Religion Final Part I
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kraziikay726 on June 7, 2011
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Maggio religion final part 1 (no true false)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pentecost | The day the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles |
| Ascension Thursday | the day Jesus returned to the father |
| Easter Sunday | the day Christians remember the Resurrection of Jesus |
| Good Friday | the day Jesus was crucified on the cross |
| Holy Thursday | the day Jesus celebrated the Last Supper |
| Ash Wednesday | the day the season of Lent begins |
| Lent | the church season of Reconcilliation |
| Isaiah | the prophet who said that the Messiah would come from the faithful remnant |
| Messiah | anointed one |
| Cyrus | the Persian king who allowed the Israelites to come back to Jerusalem to rebuild their city |
| prophet | the voice of God in the world |
| Ezekiel | prophet during the Babylonian Exile |
| Babylonian Exile | period of time when the Babylonians forced most of the inhabitants of Judah to migrate to Babylon |
| Babylonians | people who invaded and captured the southern kingdom of Judah |
| Assyrians | people who invaded and captured the northern kingdom |
| Jerusalem | the city that was the capital of the southern kingdom (judah); left in ruins by the Babylonians; city David made capital of Israel |
| Samaria | the capital city of the northern kingdom |
| Reheboam | son of Solomon; king of the southern kingdom |
| Jereboam | Solomon's servant;led a rebellion; became king of the northern kingdom |
| Judah | name of the southern kingdom after the civil war in Israel |
| Israel | name of the northern kingdom after the civil war |
| Solomon | son of David and Bathsheba; known for his great wisdom; built a temple in honor of Yahweh; sinned by being greedy, having many wives and worshipping false gods |
| proverbs | short wise sayings that teach a lesson; the way in which Solomon expressed his wisdom |
| psalms | songs of praise and thanksgiving to God; created by David |
| Samuel | the last and greatest of the judges; picked the first king of the Israelites |
| Saul | the 1st king of the Israelites; his reign fell apart b/c of mental illness, jealousy and depression |
| Goliath | Philiastine giant; stoned to death by David |
| Jonathan | Saul's son; David's bestfriend |
| Ark of the Covenant | boxc that held the Ten Commandments; brought to Jerusalem by David |
| Nathan | court prophet sent to tell David a story and teach him a lesson |
| Bathsheba | pagan woman David fell in love with and later married |
| Uriah | a soldier in David's army; married to Bathsheba; indirectly killed by David |
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