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Cushman vocab #10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apostle | early christian leader who helped set churches and spread the word of jesus |
| Clergy | religious officials, such as priests given authority to conduct religious services |
| Disciple | close followers of Jesus |
| Doctrine | official church teaching |
| Excommunicate | to declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church |
| Gospel | one of the four accounts of Jesus' life, teachings, and resurrection |
| Hierarchy | organization with different levels of authority |
| Icon | christian religious image or picture |
| Iconoclast | person who opposed the use of icons in byzantine churches, saying that icons encouraged the worship of idols |
| Laity | church members who were not clergy |
| Martyr | person willing to die rather than give up their beliefs |
| Messiah | in Judaism, a deliver sent by God |
| Missionary | person who travels to carry the ideas of a religion to leaders |
| Monastery | religious community where monks live and work |
| Parable | story that used events from everyday life to express spiritual ideas |
| Persecute | |
| Pope | |
| Resurrection | |
| Salvation | |
| Schism |