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Christian Beginnings Flashcards

1
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How long had a vast majority of Christian’s lived in Turkey?

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For over 600 years

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What did the rulership of the Roman Empire mean people could do through the Mediterranean Mare?

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It was the only time people could travel safely and freely throughout the Mediterranean Mare

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What was the common language?

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Greek was the common language, many people wrote, read and spoke it

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What was the Pax Romana?

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Peace of Rome

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What does the Pax Romana mean people could do?

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It was being able to travel freely, peacefully and safely

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What was Roman retribution like?

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It was particularly brutal

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What could the Roman retribution lead to?

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Crucifixion

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What did Alexander the Great do?

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He took the Greek culture and customs into the Empire

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When did this stop?

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The rise of Islam

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What was Alexander’s aim when he brought Greek culture to Rome?

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To be more like the Greeks

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What did this taking from the Greek culture lead to?

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Them creating a new Roman Culture

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What happened to this culture when Christianity began to emerge?

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They undertook aspects of this culture into their own livelihoods

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Who did the Roman Empire want to protect themselves from?

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The Jews

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Why did the Romans want to protect themselves from the Jews?

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As they had rejected the Greek Gods and their culture

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Where was this rejection taking place?

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Palestine

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What were the Jews therefore known as through their rebellion?

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Terrorists as they had tried to drive the Romans out

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At the time of Christ what was Jewish culture divided into?

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Sects which all had different theologies of faith

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What were these sects? (4)

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Pharisees, Essenes, Zealots and Saddvcess

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What were the Pharisees?

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They were a Greek reformed group

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What did the Pharisees military groups want to do?

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Eliminate the Romans

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21
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What did the Torah Law predict?

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A Messiah who would drive out the Romans

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What were the Pharisees more accepting of?

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They were more liberal and were therefore more accepting of other ideas

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What did the Saddvcees do?

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They ran the temples, went to ceremonies and rituals and were willing to go along with Greek rulership

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What were the Saddvcees focused on?

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Temple Priesthood - “When you died it was the end and not even the faithful would rise”

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Who did the Zealots side with?

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The Pharisees

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What did the Zealots want to do when it came to their relationship with the Romans?

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They wanted to drive out the Romans through brutality

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What did the Essenes see?

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The end of days

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What were the Essenes teachings very similar with?

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The teachings to the beginning of Christianity

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29
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What did the majority of Jews want to do?

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They wanted to live in peace with others

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Why were the Temples important in the Jewish faith?

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As they were the heart of worship for their identity

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What were Jews who had dispersed from Palestine called?

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The Diaspora Jews

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Where were these Jews centralised?

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In Alexandria, Rome and other surrounding areas

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When they left Palestine what were their bringing with them?

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They were bringing their faith to a place where the Romans were more prominent

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When they left, what happened to the ideologies?

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It took on a Greek based ideology

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Where would this Greek Ideology be passed onto?

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It would arise in some forms within Christianity

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36
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Were the Jews tolerated by the Romans?

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Yes, to an extent

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Why were they tolerated?

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If you could demonstrate that you belonged to an ancient religion and were not going to cause a problem then the Romans accepted you because it was ‘old’

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Could the Romans accept a ‘new religion’?

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No

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39
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Why was the Old Testament translated into Greek?

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As it was the language of the vernacular, not many could speak or read Hebrew

40
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What version was used through the first years of Christianity?

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The Greek version

41
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What was the Greek version called?

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Septuagint

42
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What did the Greco-Roman Cults prominently worship?

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The ‘old Gods’ or the Roman Gods

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What did these cults determine?

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It determined Nationally who you worshipped

44
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What did the 1st century BCE see the arise of?

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Mystery cults

45
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How did you become a member of a mystery cult?

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You had to be initiated into the cult

46
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Name some of the Mystery cults (3)

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Cybele, Isis and Mithras

47
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Where did they arise?

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In Egypt and the East and even operated in secret regardless of being frowned upon by the Romans

48
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What did Jesus introduce?

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A ‘new people’

49
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Why was this?

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As they had new ideologies such as resurrection

50
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What did they see themselves as?

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The True Jews

51
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What did these lead to?

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Arguments over Jewish identity

52
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When did Christianity begin to change its identity?

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When it spread wider than Palestine

53
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Who was the only one who brought it out? How?

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Paul was the only one who brought it out through Missionary Journeys

54
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What happened by the time Paul was arrested?

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Many Christians had become Gentiles

55
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What did Christianity begin to break from?

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10% of the Jewish population in Rome and cultivate their own identity

56
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Were they accepted?

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NO

57
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Where would they go to preach?

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Synagogues to preach the Old Testament to the Jews

58
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Who were the Proselytes?

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They were Romans who converted to the Jewish faith and could not be ‘true members’

59
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Who accepted the Christians?

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The Proselytes

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What were true Jews offering?

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Eternal life

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Why did Christian’s find easy converts from the Proselytes?

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As they offered attractive ideologies and had ‘fertile grounds’

62
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Who else converted to the faith?

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Women and slaves

63
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Who did Christianity have to compete with?

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Old religions, cults and the Imperial Cult

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Who did the Imperial Cult see themselves as?

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The Son of God and the Saviour of the World

65
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Who would the Imperial Cult worship?

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As many Gods as possible

66
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How did they engage with the world?

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Intellectually through Greco Roman philosophy

67
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Who were Christianity threatened by?

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The philosophy of Stoicism

68
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How did Christian philosophy arise?

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Through the ideology of the Son of God

69
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When did Christianity expand to probably its largest?

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2nd and 3rd century

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When did the Empire become entirely Christian?

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5th century

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How was Christianity almost entirely urban?

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Through Pagans which was situated in the country as they focused on the old religions

72
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What does the Ministry speak of?

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2 fold minister, bishops and deacons

73
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What did Bishops provide?

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An oversight

74
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What was the Bishops role?

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To conduct communion, preaching and baptisms

75
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What were Deacons to do?

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They were focused especially towards women and orphans and helped cast off children

76
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What were teachers and missionaries?

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Those who spoke the divine language and their roles varied

77
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What were Christian’s believed to be in the beginning?

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Cannibals

78
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What ritual service caused them to be called Cannibals?

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Eucharist

79
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Why was Eucharist skeptical?

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As they metaphorically drank the blood of christ and ate the body of Christ

80
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What would Christians conduct?

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Liturgy

81
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What happened as the centuries went on?

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They grew more ceremonial and ritualised

82
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What Biblical Literature was available?

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Many scrolls but not a Holy Book/Bible at this time

83
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Did Christian communities have all of the teachings?

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No, they would only have fragments of the main texts

84
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What literature was popular?

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The Epistle of Barnabas, along with the Rival

85
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What was given by Christ himself?

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The transition of faith

86
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What were the Rules of Faith?

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It provided the curriculum for those being baptised or converted to the faith

87
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What did the rules of faith mean they could have without the faith?

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Unity

88
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What did people find hard to believe?

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Notions about Jesus, such as the resurrection and the notion of him being born of a virgin

89
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What did Gnostics believe Jesus had done?

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He only seemed to do something important

90
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What did Gnostics believe people should not do?

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They should not give themselves to bodily needs

91
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Were the Gnostics faithful to the word of Christ?

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Only to some things

92
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What kind of groups were a threat for Jesus?

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Greco-Roman Cults and groups

93
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What did people want to happen?

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For the Bible to be translated into Greek

94
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What were many Jews doing?

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Abandoning their faith and becoming Christian’s

95
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What were the names of those who became Christians?

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Proselytes

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