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Chapter 36vocabulary
Christianity
Question | Answer |
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Christianity | The religion based on life and teachings of Jesus |
Baptize | A ritual by which a person is welcomed into religion |
Jesus | A man who lived from about 6BCE to 27CE and upon whose life and teachings Christianity is based on |
Disciple | A person who helps spread the religious teachings of another |
Constantine | He had a dream about Jesus the night before going into a battle against his rival |
Parable | A simple story that explains a moral or religious lesson |
Judea | The birth place of Christianity |
Crucify | To put death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross |
Prefect | A high official of Ancient Rome |
Blasphemy | Impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things |
Resurrect | To raise from the dead or bring back to life |
New Testaments | The collection of books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church |
Gospels | An account of life and teachings of Jesus Christ |
Missionary | Someone who tries to persuade others to believe in his or her beliefs |
Messiah | A savior that Jews believed had been promised by God |