Key Terms And Definitions Yr9 Summer Exams Flashcards
Martyred
A person who is killed for their beliefs
Militants
Individuals or groups who use violence to spread their idess
Persecution
Discrimination against a person or group of people, this may be because of age, ethnicity, gender or race
Radicals
A person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principals
Pilgrimage
A journey taken to a place of religious importance
Sanctity of life
The beliefs that all life is God-given and sacred
Ten Commandments
Law for how people should live, given to Moses by God in the New Testament
Prejudice
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
Discrimination
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, sex or a disability
Ordained
Made a priest or bishop in a special ceremony
Patriarchal
A way of describing a culture that is dominated and controlled by men
Ascension
Jesus physically rising up to heaven
Resurrection
Being brought back to life after dhing
Evangelism
Spreading the Christian message in order to convert people
Gentiles
Name given to non-Jews in the bible
