| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Ramadan | the third pillar, 9th month, a month of which fasting takes place from dawn till sunset |
| Umma | the community of all Muslims |
| Qur'an | the islamic primary sacred text and Islam's earthly center, revealed to Muhammad,first authority of muslims, "reading or recitation" |
| Shahda | "there is no god except God. Muhammad is the messenger of God" - The Islamic confession of faith |
| Shari'ah | the divine law derived from the Qur'an, showed Muslims how they should live |
| Al-Fana | After you die the time frame before you go to Allah |
| Hijra | The migration to Yathrib In the year 6022 C.E,of the utmost significance to the history of Islam, Muslims base their system of dating years on this event |
| Imam | A "leader" who has been designated to conduct worship, delivers sermons |
| Sunnah | "custom or tradition" of the prophet, 2nd authority of muslims |
| caliphs | successors chosen by the community to serve muslims |
| Mosque | a structure that traditionally includes a prayer hall and an enclosed court yard with towers called minarets at each corner, a place of worship for muslims |
| Ka'ba | a stone cubical structure in the courtyard of the great Mosque of Mecca |
| Shaykh | a master or teacher |
| Jihad | "exertion or struggle", a principle that applies to all aspects of Islamic life personal and social, sometimes counted as the 6th pillar |
| Hajj | the fifth pillar, the journey Muslims are to make once in there life time to mecca , where all sins are forgiven |
| Polytheism | Believing in many Gods |
| Monotheism | Believing ion only one God- Christianity, Judaism, Islamic |
| Hebrew Testament | The old testament, 46 books in the old testament |
| Christian Testament | The new Testament, 27 books in the new testament |
| Bible | The scriptures of the christian faith, the central religious text for christianity, inspired by the holy spirit, 27 books in new testament, 46 books in old testament , 73 books all together |
| Parable of the prodigal son | a parable, when the son took his inheritance money went to the city spent it all then came back to his father ashamed ready to work as a servant but his father forgave him and threw him a party his brother who had been good was jelous that his father gave his brother a party and not him when he was the better one- It is a parable saying even if you sin if you are truly sorry God will forgive us |
| Historical books | They reference to the history of the jewish people- exodus, genesis |
| Pentateuch | the first 5 books of the bible, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, |
| Prophetic books | the records of the prophets, all in old testament, Inspired by God |
| Wisdom books | some of the most beautiful literature in the world, in the old testament- ex, book of psalms, job,song of songs, wisdom |
| synoptic gospels | Matthew, Mark, and Luke- they are similar |
| Gospels | the books of Matthew, Mark,Luke and John, means good news |
| Evangelists | means Good news and Gospel, they teach the good news and the word of God, preachers |
| Gospel of the Holy Spirit | Acts of the Apostles, the continuation of Luke's Gospel |
| Revelation | the last book of the bible and new testament, also known as the Apocalypse |
| Epistles | 21 letters to various Christian communities, Paul wrote 13 of them |
| Canon | the official authoritative list of the sacred scriptures- inspired by the holy spirit |
| Jesus | the son of God- fully human and fully divine |
| Church | a place of worship for christians |
| Grace | Gods life and love poured out to us |
| Inspired by God | the scriptures/ bible was inspired by God |
| sacraments | seven sacraments- baptism, conformation, eucharist, reconciliation,anointing of the sick, holy orders, marriage |
| symbol | physical reality that describes an invisible reality |
| Reverence | respect for God- one of the gifts of the holy spirit |
| Ritual | concrete visible actions that have a symbolic meaning |
| catechumens | Adults preparing to receive the sacraments of initiation during the easter visual- RCIA |
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