MPI BS Vocab Belief System Flashcards

1
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an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.

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Covenant

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2
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a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.

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Prophets

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3
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the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.

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The Diaspora

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4
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a city in Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; divided between Israel and Jordan

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Jerusalem

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5
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a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction.

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Synagogues

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6
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the doctrine that there is only one God

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Monotheistic

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the first of the great Biblical patriarchs, father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation: considered by Muslims an ancestor of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael.

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Abraham

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8
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the source of the Christian religion.

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Jesus

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9
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Profession of Faith (shahada)...
Prayer (salat). ...
Alms (zakat). ...
Fasting (sawm). ...
Pilgrimage (hajj).
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The Five Pillars

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10
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  • Declaring that there is only one God, Allah, and that Muhammad is his messenger
  • Praying five times a day
  • Giving to charity
  • Making a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during life
  • Fasting during the month of Ramadan every year
A

The Five Pillars

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11
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people who follow the teachings of Jesus Christ

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Catholics

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12
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religion based of the teachings of jesus

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Christianity

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13
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Practiced By Jews and Christians…
I am the Lord thy God:
-Thou shalt not have strange Gods before me
-Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
-Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day
-Honour thy father and thy mother
-Thou shalt not kill
-Thou shalt not commit adultery
-Thou shalt not steal
-Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour
-Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife
-Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s goods

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10 Commandments

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14
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Edict of Milan, Emperor Constantine

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Roman Empire

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15
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a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate people based on their membership in a religious, ethnic, social, or racial group:

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Persecution

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16
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outcome of a political agreement concluded in Mediolanum (modern Milan) between the Roman emperors Constantine

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Edict of Milan

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17
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established the edict of milan

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Emperor Constantine

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18
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a building for public Christian worship.

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Churches

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19
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a cube-shaped building in Mecca, the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine

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The Kaaba

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20
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The name of people who practice Islam

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Muslims

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21
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birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.

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Mecca

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22
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the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset.

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Ramadan

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23
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the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam.

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Hajj

24
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the old Arab quarter of a North African city.

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Medina

25
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two great religious divisions of Islam

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Sunni & Shiite

26
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the religious faith of Muslims

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Islam

27
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Jews and Christians as regarded by Muslims. practice based of written texts

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“People of the Book”

28
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the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament

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Judaism

29
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the entire body of Hindu sacred writings, chief among which are four books

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Vedas

30
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the rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes.

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Caste System

31
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to complete duty in life. conformity to religious law, custom, duty, or one’s own quality or character.

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Dharma

32
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bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation

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Karma

33
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Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer

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Hindu Trinity

34
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(hindu) connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality in the universe

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Brahman

35
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“the Preserver,” the second member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Shiva the Destroyer.

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Vishnu

36
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the traditional seven-day period of mourning observed by Jews immediately following the funeral of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse.

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Shiva

37
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(buddhist) freedom from the differentiated, temporal, and mortal world of ordinary experience.

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Moksha

38
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the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.

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Reincarnation

39
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lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.

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Ignorance

40
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ethical principle of not causing harm to other living things

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Ahimsa

41
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hindu festivals are associated with special foods

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Diwali & Holi

42
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understanding and stopping suffering

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Four Noble Truths

43
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Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.

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Eightfold Path

44
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Ultimate Goal of Buddhism

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Nirvana

45
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(hinduism) “he who has attained his goal.”

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Siddhartha

46
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bottom of the caste system

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Untouchables

47
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the state of a person or thing in pain

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Suffering

48
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the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan

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Mahayana

49
Q

aka zen buddism

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Theravada

50
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the most sacred body of water in the world with sacred pilgrimage sites and cities along its banks.

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Ganges River

51
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peaceful, continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation.

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Meditations

52
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an act that assists with union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.

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Yoga

53
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continuance without change; permanence.

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Stability

54
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a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe

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Silk Roads

55
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the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.

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Monsoon

56
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a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work:

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Missionaries