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Christianity
Christianity Terms
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
04/22/2013

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incarnation
Definition
When God came on Earth as Jesus
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atonement
Definition
How Christians achieve salvation
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Essenes
Definition
A Jewish group who opposed violence. They were monks who lived in the desert and were very strict with Jewish law.
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Pharisees
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A Jewish group who followed all the rules and laws of Judaism and were the Scribes and Rabbis.
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Sadducees
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The smallest Jewish group who were conservative and the temple keepers
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heresy
Definition
wrong teaching
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Nicene Creed
Definition
Made by Constantine that cleared up all issues and problems that Jesus proposed about Christianity.
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Eastern Orthodox
Definition
Christians in the East who broke from the Catholics. They have an emphasis on orthopraxy and images.
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Roman Catholic
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The first form of Christianity who focus less on belief but more on good deeds.
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Protestant
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Broke from the Catholic church during Reformation where emphasis is put on belief.
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Eucharist
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Sacrament from the Lord's Supper.
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ecumenism
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Christian unity with a single church
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Pentecost
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From the Festival of Pentecost that involved testifying withing speaking in tongue
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icon
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Used in Eastern Orthodox belief that involves various images of saints, Jesus, Mary, etc
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iconostasis
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Used in Eastern Orthodox belief that is a wall for icons; "Window into Heaven"
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evangelism
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Preaching of Christian gospel with the object of conversion
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apotheosis
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Glorification on a divine level
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