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Western Civilization
Chapter 8:Early Christianity
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History
Undergraduate 1
10/02/2006

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Tiberius
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Succeeded Augustus; Reigned during Jesus' execution
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Mosaic Law
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the torah
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Sadduces
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believed they were maintaining the ancient Hebrew teachings
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Pharisees
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believed in life after death and adopted more liberal attitude towards the torah
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Essenes
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established a semimonastic community neart the Dead Sea
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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contains the oldest extant Hebrew manuscripts
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Zealots
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demanded that Jews neither pay taxes to Rome nor acknowledge the authority of the Roman Emperor
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Pontius Pilate
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Sentenced Jesus to death through cruxifiction
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Savior-God
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comes to earth to show people the way to heaven
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apostles
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preachers of the word
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Saint Paul
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preacher of Jesus' word
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Gentiles
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non jews
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Alexandrian Jew Philo
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tried to demonstrate that Hebrew Scriptures could be explained and justified in terms of Greek philosophy
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Blandina
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tortured Christian who did not give in to the torment or speak falsely against fellow Christians
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Edict of Milan
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granted toleration of Christians
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Theodosius I
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made Christianity the state religion of the Empire
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Clement of Alexandria
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brought reason to the support of faith in his attempt to make Christianity more intellectually respectable in his world
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Saint Basil
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Greek bishop who established rules that became the standard for monasteries in the East
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monasticism
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a secluded religious life of prayer in a monastery
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Saint Benedict
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founded a monastery at Monte Cassino
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Arius
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denied the complete divinity of Christ
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Council of Nicaea
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first assembly of bishops from all parts of the Roman World
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demonize
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representation of a person as evil
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Saint Jerome
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studied Latin literature in Rome
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Saint Ambrose
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bishop of Milan who urged clerics not to pursue wealth but to practice humility and avoid favoring the rich over the poor
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Saint Augustine
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bishop of Hippo, most important Christian theologian of the Late Empire;wrote Confessions
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classicism
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reason is the avenue to knowledge
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martyrdom
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accepting death or great suffering for one's religious beliefs
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