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47 Cards in this Set
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atonement |
the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ; reparation for a wrong or injury |
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Eastern Orthodoxy |
One of the three great divisions of Christianity; formerly comprising the Eastern Roman Empire and of countries evangelized from it; primary difference is role of the Pope and "from the son" (filioque) claus |
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Abba |
an intimate term for God as the father; Daddy |
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Holy Thursday |
day to commemorate the Last Supper and washing of feet |
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Good Friday |
commemoration of the crucifixion of Christ |
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Judaizers |
people to adopt customs of Jewish culture |
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Holy Saturday |
the day Christ lay in his tomb before Easter |
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Greek mystery cults |
religious schools of the Greco-Roman world for which participation was reserved to initiates and initiation ceremonies were very secretive |
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Zoroastrianism |
a Persian religion founded in the sixth century b.c. by a prophet, promulgated in the Avesta, and characterized by worship of a supreme god Ahura Mazda who requires good deeds for help in his cosmic struggle against the evil spirit Ahriman |
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Heresy |
opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted |
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Doctrine |
a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church |
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Glossolalia |
speaking in tongues;the phenomenon of speaking in an unknown language, especially in religious worship |
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blasphemy |
the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things |
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purgatory |
a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven |
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limbo |
the supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants, and of the just who died before Christ's coming |
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ichthys |
jesus fish |
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neo-platonism |
A philosophical system developed at Alexandria Plotinus and his successors with elements of mysticism and some Judaic and Christian concepts; monotheistic with which an individual soul can be united. |
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apocalypticism |
the belief that the world will soon come to an end; this belief usually includes the notion of a great battle, final judgment and reward of the good |
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apostle |
one of jesus' 12 disciples; early preacher of christianity |
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baptism |
the christian rite of initiation, involving immersion in water or sprinkling with water |
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bible |
the scriptures sacred to christians, consisting of the books of the hebrew bible and the new testament |
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bishop |
"overseer" a priest and church leader who is in charge of a large geographical area called a diocese |
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canon |
"measure"; rules; a list of authoritative books or documents |
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ecumenism |
dialogue between christian denominations |
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eucharist |
the host; "good gift"; the lord's supper |
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evanglist |
good news person; one of the four authors of the gospels; mattew mark luke and john |
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filioque |
and from the son; a latin word added to the creeds in the western church to state that the holy spirit arises from both father and son; not accepted by orthodox church |
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gospel |
good news; account of the life of jesus |
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icon |
image; religious painting on wood, as used in the orthodox church |
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incarnation |
a belief that god became visible in jesus |
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indulgence |
kindness toward; remission of time spent in purgatory; an aspect of catholic belief and practice |
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lent |
preparatory period before easter 40 days |
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messiah |
anointed; a special messenger sent by god, foretold in the hebrew scriptures and believed by christians to be jews |
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original sin |
an inclination toward evil, inherited by human beings as a result of adam's disobedience |
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orthodox |
"straight opinion"; "correct belief" |
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orthodoxy |
eastern brand of christianity |
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patriarch |
the bishop of one of the major ancient sites of christianity (jerusalem, rome, alexandria, antioch, constantinople, moscow) |
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pope |
the bishop of rome and the head of the roman catholic church; also used for the coptic patriarch of alexandria |
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predestination |
the belief that because god is all powerful and all-knowing, a human being's ultimate reward or punishment is already decreed by god; a notion emphasized in calvinism |
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protestant principle |
the right of each believer to radically rethink and interpret the ideas and values of christianity, apart from any church authority |
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redemption |
belief that the death of jesus has paid the price of justice for all human wrongdoings |
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righteousness |
being sinless in the sight of god; also called justification |
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sacrament |
on of the essential rituals of christianity |
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sin |
wrongdoing, seen as disobedience to god |
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testament |
old testament and new testament constitute the christian scriptures |
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trinity |
father, son and holy spirit |
