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Christianity vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pharisees | Educated people who both observed and enforced Jewish law |
| Sadducees | Came from elite and powerful backgrounds |
| Pax Romana | Latin word for Roman peace. |
| Zealots | Opposed Roman occupation belived that God would send a Messiah that would save the Jewish people from oppresion |
| Resurrection | Coming back to life after being declaired dead through divine intervention. |
| Baptism | A practice ritual clensing by plunging into water |
| Crucifiction | A slow painful Roman method of execution |
| Martyrs | people who died for their beliefs |
| Bible | Holy text that composed of two major parts. the old and new testament. sacred book for Christians |
| Old testament | The first part of the Christian bible |
| Salvation | Deliverance of sin and its consiquences |
| New Testament | Second half of the bible recorded Jesus' teachings |
| Gospels | First four books in the new testament matthew mark luke and john |
| Parables | Stories with a moral |
| Epistles | Formal letters written by early leaders in the christian church. |
| Trinity | The Christian understanding that God is represented in three different way the father the son and the holy spirit |
| Ethics | issues of wright and wrong and how to treat people |
| Golden rule | a rule of ethical conduct that Jesus taught. |
| Ascension | the ascent of Christ into heaven on the fortieth day after his resurection |
| Denominations | Christians have divided themselves into branches. differences have come down to church tradition |
| Good Friday | the Friday before Easter Sunday on which the crucifixion of Jesus is commemorated |
| Easter | the most important festival in Christian history |
| Providence | the protective care of god or nature as a spiritual power |
| Messiah | the promised deliver of the Jewish nation proposed in the old testament Hebrew word meaning Christ |
| Sermon on the mount | A speech delivered by Jesus to the disiples |
| The great Commision | The institution from his disiples to spread the gospel to all nations of the world |
| Disciples | A personal follower of Jesus during his life one of the 12 Apostles |
| Conversion | The fact or changing of ones religion or beliefs system |
| Sin | an immoral violation of Gods law |
| Repentance | the action of repenting sincear regret or remorse |
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