Category:Christian narrative

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This category is designed as a collection of narratives and stories written by Christians or passed along by tradition; especially those that convey Christian belief.

Currently, the category scheme stands thus:

MAIN CATEGORY: Category:Christian narrative

A. Category:New Testament narrative

1. Category:Gospel episodes (Events described in the Gospels)

2. Category:Episodes in Acts (Events described in the Acts of the Apostles)

3. Category:Parables of Jesus

B. Category:Christian historical writings (Non-Biblical narratives written to describe people and events in Christian history)

1. Category:Christian biography (Lives of Christians)

a. Category:Christian hagiography (Lives of saints, as a subcategory of Christians)

2. Category:Patristic historical writings (Things like the Histories of Eusebius, Socrates Scholasticus, and Sozomen)

3. Category:Modern Christian historical writings (Histories written about and by Christians since the Renaissance)

C. Category:Christian literature (Various kinds of creative and symbolic writing)

1 Category:Christian legend and folklore (Traditional Christian stories and folktales; this may have some overlap with Christian hagiography)

2 Category:Christian fiction and allegory (Fictional literature written by Christians to tell Christian stories or convey Christian themes: Chronicles of Narnia, Ben Hur, Left Behind, etc.)

3 Category:Christian apocalyptic writings (various prophetic writings, poetry and symbolic stories pertaining to Christian eschatology)

D. Category:Christian miracle narrative (descriptions of miracles attributed to Jesus, his disciples, saints, etc. Articles so categorized should also be included in other appropriate subcategories; for example, the raising of Lazarus would be both Category:Christian miracle narrative and Category:Gospel episodes.

All are welcome to suggest new subcategories or changes to this scheme on the category's talk page here.