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Semester 1 Other Vocab Flashcards

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Moses

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A prophet

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Messiah

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The “anointed one” whom God would send to his people

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Christos means what

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Messiah

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Apocalyptic (books)

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Works in which a man of faith sees visions of heaven, the abode of God, and the place of reward for those who remain true to God. Also images of catastrophic time for the world, when God sends plagues or storms to destroy the world and punish the healthy.

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Evangelists

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a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching. Someone sent to spread the word of God.

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Kosher

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(of food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten) satisfying the requirements of Jewish law.

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Gentiles

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A person who is not Jewish

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Sadducees

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A member of a Jewish sect or party of the time of Jesus Christ that denied the resurrection of the dead, the existence of spirits, and the obligation of oral tradition, emphasizing acceptance of the written Law alone.

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Paganism

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It’s like a business transaction. If you give something to god, you will receive something in return

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Temple

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a building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence.

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Sabbath

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A day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday. Labelle’s notes say sabbath begins sundown Friday.

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Suffering servant

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N/A

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Disciples

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A personal follower of Jesus during his life, especially one of the twelve Apostles.

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Heresy

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To make early Christian followers choose to do good. Leaders did this.

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Creed

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a formal statement of Christian beliefs, especially the Apostles’ Creed or the Nicene Creed.

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Incarnation

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a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality.

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Edict of Milan

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Persecution of Christians is over. Constantine promoted Christians in his government

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Constantine

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Stopped persecution of Christians and made them the official religion of the Roman Empire

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Discipleship

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(initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ. 4. a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another; follower: a disciple of Freud. verb (used with object), discipled, discipling.

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Baptism

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(in the Christian Church) the religious rite of sprinkling water onto a person’s forehead or of immersion in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church. In many denominations, baptism is performed on young children and is accompanied by name-giving.

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Easter

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the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ and held (in the Western Church) between March 21 and April 25, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox.
the period in which Easter occurs, especially the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday.

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Vigil

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1.
a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray.
“my birdwatching vigils lasted for hours”
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(in the Christian Church) the eve of a festival or holy day as an occasion of religious observance.

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Penance

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a Christian sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.

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Confession

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Saying sorry for your sins

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Logos

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the Word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative order, identified in the Gospel of John with the second person of the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ.
(in Jungian psychology) the principle of reason and judgment, associated with the animus.

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Nicea (council of Nicaea)

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Constantine calls this council. It condemns Arianism

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Athanasius

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A father of the church

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Votive mass

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Mass said for someone else

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Sarcedotal

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A community run by priests.

relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly.
THEOLOGY
relating to or denoting a doctrine that ascribes sacrificial functions and spiritual or supernatural powers to ordained priests.

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Concupscience

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The inclination of humans to commit sins throughout their life

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Host

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The victim

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Cluny

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A reformed monastery

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What are the three liberal arts and describe them

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Grammar: reading and writing of Latin
Logic: the Art of thinking in an orderly way
Rhetoric: the Art of persuasive expression

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St Benedict’s rule

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For communal monastic life

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Anthony

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A bro who left the world and went to go live in the desert

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Simeon stylites

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Lived in the hill country of Syria for 40 years

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Father

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Greek/Latin fathers who wrote in their own languages on such issues such as Nicene creed and the council of Chalcedon

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Doctor

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“Doctor of the Church” is a unique nickname given to a select few whose teachings have helped to shape Christian’s understandings of the Gospel.

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Monica

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Augustine’s Christian mother

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Confessions

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The first autobiography written by Augustis

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Anselm

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Abbot of the monastery of bec. Created the ontological proof.

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Law school in Bologna

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The worlds first law school

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Synod

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Councils lead by Pope Leo IX

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Suffering servant

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Mark and other gospel writers studied Jesus in passages, especially in Isaiah 53, and found him as an innocent man who suffered for our sins. Jesus is the suffering servant and he died for our sins.

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Subordinatationist

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Believed that Jesus was less divine than the true God which we call Father.

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Chalcedon

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A great council that met in 451. Concluded that there is one God and three persons in God, the holy trinity, they also concluded that Jesus is one person with two natures, divine and human

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