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Rome ch.36 vocab
Ch.36 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Christianity | The religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. |
| Baptize | A ritual by which a person is welcomed into a religion. |
| Jesus | A man who lived from about 6 B.C.E. to 27 C.E. and upon whose life and teachings Christianity is based.Christians refer to him as Jesus Christ. |
| Disciple | A person who helps spread the religious teachings of another. |
| Constantine | Constantine was an emperor in 312 A.D. and had a dream about Jesus,and helped Christianity become a religion. |
| Parable | A simple story that explains a moral or religious lesson. |
| Judea | The birthplace of Christianity and was once its own kingdom, but then was taken by Roman rule, and was Jewish. |
| Crucify | The act of getting nailed to a cross and suffering until death. |
| Prefect | A high official in ancient Rome. |
| Resurrect | The act of bringing a dead organism back to life. |
| New Testament | Four writings called gospels that are in the Christian bible. |
| Blasphemy | A lack of reverance for god, ireverance against something considered sacred. |
| 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. |