World Religions Flashcards
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Ahura Mazda
Literaly, “Wise Lord,” Supreme God
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Amesha Spentas
Servent Angels
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Beneficent Immortals
Servent Angels
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Angra Mainyu
Destructive Spirit, Evil God
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Asha
“The Truth,” good moral principles
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Avesta
“Basic Text,” oldest of Zoroastrianism texts
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Chinvat Bridge
“Seperator Bridge,” bridge by which people enter heaven, spanning the abyss of hell below
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Deavas
“Heavenly Beings,” evil devils/demons
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Druj
“The Lie,” evil spirits opposed to the truth
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Magi
Zoroastrian priests
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Pahlavi
Early form of Persian language
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Soashyant
“Savior,” final desendant of Zarathushtra and spiritual leader who will user in final judgement
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Spenta Mainyu
“Beneficent Spirit,” the good son of Ahura Mazda
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Zurvan
“Time,” Supreme God of the Zurvan sect
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Amoraim
Rabbinic sages whose comments are in the Talmud and Mishnah
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Deuteronomic History
The historical sequence of books in the Tanakh from Deauteronomy through Cronicals
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Diaspora
Dispersion of Jews outside of Israel
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Elohim
Hebrew for God
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Israelite
People of Israel until the return from the Babolonian Exile
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Jew
Decendents of Isrealites after the Babolonian Exile
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Judea
The name of the land from Post-exile to Roman period
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Kabbala
“Tradition,” school of Jewish mystisism
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Midrash
verse by verse commentary of the Tanakh
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Mishnah
written expression of oral law compiled in 200 AD
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Saboraim
Rabinic sages whose commentaries on the Mishnah were added to the Amoraim
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Sefirot
Ten examinations of God
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Talmud
Commentaries on the Mushnah
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Tanakh
The Hebrew Bible
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Tannaim
Rabbinic Sages are comiled in the Mishnah
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Torah
Law, forst five books of the OT
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Yahweh
Personal name for God
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Apostles
Early followers of Jesus
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Bible
Fundamental Christian Scriprures
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Catholic
The name of the Church from the first sentury to now.
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Disciples
Jesus’ followers
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Eastern Orthodox
1054 split
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Gnosticism
Near Easter religios movement whole goal was to free the spirit from the material world
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Holy Spirit
Divine presence and agaent of guidence
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Judaizers
1st century Christian Jews who said that Christians were bond by Jewish Law
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Messiah
“annointed one” of “king”
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New Age
Contemporarry religios movement based on astrology
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Pentecostal
Emphasises baptisim of the HS and tounges
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Pope
Head of the Church and sucsessor to Peter
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Protestant
Protestant reformation
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Quelle
Sayings of Jesus- hypothetical document
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Synoptic Gospels
M M L
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Trinity
Unity of three persons
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Allah
“God”
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Caliph
“Sucssesor,” Political sucsessors to Mohhamad
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Companions
Mohhamad’s closest followers
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Hadith
“Speech,” sacred collections of the sayings of Mohhamad
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Imam
“He,” Spiritual leaders of the Shi’a traditions
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Ka’bah
“cube,” cublike building in the masque of Mecca
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Mahdi
“the Guided one,” the final Imam in Shi’a tradition who will establish an era of peace
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Muslim
“One who surrenders,” a follower of Islam
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Qur’an
“to recite,” Islams holiest text
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Shi’a
“Seprate Party,” 10% of Muslims who recognize Ali and Imams
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Sufi
“Wool Clad,” practisers of Islamic mystical tradition
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Sunni
“custom,” 19% recognize the Callphate
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Twelver
80% of Shi’a who regognize twelve Imams
