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20 Cards in this Set
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the book of the New Testament that tells the story of the early Christian Community
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Acts of the Apostles
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the Risen Christ enters into heavenly glory
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Ascension
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Period from 587 to 593 BC when the Jewish nation did not exist and Jewish leaders were exiled to Babylon
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Babylonian Captivity
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a radical reorientation of one's whole life away from sin and evil toward God
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conversion
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the first Church Council, which was called to resolve the growing controversy over whether or not Gentile Christians would have to observe Jewish law
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Council of Jerusalem
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originally an agreement or contract between two parties. Came to be applied exclusively to the promise God made to the Jewish people and then through Christ to the Church
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covenant
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diaspora
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scattering of the Jewish peple from their homeland
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God;s saving interventon in history, as narrated in the book of Exodus, by which he liberated the Hebew people from slavery in Egypt and brought the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt and brought them into the Promised Land
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Exodus
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persons of non-Jewish origin
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Gentiles
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the four accounts of the life of Jesus in the New Testament. The word "Gospel" means "good news"
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Gospels
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the tribe of Abraham, later to be known as Israelites and then Jews
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Hebrew
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the spread of Greek culture begun during the time of Alexander the Great
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Hellenization
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one, holy, catholic, apostolic; mentioned in the Nicene Creed
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marks of the church
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the mystery of and events involved in our redemption, Jesus' suffering, death, Resurrection, and Ascension
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Paschal Mystery
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Jewish feast commemoration the deliverance of the Jewish people from death by the blood of the lamb sprinkled on their doorposts in Egypt
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Passover
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also known as the kingdom of God or the Kingdom of heaven, God's presence in the world through Christ. the church is the reign of Christ already present in mystery
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reign of God
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the bodily rising of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his death on the cross and burial in the tomb
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Resurrection
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worship of one god
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monotheism
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worship of many gods
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polytheism
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mean god saves
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Jesus
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