Christianity
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Lin-Gardner on December 5, 2011
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Messiah | in Judaism, a deliver from God. |
| disciple | close follower to Jesus. |
| parables | story that used events from everyday life to express spiritual ideas. |
| ressurection | the act of rising from the dead. |
| apostle | early Christian leaders who helped set up churches and spread the message of Jesus. |
| salvation | the act of being saved from sin and allowed to enter heaven. |
| persecute | to mistreat a person because of what the believe. |
| marty | person willing to die rather than give up his/her beliefs. |
| hierarchy | organization with different levels of authority. |
| clergy | religious officials, such as priest, given, authority to conduct religious. |
| laity | church members who are not clergy. |
| doctrine | official church teachings. |
| gospel | one of the 4 accounts of animals and other people as public entertainment. |
| pope | the bishop of Rome, later the head of the Roman Cathlic Church. |
| icon | Christian religous images or picture. |
| iconclast | person who opposed to use of icons encourarged the worship of idols. |
| excomunicate | to declare that a person of group no longer belongs to a church. |
| shism | seperation. |
| monastry | religious community where monks live and work. |
| missionary | person who travels to carry the idea of religion to others. |
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