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| apostle | "to send away" |
| bishop | a successor of the apostles who has recieved the fullness of Christ's priesthood |
| church | "the body of Christ and the temple of thew Holy Spirit" |
| church history | the record of the life of Jesus, the actions of men, and the guiding light of the Holy Spirit acting in the Church |
| concil | an authorized gathering of bishops |
| martyrdom | the supreme witness given to the truthof the Faith by bearing witness even unto death |
| pentecost | celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the apostles 50 days after the Resurrection |
| agape | love |
| apologist | one who writes a work in order to defend and explain the Christian Religion |
| apostolic father | saintly writers of the early Chruch whom the Church recognizes as her special witness of faith |
| catechumens | "the instructed" |
| The Didache | A sixteen chapter treatise including baptism, fasting, prayers, the Eucharist, and the developing Church hierarchy among the early Christians |
| Eucharist | "thanksgiving" |
| ICHTHYS | "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior" |
| martyrdom | Being killed for one's faith |
| papacy | The Vicar of Christ |
| Presbyter | "priest" |
| sign of the cross | (father son holy spirit, amen) |
| synod | an assembly of ecclesiastics gathered together under Church authority to discuss and decide on matters pertaining to doctrine, liturgy, or discipline |
| Ad Metalla | "to the mines" |
| apostasy | the willful renunciation o the faith in its entirety |
| apostate | a person who denies the Faith altogether |
| heretic | a person who denies one or more doctrines of the Faith |
| trajan's rescript | policy for handling Christians in the Roman Empire whihc stated that Christians who renounced their faith and offered sacrifice would be allowed to live. Those who did not renounce their faith would suffer death |
| chrysostom | "golden mouthed" |
| doctor of the church | a specific title given by the pope to those whose development of theology and personal sanctity are exemplary |
| ecumenical council | these bring bishops and others entitled to vote from all over the world to discuss central issues of the church. they are ammended by the pope |
| infallible | free from error |
| Marcionism | he renounced all Jewish influence on the church, believing that the god of the the Old Testament was the evil Demiurge |
| vulgate | First translation of the bible from its original languages into Latin by St. Jerome |
| Allah | Arabic word for god |
| diocese | a territorial division of the church |
| The Hajj | the pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims once during their lifetime |
| hermit | One who has retired into solitary life for religious motives |
| Islam | Arabic for "submission" |
| Jihad | Holy war waged by Muslims |
| Kaaba | "square building", is the focus of the pilgrimage to Mecca |
| Lectio Divina | Reading and meditation on Scripture |
| monasticism | a way of life characterized by asceticism and self- denial lived more or less in seclusion from the world and under fixed rule and vows |
| Ore Et Labora | "pray and work" |
| Ramadan | the holy month of Islam to be the time when the Koran was given to Muhammad |
| scriptorium | large room in a monestary dedicated to the copying and maintaining of texts |
| The Shahada | The first pillar of Islam, " There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet" |
| vow | a solemn promise made voluntarily by a person of reason |
