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| god chose special people that he communicated with; spread god's word |
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| savior or liberator of the people; the chosen one; "anointed" |
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| biblical works that are recognized as authoritative because they met certain standards set by the early church; "measuring stick" |
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| teaching or speculation about the end of the world; apocalyptic literature |
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| the final judgement; revelation of spiritual realities or truths that are normally hidden |
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| writers who defended christianity; emphasized points of agreement |
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| sacrament that commemorates the last supper; "holy communion" |
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| sacrament of religious cleansing; performed in the early church as a rite of initiation; |
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| members of priestly families in charge of synagogues; mediators between those in power and the common peoples |
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| preserved hebrew law; religious leaders; joyful obedience to god; "separated" |
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| politically dangerous in order to make things happen; ardent anti-roman nationalists |
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| secluded communal society in the desert; the only "true" jews |
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| greek thought; truth can be known; perfect models with imperfect reproductions; world is imperfect and the perfect are spiritual manifestations |
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| greek thought; knowledge was found through observation of the physical world; "truth" is what is observed in the physical world |
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| mystery religion; bull sacrifice as a symbol of triumph; many eventually converted to christianity |
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| mystery religion; persephone and demeter; resurrection story; wish to obtain immortality in the next world |
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| roman and greek religion; FIRST OR SECOND WEEK; emperor's sense of spirit and masculinity; they worshiped this essence |
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| rigorous denial of the body for the purpose of spiritual growth |
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| those who seek to convert others |
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| contains the canonical gospels and the letters of paul; deals with first century christianity; anthology |
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| holiday 50 days after passover; jews traveling when jesus appears to them |
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| sacrament of forgiveness; involving contrition, confession, and absolution; atone for sins |
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| a person of authority in the christian church; administrative leaders |
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| religious traditions that are polytheistic |
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| challenges orthodoxy; mythic; god as perfect other; demiurge as creator of the world; salvation is a return of the soul (divine breath) to god; cosmic dualism |
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| clement of alexandria used this to teach; greek "word"; theological "reason" and "divine reason"; relationship to jesus |
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| found in gnosticism; creator of the material world |
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| challenges orthodoxy; mythic; two gods, OT as angry and NT as loving; OT god creates the world and rules over it, while the NT god sent jesus to save those trapped in the OT world |
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| challenges orthodoxy; preserving purity of the church; refused to allow the lapsed to return; resented authority of rome |
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| challenges orthodoxy; refused to allow lapsed christians; jesus was not eternal because he was created by the father; mild policy, but harsh on lapsed christians |
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| challenge authority; a belief, not a movement; jesus only appeared human, he was actually fully divine and his suffering was not real |
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| brought an end to roman persecution of christians; held first ecumenical council in nicea; |
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| written under constantine; profession of faith that was agreed upon at a council |
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| doctrine that the one god consisted of three divine and consubstantial "persons"; father, son, and the holy spirit |
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| influential in the eastern church; began when constantine moved the capitol from rome to constantinople, which created 2 centers of power; parallel theological ideals develop |
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| challenge orthodoxy; dualistic religion; ?????????????????? |
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