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Jesus |
born in 6-4 B.C.E. in Bethlehem, Judea as a Jew, was raised in Nazereth (Northern Palestine), "son of man" |
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Messiah |
Jesus became known as this after his trip to Jerusalem in 29 C.E. |
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Pontius Pilate |
this person gave the descision of Jesus's fate to the people of Jerusalem |
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Constantine |
in 312 C.E., this person placed a cross on every shield and won his battles |
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Cross |
one of the symbols of Christ |
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Edict of Milan |
christianity was approved by the Roman Emperor |
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Theodosius |
this person made christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire |
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John the Baptist |
this person baptized Jesus |
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Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
the writers of the gospels |
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The Twelve Apostles |
twelve special disciples |
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St. Peter |
this person was the first apostle and spread the teachings of Jesus throughout Palestine and Syria |
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Christianity |
derived from the word "Christ" which means messiah or savior in Greek |
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St. Paul |
this person was an apostle who never met Jesus, his Hebrew name was Saul, had a vision of Christ on the road to Damascus |
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Diaspora |
the dispersal of the Jews after rebelling against the romans, many were killed and others were driven from their homelands |
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Nero |
a Roman emperor who ordered the persecution of christians after the fire in Rome of 66 A.D. |
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Priest |
a person who led a small group of christians |
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Bishop |
a priest who supervised several local churches |
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Pope |
the father or the head of the Christian Church, the first is said to be St. Peter |
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Heresy |
any belief that appeared to contradict the basic teachings of Christianity |
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Nicene Creed |
a prayer that was written by church leaders at Nicaea in Anatolia in 325 A.D. |
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