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| The ascent of Jesus to heaven forty days after his Resurrection |
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| In Judaism and Christianity, the dramatic end of the present age. |
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| Years after the traditional date used for the birth of Jesus, preciously referred to in exclusively Christian terms as AD and now abbreviated to CE as opposed to BCE (Before Common Era) |
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| A christian sacrament by which awareness of the Holy Spirit is enhanced |
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| a formal statement of the belief's of a particular religion; in Christianity, especially the Nicene Creed. |
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| In Roman times, the execution of a criminal by fixing him to a cross; with reference to Jesus, his death on the cross, symbolic of his self sacrifice for the good of all humanity. |
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| one of the protestant branches of Christianity. |
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| A system of beliefs declared to be true by a religion |
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| A coming together between branches of Christianity or among all faiths. |
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| The Christian Sacrament by which believers are renewed in the mystical body of Christ by partaking of bread and wine, understood as his body and blood |
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| Insistence on what people perceive as the historical form of their religion, in contrast to more contemporary influences. |
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| Any person who is not of Jewish faith or origin. |
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| Mystical perception of spiritual knowledge, applied to a second-century CE movement arising in Egypt. |
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| The "good news" that God has raised Jesus from the dead and in so doing has befun the transformation of the world; usually now referring to the four books of the New Testament.[Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John] chronicling the life and works of Jesus. |
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| Physical embodiment of the divine; in Christianity, with particular reference to Jesus's becoming man. |
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| The use of force and terror to eliminate heresies and nonbelievers in the Christian Church, starting in the thirteenth century; a specific institution of this name set up in Spain in 1478. |
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| In Christianity, the "anointed one" Jesus Christ. |
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| A Christian belief that all human beings are bound together in prideful egocentricity as a result of the disobedience of Adam and Eve. |
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| The occasion when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples of Jesus after his death. |
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| The Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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| The rising of Christ in his earthly body on the first Easter Day, three days after his crucifixion and death. |
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| Outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace |
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| Referring to three similar books of the Christian Bible: Matthew, Mark, and Luke |
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| The Christian doctrine that the One God is mad up of three divine persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
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