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TaNaKh
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A Hebrew term for the books of the Bible that are written in Hebrew. The word is composed of the initial letters of the words Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim. These are the three sections of the Hebrew Bible
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Diaspora
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A dispersion of peoples. Most commonly used to refer to the dispersion of Jews among the gentiles, which began with the Babylonian captivity of the 6th century BCE
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Lost Ten Tribes
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Ten tribes of Israel were exiled from their homeland in 721 BCE. They totally assimilated into their new surroundings, lost thier Jewish identity, and were lost to history. Periodically, groups in remote areas today claim that they are the Lost Ten Tribes
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sacrament
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In Christians theology, a rite or ritual that is an outward sign of spiritual grace conveyed on the believer by Christ through the ministry of the Church
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Eucharist
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From the Greek eucharistia, "thanksgiving." The central sacrament and act of worship of the Christian Church, culminating in Holy Communion
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original sin
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First understoof as the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden as they ate the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Later understood as the sexual relations between Adam and Eve. In Christian belief, Jesus' death atoned for these sins-or those who believed in him
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speaking in tongues
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A mode of praying and preaching emphasizing ecstasy and even an entering into trances, such that the words of prayer and preaching may not be understoof, but are meaningful nonetheless
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Neoplatonic
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A philosophical system founded by Plotinus and influenced by Plato's theory of idea. It emphasizes the transcendent, impersonal, and indefinable "One" as the groun of all existence and the source of an external world of goodness, beauty, and order, of which material existence is but a feebal copy
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heresy
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A belief that is not in agreement with, or even conflicts with, the official orthodoxy of its time and place. Heretics, those who espoused heresies, were often persecuted
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iconoclasm
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The movement to reject the use of icons in worship in the Eastern Orthodox church, and even to destroy the icons. The key motive seemed to be the desire to compete with the rising power of Islam, a religion which rejected icons and was winning military victories against Christians
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