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Meanings Flashcards

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Christianity

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Largest world faith which follows the teachings of Jesus Christ

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Messiah

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Messiah is a Hebrew word meaning ‘saviour’ or rescuer

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Resurrection

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Being brought back to life after passing away

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Ascension

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Jesus physically rising up to Heaven

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Trinity

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The beliefs that God is 3 as well as 1 - Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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Denomination

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A group within Christianity

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Evangelism

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Spreading the Christian message in order to convert people

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Omnipotent

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Belief that God is all powerful

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Omnibenevolent

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Belief that God is all loving

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Omniscient

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Belief that God is all knowing

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Omnipresent

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Belief that God is always present

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Disciple

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The 12 main followers of Jesus who helped him to spread his message

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Missionaries

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People who spread the Christian message

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Persecution

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Discrimination against a group of people who share an aspect of their identity

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Gentiles

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Non-Jews in the Bible

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Early church

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Christians in the first 3 centuries

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Martyred

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When a person is killed for their beliefs

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What does Martyr mean in Greek?

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Witness

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Scapegoat

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Deliberately placing the blame of an action on another person/ group of people

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Excommunicated

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Expelled from participating in the services of the Christian church

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Indulgences

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Certificates people bought from the Catholic Church so they would spend less time in purgatory when they died

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Protestantism

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A form of Christianity that began as a protest against the catholic church

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Reformation

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Movement to inform the church resulting in the division of the western church into Catholicism and Protestantism

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Pilgrimage

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A journey that has a religious or spiritual significance, journey usually taken to a religious place

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Sanctity of life

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Belief that all life is God-given and sacred

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Ten Commandments

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Laws for how people should live, given to Moses by God in the Old Testament

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Militants

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Individuals/groups who use violence to spread their ideas

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Radicals

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People who use violence to enforce change or reform

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Ordained

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Made a priest or bishop in a special ceremony/sacrament

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Sacrament

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Religious cermony

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Patriarchal

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A way of describing a culture that is denominated and controlled by men

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Patriarchal

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A … significantly focused on men

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