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19 Cards in this Set
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-oral torah
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-legal teachings that supplement the written torah which appeared first orally among torah teachers but were committed to writing by the late second or third century as the mishnah and grew to encompass the whole talmud
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-original sin
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-christian teaching that all humans are sinful at birth, or are born with a tendency to sin
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-orisa
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-yoruba name for spirits
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-orthodox
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-referring to authoritative, right beliefs in a religious community
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-pali canon
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-theravada buddhist scripture, consisting of the tripitaka
-baskets of disciplinary regulations, discourses, and higher philosophy |
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-pantheism
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-belief that all reality is infused with God
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-parsis
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-"persians" name for the zoroastrian community in india
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-patriarchy
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-male dominance over women
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-passover
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-jewish festival commemorating deliverance of the hebrew slaves from egyptian bondage
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-pentecostal
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-christian movement emphasizing restoration of the gifts of the holy spirit described in the new testament
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-people of the book
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-in islam, designates religions that have sacred texts, especially judaism and christianity
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-peyote
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-small cactus that contains a drug that causes visions or feelings of euphoria when consumed
-used as sacrament in native american church |
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-pharisees
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-party within judaism, active in the last centures bce and first century ce, composed of lay people dedicated to keeping the commandments of the written and oral torahs
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-pietism
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-christian movement that emphasizes personal spiritual devotion over corporate worship and assent to doctrine
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-polytheism
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-belief in a multiplicity of personal deities
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-pope
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-title for the bishop of rome
-leader of roman catholic church |
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-prajna
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-buddhist term for "wisdom"
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-profane
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-opposite of sacred
-ordinary reality, which is yet to be ordered by the sacred |
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-prophet
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-someone commissioned by God to carry a message to a particular people
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