chapter 16 vocab Flashcards
scriptures
sacred writings
messiah
a savior
churches
place where people met to share their same faith
missionary
person who spreads religious beliefs to those who do not believe
Apostles
people jesus told to teach his gospel
priests
leaders of the church
diocese
area under control of the bishop
bishop
head of the diocese
gentiles
non jews
parish
what each church was caleld
archbishops
most important bishops
patriarchs
five leading archbishops
heresy
false doctrines
monks
christian men who did as basil suggested
monasteries
settlements or communities
nuns
women who belonged to the church
convents
quarters where the nuns lived
abbot
leader of the monastery
why was jesus charged with treason
he claimed to be the king of the jews
treason
going against the country or government
what change did paul make
jewish laws no longer applied to the christians
why did the romans stop worrying about the christians
they were sick of war and everything else; wanted to become like them