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Chapter 26 SS Vocab.
| 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 | Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. |
| parable | A simple story that explains a moral of religious lesson. |
| Judea | the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ. |
| crucify | put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, esp. as an ancient punishment. |
| prefect | A high official in ancient Rome. |
| resurrect | restore (a dead person) to life. |
| New Testament | the second part of the Christian Bible, written originally in Greek and recording the life and teachings of Jesus and his earliest followers. It includes the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, twenty-one epistles by St. Paul and others, and the book |
| 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. |