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WHI.7 (2015)
Christianity
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews |
| Jesus of Nazareth | the Messiah who was born a Jewish man and fully God |
| Incarnation | deity that takes on human form (ex: Jesus) |
| Doctine | the foundational beliefs of a religion that are taught to followers |
| Martyrs | person who is killed because of thier beliefs |
| Apostles | any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world (ex: Paul) |
| Emperor Constintine | converted to Christianity and made it legal to practice in Rome Empire |
| moral authority | the standard by which good and evil or right and wrong are created by a group in control |
| heresy | a belief or teaching different than set doctrine (false teaching) |
| secular | not related or concerned with religion |
| monasteries | a place where monks lived and practiced their religion while preserving Greco-Roman culture (books and art) |
| missionaries | people who's mission from God is share and convert others to their religion |
| Pope | the leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Emperor Charlemagne | selected by the Pope to be 1st Emperor of Holy Roman Empire in 800 A.D (also King of France) |
| parish | a local church community lead by a preist |