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Christian Vocab
Ancient Rome Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Pharisees | Educated people who both observed and enforced Jewish law. |
Sadducees | Came from elite and powerful back rounds, cooperated with the Jewish. |
Pax Romana | Roman Peace, Lasted over 200 years. |
Zealots | Opposed Roman occupation. Believed that God would send a Messiah that would save the Jewish people from oppression. |
Resurrection | Coming back to life after being declared dead through divine intervention. |
Baptism | A practiced ritual cleansing by plunging into water. |
Crucifixion | A slow and painful Roman method of execution. Jesus was sentenced to Crucifixion. |
Martyrs | People who died for their beliefs. Many Christians were Martyrs for their beliefs in Jesus. |
Bible | Holy text that is composed of 2 major sections. The New/Old Testaments. Sacred book for Christians. |
Old Testament | The first part of the bible. 39 books, promised that a Messiah would come and save them. |
Salvation | Deliverance from sin, believed to be brought about by faith in Jesus Christ. |
New Testament | 2nd half of bible, records the life of Jesus and his earliest followers. |
Gospels | Translate as "good news", first four books in the New Testaments made bye: Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John. |
Parables | Stories with a moral, Jesus often used parables to explain important lessons. |
Epistles | Formal letters written by early leaders in the Christians Church. |
Trinity | The Christian understanding that God is represented in three persons: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
Ethics | Issues of rights and wrongs and how to treat people. |
Golden Rule | A rule of ethical conduct that Jesus taught, written in Mathew 7:12 and Luke 6:31. |
Ascension | The ascent of Christ into heaven on the 40th day after the resurrection. |
Denominators | Christians have divided into different branches. Came down to church tradition, worship style, and/or history. |
Good Friday | The Friday before Easter, Christians believe Jesus died to pay for our sins. |
Easter | Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
Providence | The protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power. |
Messiah | The promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Old Testament. Hebrew word meaning Christ. |
Sermon on the Mount | A speech delivered by Jesus to the disciples and others. Revealing key fundemental of Christian teachings. |
The Great Commision | The in structure from Jesus to his disciples to spread the Gospels to all the nations of the world. |
Disciples | A personal follower of Jesus during his life, especially one of the 12 Apostles. |
Conversion | The fact of changing one's religion or belief system. |
Sin | An immoral act considered to be a transgression or violation against Gods law. |
Repentance | The action of reperting, regret or lemorce. |