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abbesses

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powerful nuns who oversaw the lands owned by their communities; they played a significant role in the feudal landholding system

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anchoritic monasticism

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the form of monasticism practised by the “desert fathers and mothers” who withdrew from society; anchorites may also be known as hermits

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Anselm

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Eleventh century archbishop of Canterbury who moved away from the principle of scriptural authority. His most notable contribution was the ontological argument for the existence of God

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Apostles

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The early followers of Jesus who witnessed his return as the risen lord and were sent out into the world to proclaim him

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Thomas Aquinas

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1200s, lived during inquisition
Dominican theologian considered the greatest of the scholastics, author of the Summa Theologiae: summation of theology where he tried to compile everything we know about God
Relied heavily on Muslim thinkers. Discussed theological virtues (love, faith charity) and natural law

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Arius

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The early theologian who argued (against Athanasius) that Jesus was of like substance with God rather than the same substance of God

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Athanasius

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The bishop of Alexandria who argued (against Arius) that Jesus was of the same substance of God. Homoousius

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Atonement

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Christ’s restoration of humanity to a right relationship with God, variously interpreted as divine victory over demonic power, satisfaction of divine justice, or demonstration of a moral example

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Augustine

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Bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa, whose theological writings (about sin, grace, suffering) shaped much of the theological tradition of Western Christianity. Went against Pelagius for not trusting in God’s grace and faith.
Just war theory: rules of engaging in war
City of god (confession book)

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Baptism

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The ritual of initiation into the Christian faith, one of the two key sacraments. Ritual typically involves either immersion in water or pouring over the head and the recitation of a trinitarian formula recognizing the father, son, and holy spirit

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Beghards, Beguines

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lay men and women respectively who lived together in semi-monastic communities that were usually not under the authority of a local bishop

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Benedict’s rule

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the protoype for Westen monastic life, written in the 6th century by St. Benedict
Grounded in the principle that the community’s central activity was the divine office

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Bishop

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supervising priest of an ecclesiastical district called a diocese. church elders

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Canon

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a standard; a scriptural canon is the list of books acknowledged as scripture; the list of acknowledged saints is likewise a canon.

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cenobitic monasticism

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the form of monasticism practised by religious who live in community with one another

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Charism

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a spiritual gift such as preaching, healing, speaking in tongues, and prophesysing, which surfaced in local worshipping communities in the period of the early church. movements that emphasize such gifts are described as “charismatic”

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Christ

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from Christos, the Greek translation of the Hebrew mashiach, “annointed one”

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Christology

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a theory of who jesus was, by nature and in substance

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City of God

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work by augustine of hippo, which articulated a vision for the relationship between sacred and secular in the age of the encroaching decline of the Roman Empire

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Constantine

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the first christian emperor, who convened the Council of Nicea in 325 CE
had a vision of a cross in 312 before battle and that convinced him that Christianity was the best religion. He began favoring Christains and giving them positions of power. Changed religion from poor to rich

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Council of Chalcedon

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the Fifth century Church council where the controversies over the nature of Jesus’ humanity and divinity were finally resolved. confirms the 2 aspects of jesus and god were always one

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Council of Nicaea

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The 300s council, convened by Constantine, that formally established many beliefs about Christ–questioning the trinity: Is jesus the same as God or similar?

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Creeds

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brief formal statements of doctrinal belief, often recited in unison by congregations

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Crusades

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A series of military actions (1095-late1200s) undertaken by European Christians to drive Islam out of the Holy land. Reaction to rule over Jerusalem by Seljuk Turks. Pope Urban II. Sacked constantinople 1204

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Deacon

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From the Greek diakona “Service”, the third order of (male) ministry in the early Church

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Deacones

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the female counterpary of the deacon’s office in the early church, devoted to serving women and children in the community

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dyophystism

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the belief that the two natures of jesus, human and divine, are unity in the second person of the trinity; affirmed at both Nicaea and Ephesus and proclaimed as orthodoxy for bothe the Western and Eastern Churches

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Easter

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The festival,held in march or april, celebrating the resurection of jesus

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Ecumenism

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the movement for reunion or collaboration between previously seperate branches of Christianity

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Episcopacy

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Literally, “oversight”; the foundational office of authority in early Christianity; see also bishop. Looked to standardize teachings

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Erasmus

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the humanist thinker who laid the groundwork for Reformation theologians such as Luther

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Eucharist

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The sacramental meal of bread and wine that recalls Jesus’ last supper before his crucifixion; a standard part of Christian worship

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Evangelical

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In Germany, a name for the Lutheran church. in the English speaking world, “evangical” refers to conservtive protestants with a confident sense of assurance of divine grace and the obligation to preach it

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Excommunication

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Formal censure or expulsion from a Church, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, for doctrinal error or moral misconduct

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Friar

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A member of a mendicant order such as the Carmelites, Dominicans or Franciscans

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Fundamentalism

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A twentieth-century reaction to modernity, originally among Protestants who maintained the infallibility of scripture and doctrine

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glossolalia

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speaking in “tongues” a distinguishing feature of Charismatic groups such as the Pentecostals, in which people who feel filled with the spirit begin speaking in what they believe is a special heavenly language. The ability to interpret suh speech is also considered a spiritual gift

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Gnosticism

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A worldview based on a radical dualism, which prioritized reason and spirit over the physical. Believed you could seperate God supreme being and God the creator. Influenced by schools post-plato. Considered heretics for defying monotheism

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Gospel

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“good news” (evangelion in Greek); the news of redemption that the Hebrew prophets had promised. The gospels are the accounts of Jesus’ life attributed to his disciples Mark, Matthew, Luke and John

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Heresy

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A belief or practice that is contrary to the accepted orthodxy

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Holiness Churches

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Protestant churches that believe their members have already recieved “holiness” (spiritual perfection) as a gift from God

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Icon

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From the greek for “image”; a distinctive Byzantine form of portraiture used to depict Jesus, mary, and the sainsts

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Humanism

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The intellectual movement that is seen as a necessary precursor of the Protestant Reformation

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Incarnation

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the embodiment of the divine in human form; the Christain teaching that God became human in the person of Jesus

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Indulgences

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releases from time in purgatory; the selling of indulgences by the Church was one of the abuses that led to the Protestant Reformation

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Liturgy

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A prescribed form for public worship, service you attend

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Logos

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“word” in the sense of eternal divine intelligence and purpose

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Martin Luther

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The father of the protestant reformation

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Manichaeism

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an intesnely dualistic religion founded in the third century, that grew out of Syrian Christianity under the influence of Gnosticism

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Martyrs

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Christians that died for their faith

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Mary

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the mother of Jesus, a major saint, deeply venerated by Roman Catholics in particular

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Mass

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The roman catholic name for Eucharist

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Mendicant orders

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Orders that, instead of withdrawing from the world and living predominantly in closed communities, dedicate themselves to pastoral work, serving the people; examples include the Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans

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Monophysticism

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the belief that Christ had only one nature, either divine or a synthesis of divine and human; abandoned in favor of dyophysitism which is the classical teaching of the church

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mysticism

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the pursuit of intensely experienced spiritual union with the divine

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nestorianism

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the position that there was one (divine) nature in Christ and it was seperate from the human Jesus

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New Testament

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The collection of 27 books–accounts of Gospels, acts of the Apostles, Epistles, and Revelation–written by various authors in the first and early second centuries and determined to be authoritative for the early Christian church

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Nicene creed

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The statement of faith agreed on at the council of nicaea

filoque: holy spirit is derived from father AND son

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nuns

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women living a common life under vows in a monastic community

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ontological argument

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Anselm’s argument for the existence of God based not on observation but on the logic that such a being must necessarily exist

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Original sin

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the idea that human beings are inherently sinful because our earliest ancestors, Adam and Eve, chose to disobey god

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orthodoxy

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literally, the “straight way” meaning correct belief, in any church, the accepted doctrine

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parables

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simple stories told to illustrate a lesson

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patriarchs

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in the early church, the five bishops who held primacy of authority by geographical region: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. Today the term refers to those bishops in the Eastern Orthodox churches who preside over specific geographical regions and/or historical forms of the churhces

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St Paul

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the jewish convert to chrisitanity (originally known as saul of tarsus) who founded a number of Christian communities and wrote them letters of instruction and guidance

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Pauline Epistles

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letters attributed to Paul in the New Testament, some of which were probably written by others. These letters were written to the heads of churches and has liturgical information and how to run the church

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Peter, St

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The “prince of Apostles” who was said to have beecome the first bishop of Rome

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Pelagianism

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end of 4thcentury, Pelagius said humans were not sinful enough to require God’s grace to overcome sin. Augustine of Hippo went against him. Pelagianism deemed a heresy according to which human nature wasn’t sinful and could use free will

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Pentecost

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The fiftieth day after Easter, commemorated as the dramatic occasion when Jesus’ followers experiened the presence of the holy spirit

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pietism

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a movement that originated in late seventeenth-century lutheran germany, expressing spontaneous devotion to God and a confident certainty of forgiveness gained through religious experience

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pope

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the head of the roman catholic church

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predestination

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the notion that God anticipates or controls human actions and foreordains every individual to either salvation or damnation

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presbyter

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literally “elder” a key office that developed in the post-Apostolic period

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Reformed churches

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Churches that are calvinist in doctrine and often Presbyterian in governance; strong in the netherlands and scotland and also found in Frnace, switzerland, hungary, and north america

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Sacrament

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a ritual action seen as signifying divine grace. The most widely accepted sacraments are baptism and the eucharist, although the catholic and anglican churches also recognize 5 other

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saints

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people recognized by the Church for their faith and virtue. most saints are believed to have worked at least 1 miracle

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scriptures

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the holy writings of Christianity, consisting of the Hebrew bible in Greek translation (the septugint), which Christains call the “Old Testament” and the “New Testament” accounts of jesus’ life and the early years of the christian community

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see

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one of the five major episocpal areas: rome, constantinople, alexandria, antioch, and jerusalem

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Synoptic Gospels

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the gospels of matthew, mark, luke called “synoptic” (seen togehter) because of their many overlapping stories and themes

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teleological argument

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from the Greek telos “end” or “purpose”; an argument inferring the existence of God from the perception of purporse or design in the universe

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theocracy

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a state in which all of society is controlled by the church or religious leaders

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Transubstantiation

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the view, held mainly by Roman catholics, that during hte mass, the bread and wine of the Eucharist become the literal body and blood of jesus

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Trinity

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the doctrine that God exists in three “persons” or manifestations: as Father, as son, and as holy spirit

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widows

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the earliest known order for women in Christianity, originally a response to the social problem of providing support for poor widows in the community

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Ulrich Zwingli

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The father of the swiss reformation

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Quelle

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the source that Matthew Mark and Luke derive their information from

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Ecclesiastical virgins

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3rd 4th century Upper class women with money and power started these: any woman could join, essentially the first nunneries. it was a way for women to find a purpose while avoiding childbirth–making it very appealing. withdrew from society to live ascetic lifestyle

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Apotheca

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extra texts some people use in canon but not really

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council of ephesus

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met over nestorian question, also Despite humanity of Mary she was deemed to be theotokos–body contained both divine and the human

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Gregory the Great

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540-604
Strengthened Christian authority over roman rulers (church>state) got rid of paganism and elevated Rome, layed foundations for papal office

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inquisitions

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1232
Pope Gregory 9th
Hunt for heretics
Result of struggle between secular and religious leadership

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