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Missionary

One who embarks on a religious mission, often with the intention of encouraging conversion. 

Missionize

To do work related to and in the promotion of a particular theological belief. 

Monasticism

A religious vocation that entails making special vows and living in community.  

Mormonism in Nigeria

There are roughly 100,000 Mormons in Nigeria. The first Nigerian Mormons were converts who had acquired Mormon literature while traveling in the United States. These early converts were drawn by Mormonism’s emphasis on family and community, as well as the revisionist narrative that underscored a return to the early Christian church.

In 1964, this small group contacted the Utah headquarters of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) requesting further material and guidance. Missionaries were sent to Nigeria in the 1960s, but the Nigerian government was perturbed by the LDS...

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Nestorians

Followers of Nestorius who believed that Jesus possessed two natures (human and divine) rather than the view that was affirmed as orthodox that Jesus possessed a single nature that was both fully human and fully divine.

 

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Nestorius

Nestorius was appointed the Bishop of Constantinople in 428 CE and was later declared as a heretic due to assertions that he believed that Jesus possessed two natures (human and divine) rather than the view that was affirmed as orthodox that Jesus possessed a single nature that was both fully human and fully divine.

Nestorius

Nestorius was appointed the Bishop of Constantinople in 428 CE and was later declared as a heretic due to assertions that he believed that Jesus possessed two natures (human and divine) rather than the view that was affirmed as orthodox that Jesus possessed a single nature that was both fully human and fully divine.

New Testament

The Christian portion of the Bible consisting of twenty-seven books. 

Nicene Creed

This is the Anglican version of the Creed. Roman Catholic and different Protestant and Orthodox communities have slightly altered wording. 

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven...

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