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Eve

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The first woman created by god who breathed life into her

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Adam

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The first human created by god

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Cain

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Man who kills his brother

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Abel

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Man who gets killed by his brother

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Noah

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Man who takes 2 of every animal on a boat.

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Abraham

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One of tha major patriarchs that can we can trace back to the root of the 3 major religions name changed from abram.

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Isaac

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Abrahams son with Sarah (father of Esau and Jacob.)

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Jacob

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The younger son of Isaac, he steals the birthright from Esau. Then moves to haran and falls for one of labans(Rebekah’s brother) daughters(Rachel) has to work for seven years for her, but she is switched for another sister. Eventually gets her though.

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Joseph

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The firstborn son of Jacob and Rachel, he is favorited by Jacob and for that his brothers sell him into slavery. He works his way up as a dream interpreter until he is a chief advisor to the pharaoh.

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Moses

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A man who was born in slavery but then is raised by the pharaohs daughter. He kills an Egyptian foreman for beating on a slave. He flees but returns after hod intervenes as a burning bush. He threatens the pharaoh to let the slaves go he has Yahweh and inflicts the 9 plagues. Eventually caused the Pentecost.

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Joshua

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The man appointed to lead the Israelites by Moses

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Judges

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military leaders

  • settled disputes
  • we’re charismatic leaders
  • reminded people to turn back to god.
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Ruth

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A non deuteronomic book (in the histories)that involves the story of Ruth and her family.Emeliech + Naomi = Ruth.

  • Naomi wants Ruth to marry a “stand up guy named boaz.”
  • Ruth hides in boaz’s room because of her moms weird plan.
  • boaz likes it.
  • Ruth and boaz have a son which makes Naomi über happy.
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Samuel (book)

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Included the united monarchy under Saul and David.

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David

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A musician/Shepard who just happens to be the great grandson of Ruth he slays Goliath.

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Goliath

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A giant philistine warrior who is killed by David

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Soloman

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A king who builds a temple

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  1. Isaiah
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One of the four major prophets prophesised that the Assyrians will not attack Jerusalem
Six themes of Isaiah 
1. Holiness of Yahweh
2. Faithfulness of Yahweh
3. Justice of Yahweh 
4. Justice to all nations
5. Hope in a faithful one
6.conversion
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Isaiah 2

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spoke in the spirit of the first Isaiah

  • comforted the people during the exile
  • foretold the messiah becoming a suffering servant
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Amos

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A farmer from Judah who was inspired by god to prophesy the north

  • very forceful and disturbing
  • cautioned people on religion formalism
  • taught that helping poor, and worshiping god go hand in hand
  • identified as the social justice prophet
  • ah so was ignored and eventually thrown out of the north. Lol
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Micah

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  • am minor prophet
  • anti war
  • contemporary of Amos and hosea
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Jeremiah

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one of four major prophets in Jewish history.

  • he prophesied about the exile
  • he portrays the failure of the nation
  • confronted he nation, and was severely punished.
  • he served three different kings, ( josiah. jehoikam. kedekiah)
  • referred to God as the potter.
  • etc
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Ezekiel

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grew up in Jerusalem prior to the exile

  • warned the people of ere horrendous ways.
  • he could be the disturber of the comfortable (first half of book)
  • he could be the comforter of the disturbed (second half of the book)
  • says that everything that was lost during exile will be restored.
    1. Prophesied respiration of nations
    2. Prophesied that the king will be restored.
    3. prophesied the restoration of the temple
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3 things Ezekiel says

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says that everything that was lost during exile will be restored.

  1. Prophesied respiration of nations
  2. Prophesied that the king will be restored.
  3. prophesied the restoration of the temple
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Job

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a parable explaining how god worked in the life of people

  • stresses the lessons of life
  • a rich man who has everything, god takes everything to see if he will still be faithful. God wants us to walk by the light of faith as well as reason.
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Daniel

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tries to encourage the people to stand up against the Assyrian Greeks
- folk tales of Daniel remaining loyal to god and not being killed
EX the lion den
-Last major prophet.

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Maccabees

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1 and 2

  • introduces the fammily of maccabees.
  • they used gorilla warefare tactics to take down the greeks.
  • [hit run damage retreat]
  • highlighted by an event called the hanukkah (festival of lights) which is celebrated today,
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Herod the great

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the bridge man between the old and the New Testament.

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Mary

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The mother of Jesus

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Joseph

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The father of Jesus

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The four evangelists

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Matthew, mark, Luke, and John.

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Matthew

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written between 70 and 90 AD

  • written in Antioch (modern day Syria)
  • wrote to Jews
  • Portrait: teaching savior
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Mark

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written around 60 AD.

  • written in Rome.
  • wrote for Gentiles.{non Jewish} , Christians being persecuted
  • Portrait: suffering savior
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Luke

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wrote between 70 AD to 90 AD

  • written in Greece
  • written for Gentiles
  • Portrait: compassionate savior
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John

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wrote after 90 AD

  • wrote in Ephesus (modern day turkey)
  • wrote for Christians of all backrounds
  • Portrait: lifeving savior
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4 synoptic gospels

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Matthew, mark, and Luke

Synoptic: seeing together

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M-sourse

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Marks gospel, because it was written first.

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Q-source

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quelle ) -German word meaning nothing more than source

- the unknown source that Luke and Matthew used to write the gospels.

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Preludes of Luke

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Luke’s infancy narrative
- focuses on Mary’s side of the story
-begins with the annunciation.
Gabriel comes to Mary and says that it will be the Holy Spirit that comes on her.
“Rest upon”/exodus/-Mary and the Holy Spirit
- Mary’s body and womb, are compared to the tabernacle and the arc of the covenant.

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Preludes of matthew

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Matthews infancy narratives

  • focused more on Joseph’s side of the family
  • begins with a genealogy showing how Jesus is the messiah. And a descendant of David
  • Emanuel : god is with us , Jesus : God saves
The law,  Joseph was concerned that Mary was betrothed (engaged) to him.
        - there is no sex until marrage.
 -she was already pregnant.
             - he didn't do it.
-he considers divorcing her 
However doesn't because of god
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John the baptist

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Prophet who was the cousin of Jesus .he foretold his coming

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Simeon and Anna

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Simian and Anna

-simian says that Jesus will be the rise and fall of many in Israel, Anna also says that a sword will pierce her heart.

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Peter

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One of Jesus best deciples called the rock, he also was once called simon

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Stephen

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The first martyr of Christianity

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Cornelius

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The first gentile to convert to Christianity

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Paul

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Once called Saul, he was a disciple that replaced judas.

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Banabus

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A sudo apostle that converted people with Paul.

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Nero

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An emperor who was an early persecutor of Christians

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Timothy

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Man who traveled with Saint Paul, he was also Paul’s mentor.

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Ignatious Loyola

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Founder of the society of Jesus (Jesuits)

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Alouisus gonzaga

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An italian member of the society of Jesus. He died by carrying people with a disease.

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Agnostic

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Unbiased or undecided

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A.m.d.g

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For the greater glory of god

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Annunciation

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the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to Mary

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Apocalyptic language

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A weired confusing language with a bunch of symbols and numbers. It is used a lot in the book of revalation

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Apostasy

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Renunciation of a religious faith

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Apostle

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One who is sent out
: any one of the 12 men chosen by Jesus Christ to spread the Christian religion
: someone who believes in or supports an idea, cause, etc.

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Arc of the covenant

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A box that holds the Ten Commandments

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Atheist

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Someone who doesn’t believe in god

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Bar mitzva

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Son of the law

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Bat mitzva

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Daughter of the law

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Contextualist

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Someone who looks for information before acting

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Conversion

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Turning back to god

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Covenant

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A promise between you and god.

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Creationism

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: the belief that God created all things out of nothing as described in the Bible and that therefore the theory of evolution is incorrect

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Disciple

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: someone who accepts and helps to spread the teachings of a famous person
: one of a group of 12 men who were sent out to spread the teachings of Jesus Christ

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Ecclesiastes

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: a book of wisdom literature in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture — see bible table

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Emmanuel

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Messiah

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Epiphany

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Christian festival held on January 6 in honor of the coming of the three kings to the infant Jesus Christ

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Epistle

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in the Bible : any one of the letters of instruction

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Ethical monotheism

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A belief in one god with three parts

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Eucharist

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Communion

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Evolution

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A change over time

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Fixed prayer

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From memory ex Hail Mary

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Free prayer

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Spontaneous prayer such as intentions

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Fundamentalist

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Someone who believes in the literal translation of the bible

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Gentiles

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Non Jewish

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Gospel

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Good news

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Hebrews

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member of an ancient group of people who lived mostly in the kingdom of Israel and practiced Judaism

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Holiness

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The quality or state of being holy.

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Idolatry

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The worship of a picture or statue as a god

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Incarnation

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one of a series of lives that a person is believed to have had in the past in some religion

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Literalist

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adherence to the explicit substance of an idea or expression

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Liturgy

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A fixed Set of ceremonies prayers etc

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Martyr

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Someone who dies for their faith

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Messiah - christos - Christ

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Our lord Jesus Christ,

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Mosaic law

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The laws according to Moses

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Mystery

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A question with no answer

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Parable

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A short story with a meaning

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Pentateuch

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The first five books of the bible
Genesis, exodus, Leviticus, numbers, and b
Deutoronomy.

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Polytheism

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A belief in many gods

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Prayer

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Raising our hearts and minds to god

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Prophet

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A messenger of god

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Proverbs

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: a brief popular saying (such as “Too many cooks spoil the broth”) that gives advice about how people should live or that expresses a belief that is generally thought to be true

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Psalms

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: a song or poem used in worship and especially one from the Bible

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Rabbi

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A teacher of the Jewish faith

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Revalation

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a usually secret or surprising fact that is made known

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Sabbath

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Sunday

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Scribe

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One in the time of Jesus who wrote the events down

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Septuagint

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Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures

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Sin

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Turning away from god

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Society of Jesus

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A catholic group that was started by Ignatious Loyola .

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Synagogue

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A Jewish tempel

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Temple

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A house of worship

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Torah

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First 5 books of the Hebrew bible

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Unconditional love

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The love given by Jesus and god. They will forgive you no matter what.

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Yahweh

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I am who I am

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Define sacrament. (

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An outward sign, instituted by Christ, to give grace)

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  1. Identify the two parts of the Mass. (
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Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the

Eucharist)

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  1. Identify the four major reasons why one prays. (
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ACTS: Adoration-Contrition-Thanksgiving-Supplication/Petition)

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  1. List and explain the three levels which Scripture can be presented. (
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Informational-to

inform, Formational-to form values, Transformational- to change one’s life)

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  1. In the story of Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac, it is quite clear that faith involves
    three things. List and explain each of the three.
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Three elements of faith

  1. Loving trust
  2. Times of struggle
  3. Times of darkness
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  1. Identify the five ways sin alienates or divides us. From Identify three obstacles in recognizing sin in our lives. (Handout: How Do We
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God, self, others, nature, nations.
3 obstacles
Are Blaming-Relativism- Renaming)

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  1. The Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) may be divided into four main categories. List
    them. (
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Torah, Historical, Prophetic, Wisdom)

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  1. The Christian Scripture (New Testament) may be divided into four main categories.
    List them. (
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Gospels-Acts of the Apostles-Epistles(Letters)- Book of Revelation)

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  1. Identify and explain the three stage process in which the Gospels were the
    result. (
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  1. Life
    -life of Christ CA
    33 years
  2. Preaching
    - apostolic times between 40 ad and the end of the 1st century
    - received the pentecost = beginning of the birthday of the church.
  3. Written 4 evangelist start to commit the life of Christ into the gospels
    By 100 AD all of New Testament was complete.
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  1. What were the two major reasons why Jesus performed miracles? (
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Announcements

and invitation)

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  1. What are some of the obstacles we find in responding to Jesus’ words and teachings?
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Stuff like being too busy etc

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  1. All four evangelists depict Jesus’ public life by emphasizing what three
    attributes (. Identify the three major themes of Jesus’
    teachings. (
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parables, miracles, teachings)

Love-Forgiveness-Prayer)

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What is a parable? Recite at least two such parables and interpret each.

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A short story with a meaning ex Good Samaritan, and prodigal son

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Identify the main events that we focused on as we examined the Acts of the Apostles

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We studdied, the 3 Jewish feasts, sails early life, sails conversion, Paul’s 4 missionary journeys.

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  1. Know how many missionary trips Paul conducted and be able to tell one highlight
    of each journey.
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He went on 3 trips

  1. established church communities at: pisida, Antioch, iconium, derby
  2. revisited the churches that were previously established on his first missionary trip.
  3. made Ephesus the center of the missionary effort.
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Be familiar with the biography of St. Paul. (notes)

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Saul
Hated Christians
Knocked off his horse and is blinded, he hears a voice and converts to Jesus

Early life

  • Born in tarsus as a Jew, became a roman citizen
  • studied under gamaliel
  • became a Pharisee. Was a rabid persecutor of Christians .

Sauls conversion and baptism

  • experienced a vision and blindness on his way to Damascus
  • baptized by Ananias.
  • Spent 3 years in Arabia and returned to Damascus to teach and preach.
  • apostasy

-tries to bridge the gap between the gap between Jews- Christians

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  1. How many Pauline letters are contained in the Christian Scriptures? These letters are
    are grouped into four categories. List the groups and be able to identify which letters
    belong to each category.
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13 letters were identafied as Pauline( written by, or about Paul)
Letters in 4 categories

  1. Early :Thessalonians (1-2)
  2. Great :Corinthians (1-2), Galicians (1), Romans.
  3. Prison : phillipians, Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians
  4. Pastoral: Timothy(1-2) and Titus
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  1. List the non-Pauline letters that are contained in the Christian Scriptures. ()
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Hebrews-

James 1-2, Peter1-2-3, John, Jude

125
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Know each of the Ten Commandments

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  1. I, the Lord, am your God: you shall not have other gods besides me.
  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
  3. Keep holy the Sabbath day.
  4. Honor your father and mother.
  5. You shall not kill.
  6. You shall not commit adultery.
  7. You shall not steal.
  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
  10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
126
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  1. Know each of the five components of the Profile of the Graduate of Gonzaga
    Preparatory School. (
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Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious/Spiritual,
Loving, and Committed to Doing Justice. )

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  1. Know the main seasons of the liturgical year. (. Know the liturgical colors and
    their meaning. (
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Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time,Lent, Holy Triduum, Easter Season, Ordinary Time)

white: Jesus’ high feasts, funerals, green: hope-ordinary time, red: martyrs and feasts of the Holy Spirit, Purple: anticipation and penance)

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  1. Review the exercises that accompanied the video Gospel of John.
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Other not cards

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2 ways of interpreting scripture

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Contextually and literally.

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Timothy

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A friend of Paul who traveled with him on his second journey

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