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01/18/2011

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1. Sacral Kingship
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The belief that the position of king carries sacred meaning and is identical with that of a high priest of judge
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2. Pax Romana
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The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the roman empire in the first and 2nd century
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3. Vulgate
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The late 4th century latin version of the bible wrote by Jerome
4. Trinity: The Christian God is made up of 3 distinct personalities being the Father Son and Holy Ghost. Very controversial topic
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Trinity
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Trinity: The Christian God is made up of 3 distinct personalities being the Father Son and Holy Ghost. Very controversial topic
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15. Visigoths:
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The Romanized Visigoths first emerged as a distinct people during the 4th century, initially in the Balkans, where they participated in several wars with Rome. A Visigothic army under Alaric I eventually moved into Italy and famously sacked Rome in 410.
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Pontifex Maximus
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The High Priest of the College of Pontiffs the most important position in the Roman religion. Later was the term for the Christian Bishop of rome or the pope.
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Torah
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The first 5 boooks of the Jewish Bible also known as the Pentateuch
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Incarnation:
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the Christian belief that Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again
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Heresy
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A controversial believe especially religious that contradicts established dogma
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romanitas
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the latin culture of rome or all that it means to be roman
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Original sin
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Christian belief that man is sinful from birth because of the fall of Adam and Eve.
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Arianism
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Theological teaching attributed to Arius that claimed Jesus Christ was a created being. Condemend at the council of Milan.
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Grace
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in this context is something that is God-given, made possible only by Jesus Christ and none other. It is God's gift of salvation granted to sinners for their salvation.
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Donatism
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holding that the church must be a church of saints, not sinners, and that sacraments, such as baptism, administered by traditors (Christians who surrendered the Scriptures to the authorities who outlawed possession of them) were invalid.
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Lombards
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Longobards, were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the leadership of Alboin. They established a Lombard Kingdom, later named Kingdom of Italy, which lasted until 774, when it was conquered by the Franks. Their influence on Italian political geography is apparent in the regional appellation Lombardy
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16. Tetrarchy
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: (Greek: "leadership of four [people]") describes any system of government where power is divided among four individuals, but usually refers to the tetrarchy instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293, marking the end of the Crisis of the Third Century and the recovery of the Roman Empire. This Tetrarchy lasted until c.313, when internecine conflict eliminated most of the claimants to power, leaving Constantine in the West and Licinius in the East
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17. Ascetism
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The founders and earliest practitioners of these religions lived extremely austere lifestyles, refraining from sensual pleasures and the accumulation of material wealth.[ This is to be understoodnot as an eschewal of the enjoyment of T
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