religion chapter 17 Flashcards

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One who is sent. The twelve apostles were chosen by Jesus Christ to spread his message throughout the world; they are the foundation upon which the church is built. The word apostle is used to describe the twelve and Saint Paul.

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Apostle

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The visit of the angel Gabriel to Mary to tell her that she would be the mother of the messiah. The story of the annunciation is found in Luke.

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Annunciation

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Letter. Much of the New Testament consists of epistles written to individuals, to whole congregations, or to the church as a whole.

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Epistle

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Good news. Specifically, a book that tells the good news. The four gospels were written by Mathew, mark, Luke, and John.

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Gospels

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A slave who acted as a private tutor for the masters children. Until the children reached adulthood, the pedagogue has absolut atrocity over them. According to St. Paul the law of Moses acted as our pedagogue until the coming of Christ.

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Pedagogue

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A hypothetical collection of Jesus sayings that many scholars think was used by the gospel writers. No one knows for certain whether the document ever existed: all the eveidencd for it comes from scholarly analysis of the gospels

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Matthew, mark, Luke. They are called synoptic( Greek for seeing together) because they have a similar point of view when contrasted with the gospel of John.

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Synoptic gospels

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Universal, the Catholic epistles are the epistles written to the whole church

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Catholic

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