history vocab Flashcards

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Diocletian

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Roman Emporer under whom the last and most widespread Roman persecution of Christians occurred

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Constantine

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Roman Emporer who converted to Christianity

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Edict Of Milan

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A degree by Constantine that put an end to almost 300 years of roman persecution

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Arius

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an early church teacher who claimed Jesus was not God

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Council Of Nicaea

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a council of church leaders that met in the year 325 to consider the deity of Christ

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Theodosius

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Roman Emporer who made Christianity the only recognized religion in the empire

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Nestorians

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taught that Jesus was both god and human but was not a single person

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Nero

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Roman emperor who began the first official roman persecution of Christianity

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Jesus of Nazareth

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name of Jesus recorded in scripture to designate the place where he spent most of his earthly life

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Christ

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referred to as the king of the Jews

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gospel

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the message that Jesus died for our sins of humans and has been raised again to save them forever

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Judaism

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the religion of the Jews that developed during the five centuries bc

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Saul of tarsus

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Christian hunter killed Christians

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polytheism

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the belief in and worship of many Gods

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Abrahamic covenant

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the covenant that revealed gods plan to redeem humans. unconditional covenant

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Mosaic covenant

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the covenant with the children of Israel that promised god would make them his own special nation and would protect them if they promised to obey his law

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Ten commandments

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ten laws showing Isreal how to love god and other humans

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Davidic covenant

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revealed that Davids descendants would play a key role in fulfilling the three promises of the Abrahamic covenant

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messiah

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literally means anointed one and refers to Jesus

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new covenant

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covenant given in Jeremiah 31 that is actually a renewing of the previous covenants

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Yahweh

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name for god used in the Hebrew bible

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divine sovereignty

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gods complete and permanent control over this world, all-knowing, all-powerful, organized not chaotic

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image of god

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set of qualities possessed by all humans that reflect God

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Creation mandate

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gods command to humans to exercise dominion over the earth

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civilization

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human culture as it is lived in cities or under the influence of cities

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culture

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the physical and mental environment developed through human thought and labor

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city

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a cultural institution in which humans who share certain core values work together to improve qualities of life.

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seed of the serpent

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reference to those who would reject the messiah

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seed of the woman

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reference to those who would accept the messiah: ultimately referring to Jesus

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nation

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a very large group of people, who share the same language, family history, land area, and culture

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nation states

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nations having their own governments, independent of other nations

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city states

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cities that have their own governments, independent of other cities

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table of nations

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another name for Genesis 10 which lists the descendants of Shem ham and Japeth

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