Unit 1: Terms Flashcards
Define Covenant
A special agreement between two parties.
What is a special agreement between two parties?
Covenant
Define Matriarch/Patriarch
The key historical men/women who founded the religion we know as Judaism.
What word is used to describe the key historical men/women who founded the religion we know as Judaism?
Matriarch/Patriarch
Define Hebrew
A collective group of ancient tribes that made up the earliest ancestors of the Jewish people. Abraham, Isaac & Jacob were Hebrew.
What was the collective group of ancient tribes that made up the earliest ancestors of the Jewish people called?
Hebrew
Define Apostles
The people who give witness to the resurrection of Jesus and spread the good news.
Who are the people who give witness to the resurrection of Jesus and spread the good news?
Apostles
Define Jesus of History
Term for the Son of God; who actually walked the Earth in the person of Jesus Christ.
What is best described by the term for the Son of God; who actually walked the Earth in the person of Jesus Christ?
Jesus of History
Define Passover
The Jewish celebration commemorating the exodus of the Hebrews from captivity in Egypt. It usually falls in the month of April.
What is the name of the Jewish celebration commemorating the exodus of the Hebrews from captivity in Egypt?
Passover
Define Christ
Derived from the Greek word “Christos”, meaning “anointed one”.
What word is derived from the Greek word that means “anointed one”?
Christ
Define Encyclical
A papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.
What is a papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church known as?
An Encyclical
Define Monogamy
The practice or state of being married to one person at a time.
What is the practice or state of being married to one person at a time known as?
Monogamy
Define Synoptic Gospels
The three Gospel books (Matthew, Mark and Luke) that all use the same or similar sources or one another’s work when writing their accounts. Synoptic means to see together.
What term is used to describe the three Gospel books that used the same or similar sources to write their books?
Synoptic Gospels
Define Adultry
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse.
What is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse know as?
Adultery
Define Betrothal Peroid
The betrothal period is the time leading up to a man and woman getting married. The woman still would suffer all the same punishments for committing adultery as a married woman would.
What is the time leading up to a man and woman getting married called?
Betrothal Period
Define Messiah
Somebody regarded as the savior or liberator of a country, people or the world. Jesus is regarded as the messiah according to Christian faith. Messiah is derived from a Hebrew word meaning “anointed”.
What is somebody regarded as the savior or liberator of a country, people or the world called?
Messiah
Define Resurrection
Refers to the belief that Jesus rose after his death, on Good Friday.
What refers to the belief that Jesus rose after his death?
Resurrection
Define Gentile
Any person who is not of the Jewish faith.
Who are people not of the Jewish faith?
Gentiles
Define Israel
The national name for the people known as Hebrews.
What is the national name for the people known as Hebrews?
Israel
Define Christ of Faith
The title for Jesus, which recognizes that he was raised from the dead by God, and that he truly is the Lord and Savior.
What is the title for Jesus that recognizes that he was raised from the dead by God, and he truly is the Lord and Savior?
Christ of Faith
Define Incarnation
The official church teaching that God took on human nature/form in Jesus Christ. Literally means “in the flesh”.
What is the official church teaching that God took on human nature/form in Jesus Christ?
Incarnation
Define Yahweh
Hebrew name for God. The Israelite people considered it a very sacred name. Lord, or the symbol YHWH were and are often used as a substitute out of respect.
What is the Hebrew name for God?
Yahweh
Define Tax Collectors
The people who collected money from the Jews for the Romans. They were hated and considered traitors.
Who were the traitors that collected money for the Romans?
Tax Collectors
