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38 Cards in this Set
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Messianic
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Prophesies relating to the coming of a Messiah (Anointed One) and the promise that they will bring deliverance.
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Apocalypse
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The coming of God on the Day of Judgment.
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Messiah
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Anointed One (ex. Jesus Christ).
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Monotheistic
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Worship of a single god. (ex. Christianity, Islam, Judaism)
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Sect
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A small, organized group that separates itself from the larger religious movement because it asserts that it alone understands God’s will and therefore it alone embodies the ideals of the religion.
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Torah
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The five books of Moses. One part of the Hebrew Scriptures making up the entirety of Judaism’s founding legal and ethical religious texts. It is accepted by Christianity, comprising the first five books of the Old Testament.
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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The oldest extant version of the Hebrew Scriptures, dating from around the time of Jesus.
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Evangelist
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One who spreads the word of Jesus’ life and resurrection.
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Dogma
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Prescribed Church doctrine.
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Dominus
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A lord ruling at the will of and beside God.
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Liturgy
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The rites prescribed for public worship detailed and established at the Council of Nicaea.
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Nicene Creed
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A document produced by the Council of Nicaea that unified the Church behind a prescribed doctrine creating an orthodox faith.
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Putti
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Plump, naked boys who in Classical art are usually cupids and in Christian art are called cherubs.
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Basilica
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A large, rectangular building with an apse at one or both ends.
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Transept
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The arm of the Latin cross church perpendicular to the nave.
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Iconography
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The literal and figurative significance of an image.
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Narthex
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The entrance hall of a Christian basilica.
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Latin cross
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The design of a Christian basilica with a long arm (the nave) and three shorter arms (the apse and the transept).
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Clerestory
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The topmost zone of the wall of a basilica containing windows.
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Central Plan Church
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A circular structure topped by a dome with an ambulatory around the center space.
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Syncretism
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The reconciliation of different rites and practices into a single philosophy or religion.
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Mystery Cult
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Religious groups with secret initiation rituals.
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Dome
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A vaulted roof having a circular base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.
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Pendentive
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A triangular curving vault section that supports a dome over a square space.
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Icon
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Literally, an image; in Byzantium, a religious image designed to elevate the mind to a higher contemplation of God.
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Theotokos
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Meaning “God-bearing,” an epithet defining Mary as the Mother of God. This became an official Byzantine Church view after 431 CE.
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Iconoclasm
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The idea, practice, or doctrine of an iconoclast to destroy or ban religious images and their veneration.
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Hieratic
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A formally abstract and priestly artistic style employed by Byzantine icons consisting of a limited repertoire of feet, hands, robes, and faces, all of which were used repetitively regardless of context with the most important figure being the largest.
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Byzantine
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After the Roman capital was moved to Constantinople by Constantine in 325 CE the empire was called the Byzantine empire. The Byzantine Church was also the name of the early Christian church.
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Qur’an
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The sacred text of Islam composed of the revelations of Allah to Muhammad.
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Hadith
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The collection of the sayings of Muhammad and anecdotes about his life, accepted as a source of Islamic doctrine.
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Mosque
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A building used for worship by Muslims.
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Hajib
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The Islamic practice of dressing modestly specifically the requirement that women be covered or veiled.
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Calligraphy
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The art of producing artistic, stylized handwriting.
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Dhammapada
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The most popular canonical text of Buddhism compiled by followers and consisting of 423 aphorisms (sayings) attributed to Buddha. Its name means “the path of truth.”
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Bodhisattva
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In Buddhism, a person who refrains from achieving total enlightenment in order to help others achieve buddhahood.
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Stupa
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A type of Buddhist burial mound.
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Mandala
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The Buddhist diagram of the cosmos.
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