Chapter 6 Section 3

Question 1

Jesus

Answer 1

A prophet of the first century of our era; to Christians,Jesus Christ, the son of God, a person who was both God and man, the Messiah sent by God to save the human race from the sin it inherited through the Fall of Man. The story of the birth ofJesusin Bethlehem is called the Nativity.

Question 2

Apostle

Answer 2

each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.

Question 3

Peter

Answer 3

Saint Peter, also known as Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simōn, according to the New Testament, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, leaders of the early Christian Great Church.

Question 4

Paul

Answer 4

. Ancient Christian preacher and teacher; along with the Apostle Peter, one of the foremost leaders of the early Christian Church.Paul, originally called Saul, was at first an enemy and persecutor of the early Christians.

Question 5

Diaspora

Answer 5

the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.

Question 6

Bishop

Answer 6

a senior member of the Christian clergy, typically in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.

Question 7

Pope

Answer 7

the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 8

Constantine

Answer 8

Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337) 2.

Question 9

Heresy

Answer 9

belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.