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Christianity Unit Guide 5/7/14 Flashcards

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Greek word meaning anointed one

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Christ messiah

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Son of god, Christians believe in the teachings of a man who was called Christ a Jew, messiah

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Jesus

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How many followers are there?

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Over one thousand million followers

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Where was Jesus born?

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Judae, a town called Bethlehem

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An angel who visited a young woman named Mary and told her that she would be the mother of Jesus

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Gabriel

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Mother of Jesus virgin despite being a mother

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Mary

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Jesus was born here, where Mary and he fiancé Joseph had gone to pay their taxes

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Bethlehem

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3 gifts of the wise men were

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Gold, good quality incense called frankincense, and bitter incense called myrrh

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Occupation of Jesus

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Carpenter

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Who baptized Him?

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John his cuz

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Involves being immersed i water as a sign of starting a new spiritual life

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Baptism

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How long did Jesus go into the wilderness?

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40 days

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How many disciples did Jesus have?

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12

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Social outcasts, non Jews in which Jesus helped.

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Gentiles

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One of the most important talks that Jesus gave, described God’s law and love their enemies and not judge others, included the lords prayers

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Sermon on the mount

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Actions against gods laws

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Sins

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Stories which teach a spiritual lesson

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Parables

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When/why did people start turning against Jesus?

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3 years after he began teaching because people thought he would overthrow the Romans and reestablish a Jewish kingdom

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Last meal of Jesus before he was crucified shared bread and wine with his disciples bread symbolized his body, wine, his blood

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Last supper

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Treating God’s name with disrespect

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Blasphemy

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Roman governor who had the power to sentence people to death

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Pontius Pilate

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Fastened to a cross until death with nails

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Crucifixion

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Rise from the dead Jesus was this in 3 days

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Resurrection

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Going up to heaven to be reunited with god, ec Jesus

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Ascension

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Sacred Christian book, divided into two parts, old and New Testament

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Bible

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How many parts of the bible divided into?

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2

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Written in Hebrew, tells about the creation of the world, the history of Jews, and their relationship with God

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Old Testament

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Written in Greek life of Jesus and how through him, god could enter into a new relationship with the people, teaches salvation

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New Testament

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How do you attain salvation?

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Comes through the belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus

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Means good news written in 70 and 100 CE by 4 evangelists tells of the life, teaching death and resurrection of Jesus

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Gospel

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Name the four evangelist who wrote the gospels

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Mathew, Mark, Luke, John

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The final book of the New Testament described a vision of the end of time

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Revelation

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Who created the universe?

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God

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How many Days did it take god to make the world?

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6 rested 7th

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Why did Jesus sacrifice his life?

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To make possible the forgiveness of human sin

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Jesus will judge how people have behaved during their lives and decide where’re their soul goes to heaven or he’ll

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Day of judgment

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One of the disciples gave the first Christian sermon

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Peter

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Took the Christian message to Asia Minor, Greece, and even to Rome

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Paul

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Why did some roman emperors view Christian as rebels?

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They refused to worship roman gods

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Roman emperor who founded the city of Constantinople and made Christianity an official religion

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Constantine

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God as three persons: father son Holy Spirit

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Trinity

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Major split between the two branches of the church

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Great schism

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Church in the western empire became known as the

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Roman Catholic Church

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Eastern church became known as the

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Orthodox

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What started the reformation?

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Criticism of the practices of the Catholic Church

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German monk who attacked the authority of the pope and church leaders wrote ninety five complaints opposed sale of indulgences

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Martin Luther

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Frenchman who gave Protestantism it’s organized church structure shared Luther’s idea in predestination

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John Calvin

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Reforming movement within the Catholic Church

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Counter-reformation

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Challenged the supreme authority of the pope and declared himself the head of the church in England

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King Henry VIII

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Also known as the Anglican Church, a more catholic tradition known as a High church

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Church of England

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First nonconformist in England

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Puritans

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A group of people hwk fled Europe of the threat of persecution

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Pilgrims

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Main group to grow out of the early nonconformist movements

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Methodist

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Aims to unite all Christian groups into one single universal church

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Ecumenicism

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People dedicated to spring their beliefs to people in other places

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Missionaries

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Places of worship

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Church, chapel

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Led services in churches

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Priests

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A raised platform in which a sermon may be given

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Pulpit

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The way in which Christians talk to god

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Prayer

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Sacred songs that praise or worship God

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Hymns

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Men and women who have taken solemn vows dedicating their entire lives to god

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Monks and nuns

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Main service in many churches, means thanksgiving and reenacting of the last supper where Christians eat a small piece of bread and sip wine

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Eucharist

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It is called this for Catholic Churches, where the Eucharist practiced

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Mass

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Involves people having water poured on their head or being immersed, welcoming of people to the Christian faith

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Baptism

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Role of godparents

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Promise to b ring the child up as a Christian after baptism

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Ceremony at which a person becomes a priest or equivalent

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Ordination

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Ceremony in which a person becomes a full adult member of their church

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Conformation

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Death customs of different branches of Christianity

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Orthodox, bury bodies never cremated

Other, having body cremated does not affect the soul, leaves decision to family

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Begins the fourth Sunday before Christmas and marks the start of the Christian church’s year means coming, drawing near

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Advent

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Means Christ’s mass celebration of the birth of Jesus

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Christmas

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The period before Easter when Christians remember their sins

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Lent

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The day before lent

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Mardi Gras

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First day of Lent, where ash is marked on the forehand for sign of humbleness to god

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Ash wedsday

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Marks the beginning of the Holy Week

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Palm Sunday

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Remembrance of the events of the arrival of Jesus to his resurrection

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Holy Week

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Holiest day of the year, remembrance of Jesus’s resurrection

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Easter

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When people remember the death of Jesus

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Good Friday

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Reminds Christians of the ascension of Jesus into heaven

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Ascension day

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Also called Whitsun 7 Sundays after Easter, marks the day when god’s Holy Spirit is said to have come to the disciples in the form of wind and fire

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Pentecost

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Special days of remembrance for many saints usually on the date of their death

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Saints’ days

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