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"lapsed": term used for those christians who gave in to Decius's demands
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baptism: sacrament of faith
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basic human dignity that belongs to all people: what does the right to freedom stem from?
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confessors: those christians who refused to respond to decius's decree to offer sacrifires to roman gods
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counicl of jerusalem: ruled the gentile christians did not have to follow the entire Jewish law
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good news: by the end of the first century the chruch had accepted the idea that this was to be shared with all people
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hebrews: thsoe who insisted on maintaining the purity of Judaism, strictly adhering to all customs of ancestors
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hellenist: those jews more open to greek and roman influences and who were more willing to alow faith and religious practice to be shpaed by culture around them
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indulgence: payment for sins that have already been forgiven
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ones faith: where was the key to salvation found according to luther?
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penance: satisfying or making up for ones sins
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penance: name for sacrament that allows a sinner to return to communion with Christ and the church
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pope boniface VIII: who issued the papl bull Unam Sanctum
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pope pius: who said in the syllavbus of errors that catholic should be the only religion permitted by the state?
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religious indifferentism: attitude taht holds all religions equal or the same
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restore the rome to its former glory: what was decius's main goal?
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royal: means "to be anointed by God"
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synod: representative body of bishops assembled periodically by the pope to advise him on important chruch concerns
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treason: decius declared that all who refused to worship the gods were guilty of...