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* [[Creepy Cool Crosses]]: Obviously.
* [[Deep South]]: The region is also known in North America as the Bible Belt.
* [[Devil's Advocate]]: The Devil's Advocate (''advocatus diaboli'') is the popular name for the Promoter of the Faith (''promotor fidei''), a person appointed by the Catholic Church who argues against the formal recognition of someone as a Saint by, again, the Catholic Church. The job has been taken up on at least one occasion (Mother
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: [[wikipedia:Unholy Trinity (Christianity)|According to]] [[The Other Wiki]], at least, some Christians believe in an evil counterpart to the Holy Trinity called the Unholy Trinity, consisting of Satan (evil counterpart to God), The Anti-Christ (evil counterpart to Jesus) and the False Prophet (evil counterpart to The Holy Spirit)
* [[Fanon]]: Much of Christianity's pop culture presentation comes from the work of artists and writers of non-[[Canon]] literature, perhaps most famously John Milton and [[Word of Dante|Dante Alighieri]]. This may explain some of the non-source weirdness in Christian belief.
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* [[The Knights Templar]]
* [[Knight Templar]]
* [[Last Rites (trope)|Last Rites]]
* [[The Legions of Hell]]
* [[The Messiah]]: Three guesses who.
* [[The Missionary]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]
* [[Nuns Are Funny]]
* [[Nuns Are Mikos]]
* [[Nuns Are Spooky]]
* [[Nuns-N-Rosaries]]: Specifically Catholic.
* [[The Order]]
* [[Pals with Jesus]]: Quite literally, at least to some traditions.
* [[Satan]]: Though the character goes back to Judaism or before, the mythology now associated with him is largely a Christian invention. His characterization has evolved continuously with the religion, growing from a rather buffoonish trickster/tempter figure in medieval folktales to an almost Manichean embodiment of evil in contemporary media. Has sometimes been thought to represent Man's capacity to do evil, and has thus grown as our ability to do harm to one another has grown.
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