiter.

incarnation

the Christian doctrine that God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ.

Trinity

the Christian doctrine that God is "three in one," existing as only one God but also as three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

two natures of Christ

the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ was simultaneously fully divine and fully human.

Via Egnatia

a road constructed by the Romans in the second century BCE; it crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace, running through territory that is now part of modern-day Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and European Turkey.