What's the difference between christendom and christianity?

Christendom


Definition:

  • (n.) The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.
  • (n.) The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation.
  • (n.) That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.
  • (n.) The whole body of Christians.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So when Heseltine says that continuing as we are is not an option, or when he says that the UK lacks a growth and wealth creation strategy, all the ringcraft in Christendom cannot disguise the fact that he is saying the government is on the wrong course.
  • (2) In a loaded speech on the House floor last week, Representative Steve King accused President Obama of racial favoritism and " [eroding] western Judeo-Christendom ", unfavorably comparing his congratulatory call to Jason Collins , the newly out NBA player, with strangely unspecified slights against Tim Tebow, "who will kneel and pray to God on the football field."
  • (3) "The Booker prize has a tendency to drive people a bit mad," he said, not least writers with "hope and lust and greed and expectation" so the best way to stay sane, he said, was by treating it as a lottery until you win "when you realise that the judges are the wisest heads in literary Christendom".
  • (4) But in populous, rural southern Louisiana, a decidedly various body of believers representative of much of American Christendom argues about how to proceed.
  • (5) But the larger theme of this great book is "the withering away of the 'master narratives' of European history", from the narrative of Christendom to the narrative of national greatness to the narrative of dialectical materialism.
  • (6) It’s a last ditch stand to keep the most fundamental of the sex rules of Christendom entrenched in law.
  • (7) This was known as Christendom and was run from a foreign capital by the pope.
  • (8) It was a controversial work, in which Wesker’s Shylock bids for his pound of flesh, not as a revenge act against Christian society, but as a joke with his philosemitic friend Antonio, against antisemitic Christendom.
  • (9) When we took The Steward of Christendom to Liverpool [in 1995], someone said: ‘Thank God you’ve arrived, this is the first new play we’ve seen here in 18 months.’” However, the company had another function.
  • (10) Bannon differs from other trad Catholics in his relish for the prospect of war between Islam and “Christendom”, and his view of “religious affiliation wholly as a function of ethno-national identity” cross the line into something much darker.
  • (11) When the transplant fails to work, 5,000 people pray for him in the largest cathedral in Christendom and a Hindu priest holds a vigil for him on the banks of the Ganges.
  • (12) While the details of our situation will remain appropriately private, I am seeking to be as open and honest in the midst of this decision as I have been in other dramatic moments of my life – coming out in 1986, falling in love, and accepting the challenge of becoming Christendom’s first openly gay priest to be elected a bishop in the historic succession of bishops stretching back to the apostles.” He added: “It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples.” Jim Naughton, an advocate for gay rights and co-founder of Canticle Communications, told the Associated Press the "strength, grace and generosity" shown by Robinson and Andrew would “always be a source of inspiration" for Episcopalians and Anglicans seeking acceptance of gay relationships.
  • (13) One didn’t need especially keen hearing to pick that up as code for 80 million Muslims entering Christendom.
  • (14) If in the past the demarcation line between the east and west was Christianity and Islam (therefore the long Drang nach Osten or yearning for the east in the medieval times from our western neighbours to "civilise"us by forcing Christendom), later it was between the Roman-Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodoxy, which in this region meant the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth versus Russia.

Christianity


Definition:

  • (n.) The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.
  • (n.) Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion
  • (n.) The body of Christian believers.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In Tirana, Francis lauded the mutual respect and trust between Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Albania as a "precious gift" and a powerful symbol in today's world.
  • (2) Federal judges who blocked the bans cited harsh rhetoric employed by Trump on the campaign trail , specifically a pledge to ban all Muslims from entering the US and support for giving priority to Christian refugees, as being reflective of the intent behind his travel ban.
  • (3) Photograph: Jared Malsin for The Guardian They are among at least seven Egyptians – six Christians and one Muslim – who are believed to be held hostage in Libya, though that is regarded as a conservative estimate.
  • (4) In previous years, Ukip members have sought a more traditional Christian basis for RE.
  • (5) There are Christians coming from Syria, it doesn’t matter who it is, we would help anybody.
  • (6) The report was published on the same day that the charity Christians Against Poverty said it expects its free debt counselling service to experience its busiest day on record.
  • (7) The retreat of government forces had left tens of thousands exposed to the savagery of Isis, especially those from the country's minorities, including Christians and members of the Yazidi sect.
  • (8) The strikes “without a doubt put communitarian peace in danger,” Hendrik Bogaert, a Flemish Christian Democrat MP, told Le Soir.
  • (9) It is home to most of the country's five million Muslims, but Christians remain the overall majority.
  • (10) The main Absolute Radio station, which features presenters including breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell, Frank Skinner and Dave Gorman, had an average weekly reach of 1.375 million listeners in the final quarter of last year, down 16.9% on the previous quarter and 7.9% year on year.
  • (11) "It was a great debut for Christian," said the Spurs manager.
  • (12) Three hundred and forty-eight cranial remains from Bronze and Iron Age British, Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon, Eastern Coast Australian aborigines, Medieval Christian Norse, Medieval Scarborough, 17--20th century British and German cultures, were examined for the presence of osteoarthritis in the temporomandibular joints.
  • (13) There has been no shortage of accusations of widespread war crimes and crimes against humanity against Christian and other minorities in eastern Myanmar and a slow but systematic genocide against the Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar.
  • (14) Throughout his career he has continued to champion Crane, seeing him as the direct heir to Walt Whitman – Whitman being "not just the most American of poets but American poetry proper, our apotropaic champion against European culture" – and slayer of neo-Christian adversaries such as "the clerical TS Eliot" and the old New Critics, who were and are anathema to Bloom, unresting defender of the Romantic tradition.
  • (15) Cheers erupted at a camp for 100,000 displaced Christian civilians at the French-controlled airport .
  • (16) Asked why Muslims had been singled out, rather than followers of other faiths, Batten said: "Christians aren't blowing people up at the moment, are they?
  • (17) With Christian Eriksen peripheral on the left and Aaron Lennon well policed, the responsibility to unlock Everton came to rest on Dembélé.
  • (18) It seems that Pfeiffer-Weber-Christian disease and nodular panniculitis with liquefaction are varying expressions of the same disease entity.
  • (19) Christian Benteke has been revitalised under Sherwood and he followed up his hat-trick in last Tuesday’s 3-3 draw with Queens Park Rangers by scoring the winner here.
  • (20) Boko Haram spies spread the rumour that she refused to covert from Christianity to Islam.

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