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Chapter36 vocab/?'s
chapter 36 vocab and questions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jesus Christ | Christians believe that Jesus was the Sun of God and rose from the dead. |
| disciple | A person who helps spread the religious teaching of another. |
| Constantine | A Roman emperor who had a dream about Jesus the night before going into battle against a rival. |
| parable | A simple story that explains a moral or religious lesson. |
| Judea | A remote territory on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea were Jesus was born. |
| crucify | To the Romans,proper punishment for enemies was to hang them by a cross. |
| prefect | A high official in ancient Rome. |
| resurrect | To rise from the dead. |
| New Testament | Four gospels of the Christian bible. |
| Blasphemy | A disrespectful act or statement against God. |
| gospels | an account of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. |
| missionary | someone who tries to persuade others to believe in his or her religious teachings. |
| Messiah | a savior that many Jews believed had been promised by God. |
| Christianity | The religion based on the person and teaching of Jesus |
| baptize | a ritual by which a person is welcomed into a religion. |