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39 Cards in this Set
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Trinity
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A christian Doctrine that there is one God is three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
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Incarnation
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The doctrine that the second Person of the Trintiy became man without giving up his divinity
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Atonement
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the work of christ in winning salvation for believers in him
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Canon
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A rule or fixed reference point
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Canonical
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Scriptural writing accecpted to be within the canon
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Catholic
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Universal; "what was always taught to everyone and everywhere (Vincent of Lerins)
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orthodox
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literally "straight" or "proper," that which is in accord with correct doctrine or practice as established by authority of the bible, such as the deity of Christ, the Trinity
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Sacrament
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A religious rite which is regarded as a means or sign of faith
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Paganism
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in general, a religion other than Christianity; in the ancient world these often believed in many gods and goddesses
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Pantheism
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The belief that everything in nature is divine
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Panentheism
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the belief that the divine is in, but not to be equated with everything that exists
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The church
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A general reference to those who have faith in Christ, the Communion of Saints
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Orthodox
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the term used to refer to the Eastern Branch of Christendom, the "Eastern Orthodox"
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Latin Christianity
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the part of the church associated with Western Europe before the 1500's
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Protestant Christianity
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after 1530, those churches in the Western world who were not Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox
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Apologetics
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theology which aims at a reasoned defense of the Christian faith, both arguments for it and rebuttals of chriticism
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Theology
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study of the doctrine of God
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Christology
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theoulogy that addresses the Person of Christ
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Soteriology
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theology that addresses salvation
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Ecclesiology
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the theology of the church
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Doctrine
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an authoritative teaching within the church
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Creed
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A statement of faith, derived from a latin word meaning, "I believe"
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Secular
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worldly rather than spiritual (from Latin "secularum")
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Heresy
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A belief or teaching that contradicts Scripture and Christian doctrine
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Manichaenism
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a dualistic view of chreation of Christ was the representative of light and Satan of darkness
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Donatism
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a belief that the church is a body of saints within which there was no room for sinners
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Pelagianism
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a belief that humans take the initiative in their own salvation
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Arianism
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Christ is the highest of created beings ("There was a time when he wasn't")
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Docetism
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The beief that Christ only appreared to be a human, e.g. Christ without a body
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Philosophy
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Love of wisdom
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Neoplatonism
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An interpretation of Plato's idealism that was highly influential to the early and Medieval church
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Cosmology
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the study of the origin and nature of the universe
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Metaphysics
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the philosophy that deals with questions of the ultimate nature of reality
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Idealism
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Any philosophy which emphasizes the mental or spiritual demension as being more real than the material
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Caesaropapism
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the domination of the Eastern Church by the imperial government
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The Pope
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The Bishop of Rome who eventually was recognized as the earthly head of the true church, the Church of Rome or the Roam Catholic Church
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Ecumenical Council
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Church councils convened to attempt to resolve disputed matters of doctrine
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Feadalism
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Any system that resembles the one used in the middle ages, where the people provided labor and military service to a lord in return for use of his land. A form of contractual servitude
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Manoralism
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Economic portion of feudalism where all aspects of life were centered on the lord's manor including peasant villages, a church, farm land, a mill, and the lord's castle or manor house
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