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33 Cards in this Set
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Jehovah
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God; existed when nothing else did, and all that has come into being was made by him.
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Divine Sovereignty
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God's complete and permanent control over this world
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Image of God
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Set of qualities possessed by all humans that reflects God's own personality
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Creation Mandate
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The command in Gen1:28 that reveals why God made humans (a command to produce human civilization)
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culture
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The physical and mental environment developed through human thought and labor
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civilization
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human culture as it is lived in cities or under the influence of cities
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city
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A cultural institution in which humans share certain core values work together to improve their qualities of life.
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Miyo-ish
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Anna's second made-up code that includes capital and lower-case letters
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nation
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a very large group of people sharing language and land
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nation-states
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nations having their own government independent of other nations
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city-states
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cities that had their own government independent of those of other cities (even those with their own nation)
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Polytheism
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The belief in more than one god
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Monotheism
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The belief in one God
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Messiah
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"The Anointed One" The Mighty king who would lead humans to exercise dominion just as God intended from the beginning
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Christ
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The Greek word for Messiah
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Pontius Pilate |
ultimately send Jesus to his death |
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ten commandments |
ten laws showing Israel to love one another |
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Christ |
greek version of Messiah that was used in the New Testament |
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Mosaic Covenant |
conditional based on if the Israelites follow the Ten Commandments, then they will be blessed, but if they don't follow it, they will be cursed |
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Davidic covenant
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God promises that Jesus would come from Davids family line |
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gospel |
Jesus died for our sins and was raised so that we can live with Him forever |
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Judaism |
the religion of the Jews |
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Saul of Tarsus |
A persecuter of Christians who became the greatest evangelist for Christ |
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Nero |
First Roman Emperor to begin Christian persecution |
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Diocletian |
Roman emperor known for the most widespread persecution of Christians |
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Constantine |
Roman emperor who converted to Christianity and ended Christian persecution |
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Edict of Milan |
signed in 313 by Constantine to end Christian persecution and proclaim religious toleration |
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Arius |
church teacher claimed that Jesus was not God |
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Council of Nicaea |
Council formed to consider the deity of God and affirmed the doctrine of the trinity |
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Theodosius I |
made Christianity the only recognized religion in the roman empire: separated Roman Empire into West/Roman Empire |
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Constantinople |
Constantine moved the Roman Capital; Byzantium....East/Byzantine Empire |
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Byzantine Empire |
Eastern part of Rome |
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Augustine |
wrote the city of God,a Christian view of history, know what it's about |
