chapter 9 vocab

Question 1

Epistle

Answer 1

a letter

Question 2

Pauline letters

Answer 2

the thirteen New Testament books that are credited to Paul the Apostle

Question 3

Pastoral letters

Answer 3

is an open letter that a bishop writes to a diocese’s clergy, laity, or both, offering general advice, comfort, or guidance on how to behave in certain situations.

Question 4

Basilica

Answer 4

a church

Question 5

Stream of consciousness

Answer 5

the way ideas go through the mind like water

Question 6

Scribe

Answer 6

a student of the Scriptures

Question 7

Judaizers

Answer 7

a group of Jewish Christians who maintained that Gentile converts to Christianity

Question 8

Justification

Answer 8

God transfers a willing individual from a condition of injustice (sin) to grace (justice),

Question 9

Pseudonymous

Answer 9

conveying particular ideas or viewpoints within a religious tradition by utilizing a fictitious or fictional name, frequently attributed to an author or a sacred source.

Question 9

Parousia

Answer 9

the Second Coming of the Lord

Question 10

Asceticsm

Answer 10

the act of denying one’s psychological or physical needs in order to achieve a spiritual aim or objective

Question 11

Gnosticism

Answer 11

the conviction that all people are made of a portion of God, or the highest good or divine spark, which descended into their bodies from the immaterial realm

Question 12

Day of Atonement

Answer 12

For Israel as a nation with a unique covenant connection with God, external, ceremonial cleansing

Question 13

Anonymous

Answer 13

Someone can find salvation outside of formally defined Christianity by living by God’s grace.