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New Testament Chapters 28-30 Vocab

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beloved disciple
an unnamed follower of Jesus whose written testimony is said to be incorporated into the Gospel of John
gnosticism
a religious movement or perspective that regarded "spirit" as fundamentally good and "matter" as fundamentally evil
atonement
an action that makes amends for sins, such that guilty persons may be restored to fellowship with God
propitiation
a term used in discussions of atonement to describe Christ's death as an act that placates the wrath of a God offended by human sin
expiation
a cleaning or removal of defilement, used in discussion of atonement to describe the effects of Christ's death as covering or removing human sin
Gethsemane
the site of an orchard on the Mount of Olives just outside Jerusalem; the place where Jesus was arrested
Sermon on the Mount
traditional name given to the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 5-7; it includes such well-known material as the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, and the Golden Rule
eschatology
study or focus on "last things," such as the return of Christ, final judgement, or other phenomena associated with the end times
apocalyptic literature
a genre of heavily symbolic literature that displays distinctive literary characteristics and claims to unveil the truth about the world as viewed from a dualistic and deterministic perspective
dualistic
exhibiting the tendency to separate phenomena into sharply opposed categories
word of God
proclamation that expresses what God wants to say; in John 1 Jesus Christ is identified as the __________________ made flesh
systemic evil
evil that arises from or manifests itself in structures within human society, assuming a corporate dimension that transcends individual wickedness
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