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rome christianity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pharisee | educated people who both observed and enforced Jewish law |
| saducces | came from roman backgrounds supported the traditions of Solomon in jerusalem |
| pax Romana | latin word for Roman, was a period of relative peace |
| zealots | opposed Roman occupation. believed that God would sent a messiah to rescue them |
| resurrection | coming back from the dead through divine intervention |
| baptism | a practiced ritual by plunging people into water, cleanses you of all sin |
| crucification | a slow and painful death used by romans as execution |
| martyrs | people who die for there beliefs |
| bible | holy text that is composed of 2 major sections |
| old testament | first part of the Bible |
| new testament | second part of the bible |
| salvation | deliverance from sin and its consequences |
| gospels | translated as "good news" first 4 books |
| parabels | stories with a moral, Jesus often used parabels as stories |
| epstisle | formal letters written by early christain church |
| trinity | christain understanding that god is represented in three persons |
| ethics | issues of right and wrong and how to treat people |
| golden rule | treat people how you want to be treated |
| ascetion | Jesus arose into heaven on the 4th day after the ressurection |
| denominations | christians have a divided themselfs into diffferent branches |
| good friday | the Friday before Easter sunday |
| easter | the most important festival of the Christian church |
| providence | the protective care of God or as a spiritual power |
| sermon mount on the speech | a speech that Jesus gave |
| the great commision | the instruction from Jesus to his diciples to spread christanity |
| disciples | a personal love of Jesus during his life |
| conversion | the fact of merge in ones religion |
| sin | an immortal act considered to be a criminal or violation against gods law |
| repentance | the action of repenting sincere regret or remorse. each person who turns to God and Jesus in guinine repentance and faith will be saved |