Oberfläche	surface
Obrigkeit	political authorities
Odem	breath	antiquated
offenbaren	reveal
Offenbarung	revelation	an insight given by God
offensichtlich	obvious
öffentlich	public
offiziell	official
Ohr	ear
okkult	occult	involvement with magical, super-natural powers and heathen ritual
Ökumene	ecumenism	a movement that aims to stimulate cooperation between churches in spite of differences of opinion
Olive	olive
Ölung	unction
Opfer	sacrifice
Opfergesetze	sacrificial laws
opfern	sacrifice
Ordenschwester	sister in holy orders	e.g. a nun
Organist/in	organist
Orgel	organ	keyboard instrument in churches
Ortsgemeinde	local church
Osten	east
Ostern	Easter	celebration of the resurrection of Jesus
Overhead-Folie	acetate sheet
Pächter/in	tenant
Papst	Pope
Paradies	paradise	sometimes used of the Garden of Eden described in the book of Genesis, sometimes of our life with God after death
Partnerschaft	partnership
Passafest	Passover	feast in the Jewish year in memory of the mass escape from Egypt
Pastor/in	pastor/minister
Pate/Patin	godfather/godmother	adult witness at infant baptism who promises to help in the Christian upbringing of the child
Patriarch	patriarch	traditionally respected leader, such as Abrahem or the apostles; a chief bishop in the Eastern Orthodox churches
Paulus	Paul
Pazifist/in	pacifist
Perle	pearl
persönlich	personal
pervers	perverse
Petrus	Peter
Pfad	path
Pfadfinder/in	scout
Pfarrbezirk	parish	territory assigned to a local church within the established church denomination/s
Pfarrbüro	parish office
Pfarrgemeinde	local church	especially in the Lutheran church
Pfeil	arrow
Pferd	horse
Pfingsten	Pentecost, Whitsun	Day in the Jewish calendar seven weeks after the Passover; day when the Holy Sprit came on the early Christians
Pfingstler/in	Pentecostal	Christian churches that emphasize and practice the gifts of the Spirit described in the New Testament
Pflicht	duty
Pforte	gate, door
Pharisäer	Pharisee	a group of leading Jews in New Testament times who emphasized strict adherence to the Old Testament laws
Philippus	Philip
Philister/in	Philistine	ethnic group in the land of Canaan in Old Testament times
Pietismus	((explanation))
Plage	plague
plötzlich	sudden
plündern	plunder
Posaune	trumpet; trombone
Pracht	splendour
prächtig	magnificent
predigen	preach	usually in the form of a public lecture in a church service
Prediger/in	preacher
Predigt	sermon
Priester	priest	religious minister in the Old Testament and the Catholic church
Priestertum	priesthood	allgemeines Priestertum priesthood of all believers the doctrine that all Christians have direct access to God and do not need a priest as a go-between
Prinzip	principle
Priorität	priority
Prophet/in	prophet	person who frequently makes prophetic statements
prophetisch	prophetic
prophetisches Wort	word of prophecy	God-given insight relating to a present or future situation
prophezeien	prophesy
Prophezeihung	prophecy
Protistuierte	prostitute
Protokoll	minutes
provozieren	provoke
Prozess	trial
Psalm	psalm
Psalmist	psalmist	author of the Psalms in the Bible
Purim	Purim	Old Testament festival
Qualen	torment
Quelle	spring; source
Rabe	raven
Rache	revenge
rächen	avenge
rachsüchtig	vengeful
Rasse	race
Rassentrennung	racial segregation
Rat	advice
Ratgeber/in	adviser
ratsam	advisable
Ratsversammlung	council
Rauch	smoke
Rebe	grapevine
Rebe	vine
Rebell/in	rebel
Rebellion	rebellion
rechtfertigen	justify
Rechtfertigung durch den Glauben	justification by faith	the belief that Christians are deemed by God to be righteous because they receive his forgiveness
rechtgläubig	sound
rechtmäßig	lawful
Redner/in	speaker
Rednerpult	lectern
Referent/in	speaker
Refrain	chorus
Regen	rain
Regenbogen	rainbow
regieren	rule, govern
Regierung	government
Reich	empire
reich	rich
Reich Gottes	kingdom of God
reichlich	abundant
Reichtum	riches
reif	mature
Reife	maturity
rein	pure
Reinheit	purity
Reinigung	purification
Reise	journey
Religion	religion
Religionsunterricht	religious instruction
Respekt	respect
retten	rescue
retten	save
Retter	Saviour (GB), Savior (USA)	title used for Jesus Christ
Richter/in	judge
Richterstuhl	judgement seat
Rivalität	rivalry
Römer/in	Roman
römisch	Roman
Rotes Meer	Red Sea
Rückfällige/r	backslider	person who falls away from the faith or ceases to practice it
Rückkehr	return
Ruf	call; shout
rügen	rebuke
ruhen im Geist	rest in the Spirit	temporary faint-like state in which the person often has a deep spiritual experience
ruhig	quiet
Ruine	ruin
Rüstung	armour