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| Deus volt! | ||
| (Latin "God wills it"). The battle cry of the Crusaders. |
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| diocese | ||
| A geographical region headed by a bishop, which usually includes several congregations. In Orthodoxy, a diocese is called an eparchy. |
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| docetism | ||
| (Greek "to seem"). The belief that Christ only appeared to have a human body. Associated with Gnosticism and based on the dualistic belief that matter is evil and only spirit is good. |
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| Domine quo vadis? | ||
| (Latin, "Lord, where are you going?"). According to a legend found in the Acts of St. Peter, Peter was fleeing persecution in Rome when he met Christ on the Appian Way and asked him this question. Christ replied, "I am coming to be crucified again." Peter took this to mean that Christ would suffer again in him, so Peter turned back to Rome, where he was crucified. The small church of Santa Maria delle Piante on the Appian Way, commonly called Domine Quo Vadis, commemorates this event. |
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| Donatists | ||
| Fourth century North African Christian faction, named for Bishop Donatus. The Donatists believed the church should be pure, and therefore church leaders who had handed over scripture during persecution (traditores) should not retain their positions. They were opposed most notably by Augustine, the prominent North African bishop. Augustine's influential doctrine of the church developed primarily in response to the Donatist controversy. |
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| doxology | ||
| (Greek doxa, "glory"). A short hymn glorifying God. |
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| Dynamic Monarchianism | ||
| Form of Monarchianism in which Jesus was a man who was adopted as the Son of God, or given the "power" (Gk. dynamos) of God, at his baptism or after his resurrection. Essentially synonymous with Adoptionism. |
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