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| 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 b.c.e. and upon whose life and teachings christians is based. they refer to him as god |
| disciple | a person who helps spread the religious teachings of another |
| constantine | a emperor in 312 c.e who had a dream about a jesus the night before going into battle against a rival. |
| parable | a simple story that explains a moral or religious lesson |
| judea | the birthplace of christianity and was a remote territory on the eastern end of the mediterranean sea where jusus was born. |
| crucify | jusus was put to death so the word means to tortured or in other words, put to death |
| prefect | a high official in ancient Rome |
| resurrect | when jusus rose from the dead |
| New Testament | when the gospels wrote about jusus's life and his teachings were called the new testament |
| gospels | an account of the life and teachings of jusus christ |
| missionary | someone who tries to persuade others to believe in his or her religious teachings |
| Messiah | the greek word really means jusus christ |