Capitalization of Common Religious Terms. The following terms should be capitalized as displayed below. This list is taken from The Christian Writer's Manual of Style, Updated and Expanded Edition. General Editor Robert Hudson. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004, pp. 121–32.
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a Gentile a high priest a holy God a patriarch a psalm Aaronic priesthood Aaronide Abba abomination of desolation Abrahamic covenant Abraham's bosom Abraham's side Achaemenid Adonai Advent season Agabah agape age of grace agnosticism Ahiram Inscription almighty God Alpha and Omega amillenarian amillennial amillennialism amillennialist an Eastern Orthodox church ancient Near East ancient Near Eastern Ancient of Days angel angel (cap if theophany) angel of the Lord (cap if theophany) Anglican annunciation, the (the event) Annunciation, the (the holiday) anointed Savior anointing of the sick ante-Christian ante-Nicene fathers antediluvian anti-Catholic antichrist (the general spirit) Antichrist (the person) anti-Christian anti-God anti-Semitism anti-Trinitarian antichrist antichurch antilegomena apocalyptic apocryphal apostle Paul apostle Peter Apostle to the Gentiles Apostles' Creed apostolic apostolic fathers (the men) Apostolic Fathers, the (the group of writings) apostolic age apostolic benediction apostolic council apostolic faith Arabah Aramaean archangel archbishop of Canterbury (but Archbishop Smith) ark of the covenant ark of the testimony Arminian Arminianism Ascension Day Athanasian Creed atheism atheist Augsburg Confession
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baalism baby Jesus Babylonian captivity Babylonian Empire battle of Armageddon beatific vision beatification beatitude bedouin (sing. and pl) Beelzebub Beelzebul Begaa Being Bible school biblical bidding prayer bishop of Rome (but Bishop Jones) blessed name Blessed Virgin blood of Christ book of Genesis book of Exodus book of Leviticus book of Numbers book of Deuteronomy book of Joshua book of Judges book of Ruth book of 1 Samuel book of 2 Samuel book of 1 Kings book of 2 Kings book of 1 Chronicles book of 2 Chronicles book of Ezra book of Nehemiah book of Esther book of Job book of Psalms book of Proverbs book of Ecclesiastes book of Song of Songs book of Isaiah book of Jeremiah book of Lamentations book of Ezekiel book of Daniel book of Hosea book of Joel book of Amos book of Obadiah book of Jonah book of Micah book of Nahum book of Habakkuk book of Zephaniah book of Haggai book of Zechariah book of Malachi book of Matthew book of Mark book of Luke book of John book of Acts book of Romans book of 1 Corinthians book of 2 Corinthians book of Galatians book of Ephesians book of Philippians book of Colossians book of 1 Thessalonians book of 2 Thessalonians book of 1 Timothy book of 2 Timothy book of Titus book of Philemon book of Hebrews book of James book of 1 Peter book of 2 Peter book of 1 John book of 2 John book of 3 John book of Jude book of Revelation Book of Life book of the covenant book of the law Book of Truth brazen altar Bread of Life brotherhood of man bulla bullae burnt offering A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
Calvinist Calvinistic Calvinistism canon law canonical Canonical hours canonization catechumen catholic Catholic church, a (the building) Catholic Church, the (the Roman Catholic Church) Catholic Epistles (James, et al.) Catholicism Celestial City cereal offering charismatic charismatic church charismatic movement cherub cherubim chief priest Chief Shepherd child Jesus children of Israel chosen people Christ Christ child Christen christening Christian Christian Era Christian socialism christianize christianizeization Christianlike Christlike Christlikeness Christmas Day Christmas Eve Christmastide christocentrism christological Christology christophany church, the (body of Christ) church (building) church (service) church age church and state church father church fathers church in America church invisible church militant Church of England Church of Rome church triumphant church universal church visible City of David co-regency Code of Hammurabi College of Cardinals commandment Communion (sacrament) compline confirmation Council of Trent Counter-Reformation Covenant covenant of grace covenant of works creator God crown Crucified One, the (as name; lc as descriptor) cupbearer
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Davidic covenant Davidic law day hours Day of Atonement day of grace day of judgment day of Pentecost day of the Lord Dead Sea Scrolls Decalogue Defender (God) deism deist deity of Christ demiurge demon demonic deuterocanonical Deuteronomic diglot disciples dispensation dispensation of the law dispensationalism dispensationalist divine Divine Doctor Divine Father divine guidance Divine King Divine Liturgy divine office Divine Providence (God) divine providence (God's providence) doctor of the church doctors of the church Door, the (Christ) doxology
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early church fathers Early Church Fathers (title of work) Easter Sunday Eastern church Eastern Orthodox Eastern religions Eastern Rites ecumenical Ecumenism Eden El El Shaddai Elohim Elohist source Emmaus road emperor, but Emperor Nero end-time Enemy, the (Satan) enemy, the (satanic forces) Epiphany epistle Epistle to the eschatological eschatology eternal life eternity Eucharist eucharistic Evangel evangelical evangelicalism evangelicals evangelist evensong extrabiblical extreme unction
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fall of humanity fall of Jerusalem false christs False Prophet (of Revelation) false prophet(s) Farewell Discourses Father of Lies fatherhood of God Feast (meaning Passover) Feast of Booths Feast of Esther Feast of Firstfruits Feast of Tabernacles Feast of the Dedication Feast of the Lights Feast of the Passover Feast of the Unleavened Bread Fertile Crescent fertility god fertility goddess first advent First Estate first person of the Trinity First Vatican Council firstborn Son of God Firstfruits footwashing free will Friend (Quaker) fundamentalism fundamentalist fundamentalists fundamentals of the faith
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garden of Gethsemane gehenna Gemara General Epistles General Letters Gentile Gentile laws Gloria Patri gnostic Gnosticism god (pagan) God (Yahweh) God Almighty God is spirit God is the one who God Most High God-given God-man Godhead (essential being of God) godhead (godhood or godship) godless godlike godliness godly godsend Godspeed godward God's elect God's house God's Son God's Spirit God's word (his statement or promise) God's Word (the Bible) Good Friday Good Shepherd (Jesus) good shepherd, the parable of the gospel Gospel of Matthew gospel truth grain offering Great Schism Ground of Being guilt offering
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hades (hell) Haggadah hagiographa hagiographer hagiographic Hail Mary halakah Hallel hallelujah Hanukkah Hasidic Hasidim head of the church heaven heavenly Father Hebraism Heidelberg Catechism Heilsgeschichte hell Hellenism Hellenistic hellenize Heptateuch Herodian Herod's temple Hexapla high church Hittite Law Code holiness Holy Bible Holy Book Holy City Holy Communion holy day of obligation Holy Eucharist holy family Holy Father Holy Ghost Holy God Holy Grail Holy Island Holy Joe Holy Land Holy League Holy of Holies holy oil holy order holy orders Holy Place Holy Roller Holy Roman Empire Holy Saturday Holy Scriptures Holy See Holy Spirit Holy Thursday Holy Trinity holy war holy water Holy Week Holy Writ Holy Year homologoumena house of David house of the Lord
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Immanuel incarnation of Christ Indo-European Inner veil intertestamental Isaian or Isaianic
Jehovah Jehovah's Witness jeremiad Jeremian or Jeremianic Jewish Feast Jewish New Year Johannine John the Baptist John the Beloved John the Evangelist Jordan River Jubilee Judaic Judaica Judaism Judaist Judaistic Judaize Judaizer Judean Judeo-Christian judgment day judgment seat of Christ
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kerygma King David King James Version King Jesus King of Glory King of Kings kingdom age kingdom of God kingdom of heaven kingdom of Israel kingdom of Satan kingship of Christ kinsman-redeemer koinonia Koran Koranic
Lamb of God Lamb's Book of Life land of Canaan Land of Promise last rites Latin Rite lauds laver law (as opposed to grace) Law, the (Pentateuch) law of Moses Lawgiver Lent Lenten Levite Levitical Levitical decrees Liberal liberalism Light (Truth or Christ) Light of the World Lindisfarne living God loanword Lord of Hosts Lord of Lords lordship of Christ Lost Tribes lost tribes of Israel low church Lucifer Lukan
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Maccabees magi major prophets Majority Text mammon Man of Sin Man of Sorrows Marcan Markan Masorete Masoretic text matins matrimony Matthean medieval menorah mercy seat messiahship messianic Middle Ages Midtribulation midtribulational millenarian millenarianism millenarianist millennial kingdom minor prophets (people) Minor Prophets, the (div. of OT) Mishnah Mishnaic modernism Modernist Modernists moon-god Mosaic Mosaic law Mount of Olives Mount of Transfiguration Mount Olivet Mount Olivet Discourse Mount Sinai Muhammad Muslim
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Near East Neo-Babylonian Empire neo-Pentecostalism Neoorthodox neoorthodoxy neoplatonic new birth New City new covenant new heaven and new earth New Jerusalem New Testament church Nicene Creed Nicene fathers night office Ninety-five Theses Noah's ark non-Christian non-Pauline noncanonical Nonconformism Nonconformist none (canonical hour) northern kingdom Nunc Dimittis
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old covenant Olivet Discourse omnipotence of God only begotten of the Father only begotten Son of God orders (sacrament) original Sin orthodox orthodoxy our Lady outer court
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Palestinian covenant Palm Sunday papacy parable of the prodigal son Paradise (garden of Eden) paradise (heaven) parousia partial rapture Paschal Lamb passion Passion Sunday Passion Week Passover Passover Feast Passover Lamb Pastoral Epistles Pastoral Letters Paul the apostle Pauline Epistles Paul's epistles Paul's letters peace offering penance Pentateuch Pentateuchal Pentecost Pentecostal Pentecostalism person of Christ Pesach Petrine Pharaoh (when used as name without article) pharaoh, the (general) pharisaic (attitude) Pharisaic (in reference to Pharisees) Pilgrim Fathers pillar of cloud pillar of fire Pope John Paul II post-Christian post-Nicene fathers postbiblical postexilic postmillennial postmillennialism postmillennialist postmodern pre-Christian predestination premillenarian premillennial premillennialism premillennialist pretribulation pretribulational priesthood of believers priesthood of Christ prime (canonical hour) Prime Mover Prince of Darkness Prince of Peace Prison Epistles Prison Letters Promised Land the Prophets, the (books of OT) prophets, the (people) Protestant Protestantism Providence (God) providence of God providential Psalm 119 psalmic pseudepigrapha pseudepigraphal purgatory Purim
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Qur'an Qur'anic
rabbinic rabbinical real presence Reformation Reformed church Reformed Theology Reformers Renaissance resurrection of Christ rite rites Roman Catholic Church Roman Rite Rosh Hashanah
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Sabbath rest (for the people of God) Sabbath rest sabbatical sacrament sacrament of baptism sacramentalism sacramentalist Sacramentarian Sacramentarianism sacraments Sacred Host sacred rite sacred rites Sadducee Sanhedrin Satan satanic satanism Savior scribe scriptural Scripture(s) (Bible; n. and adj.) scripture(s) (other religions) Sea of Galilee second coming of Christ Second Estate second person of the Trinity Second Vatican Council seder Semite Semitic Semitism Septuagesima Septuagint Seraph seraphim Sermon on the Mount seventh heaven Seventh-day Adventist Seventieth Week sext Shabuoth shalom shalom aleichem shekinah sheol (italicized only when referred to as a Hebrew word) shofar Shulammite sin offering Sinai Desert Sinai peninsula Solomon's temple son of David Son of God Son of Man Song of Mary sonship of Christ southern kingdom Sovereign Lord star of Bethlehem stations of the cross Sukkoth Sun of Righteousness sun-god Sunday school Sunday school teacher Sustainer synagogue Synoptic Gospels
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Talmud talmudic Tanak Targum targumic Te Deum Ten Commandments tent Tent of Meeting Tent of the Testimony terce tetragrammaton Textus Receptus the Abyss the advent the Advocate the age to come the Almighty the angel Gabriel the Annunciation the Anointed the Anointed One the Apocalypse the Apocrypha the apostles the Apostolic Fathers the ark the ascension the atonement the babe in the manger the baptism of Christ the Baptist the Beast the Beatitudes the Beloved Apostle the betrayal the Bible the Bible Belt the body of Christ the Book the Book of the Twelve the boy Jesus the bride of Christ the Bridegroom the burning bush the Canon the canon of Scripture the Canonical Epistles the captivity the Catholic Church the Chronicler the church the Comforter the Commandments the Counselor the covenant the covenant of the Lord the creation the Creator the creator God the creed the cross the Crucified One the crucifixion the crucifixion of Christ the Crusades the curse the Day of Atonement the Deity the deluge the Devil the Diaspora the dispersion the divided kingdom the Divinity the divinity of Christ the Door the Dragon the Eastern Orthodox Church the eighth commandment the elect the Eleven the empire the end time the end times the enemy the Epistles the Eternal the Eternal City the eternal God the Evangelists the Evil One the exile the exodus the faith the fall the Father the Fathers the fathers of the church the fifth commandment the first Adam the First Cause the first commandment the Firstborn the flood the four evangelists the four gospels the fourth commandment the fourth gospel the Galilean the garden the golden calf the golden candlesticks the Golden Rule the Good Book the good news the Good Samaritan the Gospels the Great Awakening the Great Commandments the Great Commission the Great High Priest the great judgment the Great Physician the Great Shepherd the great tribulation the great white throne the Guide the Head the High Priest the High Priestly Prayer the Historical Books the Holiness Movement the Holy One the immaculate conception the incarnation the infancy gospels the infant Jesus the Inklings the Intercessor the Jesus Prayer the judges the kingdom the Lamb the last day the last days the last judgment the Last Supper the last times the Latter Prophets the Law the Litany the Living Word the Logos the Lord the Lord Almighty the Lord's Anointed the Lord's anointed Savior the Lord's Day the Lord's Prayer the Lord's Super the Lord's Table the Love Chapter the Magnificat the Major Prophets the Man the Mass the Master the Mediator the Messiah the millennium the Minor Prophets the Miserere the Most High the name of Christ the name of God the nativity the nativity of Christ the ninth commandment the Omega the Omnipotent the One the one true God the Only Begotten the parable of the good Samaritan the parable of the good shepherd the parable of the prodigal son the Paraclete the Patriarch the patriarchs the pharaoh the Pilgrims the Poetical Books the pope the Prodigal Son the promised One the prophet Isaiah the Prophetic Books the Prophets the psalmist the Psalms the Psalter the rapture the Received Text the Redeemer the resurrection the river Jordan the River of Life the Rock the Roman Catholic Church the second Adam the second advent the second coming the second commandment the Serpent the seven deadly sins the seven sacraments the seventh commandment the Shepherd Psalm the Sin-Bearer the sixth commandment the Spirit the Supreme Being the synoptic writers the Synoptics the tabernacle the temple the temptation the temptation in the desert the temptation of Christ the Ten Commandments the Ten Tribes the ten tribes of Israel the tenth commandment the Testaments the third commandment the three persons of the Trinity the time of the Gentiles the time of the judges the tomb the transfiguration the tribulation the Trinity the True Cross the Twelve the twelve apostles the twelve disciples the upper room the Victor the Vine the Virgin the virgin birth the Virgin Mary the Wandering Jew the Way the way, the truth, and the life the Weeping Prophet the Wicked One the Wisdom Literature the Word the Word of God the Word of Truth the Writings third person of the Trinity Thirty-nine Articles throne of grace Thummim time of Jacob's trouble Torah Tower of Babel Transjordan Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Tree of Life Tribe of Judah Trinitarian triumphal entry triune God Twenty-third Psalm
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ungodly Unitarian united kingdom universal church universalism universalist unscriptural Upanishads Upper Room Discourse Urim
Vedes Vedic vespers viaticum Virgin and child visible church voice of God Vulgate
Western church Western Rites Westminster Catechism wise men Word made flesh word of God (his statement or promise) Word of God (the Bible) Word of Life
Yahweh (italicized only when referred to as a Hebrew word) Year of Jubilee Yom Kippur Yuletide
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