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BMMS Rome Ch. 12
BMMS Ch. 12 Rome Nat Geo
Word | Definition |
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Jesus | Jewish teacher whose ideas, life, and death are central to the Christian religion |
Gospels | one of the first four books of the New Testament, describing the life and teachings of Jesus |
disciple | one of Jesus' 12 closest followers |
parables | stories with a moral |
crucifixion | an execution by hanging on a cross |
resurrection | a return to life after death |
Beatitudes | blessings contained in Jesus' speech called the Sermon on the Mount |
Gentile | a person who is not Jewish |
persecute | to oppress or harass |
Paul | the most important of the apostles who spread Jesus' teachings |
missionary | a person who spreads his or her faith by converting others to his or her religion |
Epistle | one of the letters, included in the New Testament, written by Jesus' apostles to early Christian churches to instruct them in Christian beliefs and practices |
bishop | local leader of the church |
pope | the bishop of Rome, the most important bishop in the Catholic Church |
catholic | universal |
creed | statement of beliefs |
Trinity | union of three persons-Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit- in one God |
Constantine | a Roman emperor who converted to Christianity after seeing a vision of a cross. He ended persecution of Christians |
Edict of Milan | this made Christianity one of the empire's legal religions |
Emperor Theodosius | the emperor who made Christianity Rome's official religion |
Nero | Roman emperor who blamed and tortured Christians for a fire in Rome in 64 A.D. |
sect | a religious or political group that is connected to a larger group but that has beliefs that differ greatly from those of the main group |