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        | Statement of belief dating from the first decades of the church. |  | 
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        | our freely chosen habit of responding positivly to god. |  | 
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        | lifedeathResurrection of Jesus& the beginnings of the Church
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        | Forty Six booksDeals with:
 the time from the beginning of creation to shortly before the coming of Jesus 
 approximately two thousand years ago
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        | all the ways God makes himself known to us. |  | 
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        | an intellectual concep- something we regard as true. 
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        | the human ability to make choices.
 
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        | statement of belief formulated by church leaders at a concil in A.D. 325 
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        | the spiritual reality within us. 
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        | God's word-A collection of 73 inspired books 
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        | centuries-old teachings of the Church, based on the Bible. |  | 
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        | solemn promise or agreement between two parties. 
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        | conversation or dialogue with God 
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        | a calling out or a calling forward. |  | 
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        | the respect we owe to all humans because they are made in God's image |  | 
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        | the one and only supreme being. 
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        | the particular way we choose to express our beliefs |  | 
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        | a twentieth-century trappiest priest who wrote about faith and prayer 
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        | early african bishop who wrote about faith 
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