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)

a. Category:Parables of Jesus

b. Category:Christian miracle narrative

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

1. 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 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)

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