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World Religions Flashcards

1
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Define

Ahura Mazda

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Literaly, “Wise Lord,” Supreme God

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Amesha Spentas

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Servent Angels

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Beneficent Immortals

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Servent Angels

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Angra Mainyu

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Destructive Spirit, Evil God

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Asha

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“The Truth,” good moral principles

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Avesta

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“Basic Text,” oldest of Zoroastrianism texts

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Chinvat Bridge

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“Seperator Bridge,” bridge by which people enter heaven, spanning the abyss of hell below

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Deavas

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“Heavenly Beings,” evil devils/demons

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Druj

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“The Lie,” evil spirits opposed to the truth

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10
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Magi

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Zoroastrian priests

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Pahlavi

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Early form of Persian language

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Soashyant

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“Savior,” final desendant of Zarathushtra and spiritual leader who will user in final judgement

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Spenta Mainyu

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“Beneficent Spirit,” the good son of Ahura Mazda

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Zurvan

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“Time,” Supreme God of the Zurvan sect

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Amoraim

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Rabbinic sages whose comments are in the Talmud and Mishnah

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Deuteronomic History

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The historical sequence of books in the Tanakh from Deauteronomy through Cronicals

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Diaspora

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Dispersion of Jews outside of Israel

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18
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Elohim

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Hebrew for God

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Israelite

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People of Israel until the return from the Babolonian Exile

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Jew

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Decendents of Isrealites after the Babolonian Exile

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Judea

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The name of the land from Post-exile to Roman period

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Kabbala

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“Tradition,” school of Jewish mystisism

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23
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Midrash

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verse by verse commentary of the Tanakh

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24
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Mishnah

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written expression of oral law compiled in 200 AD

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Saboraim

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Rabinic sages whose commentaries on the Mishnah were added to the Amoraim

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Sefirot

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Ten examinations of God

27
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Talmud

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Commentaries on the Mushnah

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Tanakh

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The Hebrew Bible

29
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Tannaim

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Rabbinic Sages are comiled in the Mishnah

30
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Torah

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Law, forst five books of the OT

31
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Yahweh

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Personal name for God

32
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Apostles

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Early followers of Jesus

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Bible

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Fundamental Christian Scriprures

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Catholic

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The name of the Church from the first sentury to now.

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Disciples

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Jesus’ followers

36
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Eastern Orthodox

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1054 split

37
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Gnosticism

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Near Easter religios movement whole goal was to free the spirit from the material world

38
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Holy Spirit

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Divine presence and agaent of guidence

39
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Judaizers

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1st century Christian Jews who said that Christians were bond by Jewish Law

40
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Messiah

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“annointed one” of “king”

41
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New Age

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Contemporarry religios movement based on astrology

42
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Pentecostal

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Emphasises baptisim of the HS and tounges

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Pope

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Head of the Church and sucsessor to Peter

44
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Protestant

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Protestant reformation

45
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Define

Quelle

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Sayings of Jesus- hypothetical document

46
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Define

Synoptic Gospels

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M M L

47
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Trinity

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Unity of three persons

48
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Allah

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“God”

49
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Caliph

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“Sucssesor,” Political sucsessors to Mohhamad

50
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Companions

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Mohhamad’s closest followers

51
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Hadith

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“Speech,” sacred collections of the sayings of Mohhamad

52
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Imam

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“He,” Spiritual leaders of the Shi’a traditions

53
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Ka’bah

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“cube,” cublike building in the masque of Mecca

54
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Mahdi

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“the Guided one,” the final Imam in Shi’a tradition who will establish an era of peace

55
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Muslim

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“One who surrenders,” a follower of Islam

56
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Qur’an

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“to recite,” Islams holiest text

57
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Shi’a

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“Seprate Party,” 10% of Muslims who recognize Ali and Imams

58
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Sufi

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“Wool Clad,” practisers of Islamic mystical tradition

59
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Sunni

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“custom,” 19% recognize the Callphate

60
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Define

Twelver

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80% of Shi’a who regognize twelve Imams

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