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Theology
Jesus Yesterday and Today
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a belief in a god. | |
| monotheism | a belief in one god |
| polytheism | a belief in many gods |
| pantheism | a belief that everything is a god |
| panentheism | a belief that the being of god is in the universe but that god is more than the universe. Catholic theology would recognize this as sacramentality. |
| Atheism | no belief in a god or gods |
| agnostic | no knowledge of god. there could be a god or there may not be. |
| trinity | the unique christian belief that god is triune: three persons in one god. Father (creator) Son, holy spirit. |
| Matthew | a tax collector who was called by Jesus to be one of the twelve tradition makes the two the same man. |
| Mark | possibly a coworker of Paul and Barnabas. Wrote first canonical gospel. |
| Luke | a non-eyewitness to the life of Jesus who wrote a gospel of outreach to the marginalize. "Acts of the Apostles" |
| Joseph | husband of Mary who is considered righteous because he did not divorce her when it was discovered that she was pregnant. |
| Jesus | Yahweh saves. and is given by the angel at the announcement of birth. |
| Gabriel | Name of messenger angel who announced the birth of jesus to mary. |
| Herod the Great | the jewish vassal kind of Judea at the time of Jesus' birth. Ruled 40-4 BCE. Very powerful and cruel |
| Magi | astologers or wise men from the east who followed a star and came to Bethlehem to pay tribute to the new born king. |
| Shepherds | the visitors who came from the fields to see the baby jesus. |
| Pontius Pilate | roman governor who sentenced Jesus to death on the cross |
| Good Samaritan | her in the parable of jesus about a man who is robbed and injured. he has become an icon of charitable actions toward others. |
| Paschal Mystery | from the Greek for "Passover" it refers to the who salvation event of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. More specifically it is a collective term for the crucifixion, death and resurrection of jesus. |
| Torah | The Jewish Law, first five books of the bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.) |
| Sermon on the Mount | The first of Matthews five discourses which contains the core of the teachings of Jesus. |
| 3 ways of Piety | prayer, fasting, alms giving |
| Beatitudes | comes from the latin beata meaning "blessed" The nine blessed statements found at the beginning of the sermon on the Mount parallel the Ten Commandments. |
| Golden Rule | Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. |
| Parables | Stories told by Jesus with strong moral lessons. |
| Infancy Narratives | Stories regarding the birth of Jesus found only in the canonical gospels of matthew and Luke and in some of the apocryphal gospels such as the Protevangelium of James. |
| Apology | a form of literature written to defend a position, viewpoint or way of life. Luke repeatedly demonstrates that Christians pose no threat to Roman governmental authorities. |
| The Bible | Old testament 46 books in catholic bibles; 39 in protestant bibles. |
| Old Testament | the story of the hebrew people, now known as jews. |
| New testament | the story of jesus and the writings of the early first century church |
| Gospel | "good news" an interpretation of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus as seen through the needs of the community and the theology of the evangelist. |
| Canonical Gospels | Matthew, Mark Luke and John |
| Synoptic Gospels | Matthew, Mark, and Kuke |
| Acts | a narrative/story about the early apostolic church: includes the communal life of the early preaching about jesus and teachings of the new religious sect. |
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