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| among the most common symbols of the Holy Spirit are the dove, fire, and water |
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| the person God planned to send to save the people from their sins. the word Messiah comes from a Hebrew word that means "Anointed One" |
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| the day on which the Holy Spirit came to Jesus' first disciples as Jesus promised. Pentecost marks the beginning of the Church. The word Pentecost comes from a Greek word meaning "fiftieth"; on the fiftieth day after the Passover the Jews celebrated the harvest festival. The Christian feast of Pentecost comes fifty days after Easter and is the final Sunday of the Easter season. |
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| (1920-2005) born Karol Jozef Wojtyla in Poland; elected pope in 1978; his papal writings fill more than 150 volumes; he was the first non-Italian pope since the sixteenth century and the youngest pope since Pope Pius IX in 1846. |
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| someone who speaks on behalf of God, defends the truth and works for justice |
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