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Definitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Apostle \u2013One who followed Jesus.<\/li>
  2. Succession: The ministry of the Church is resultant from Christ through successive bishops.<\/li>
  3. Old Testament: The first part of the Christian biblical canon.<\/li>
  4. Bible – Book of sacred and holy texts and scriptures. Studied and practiced by Christians<\/li>
  5. Gnostic \u2013 Personal over orthodox.<\/li>
  6. Codex Sinaiticus \u2013 Mid-4th century bible.<\/li>
  7. Bishop \u2013 ordained clergy<\/li>
  8. Predestination: The teaching that God has determined beforehand who is to be saved<\/li>
  9. Christianity: The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices Pentarchy \u2013 Eastern orthodox. Justinian<\/li>
  10. Eremetic monasticism \u2013 Hermit<\/li>
  11. Cross: Wooden beams perpendicular to each other. Known for its crucifixion.<\/li>
  12. Cenobitic monasticism \u2013 Community<\/li>
  13. Jerome: Monk who translated the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate)<\/li>
  14. catholic (as opposed to Catholic): Latin word for universal<\/li>
  15. Miaphysite \u2013 fully divine and fully human in one<\/li>
  16. Theotokos \u2013 Mary in Eastern Christianity<\/li>
  17. Disciples: A personal follower of Jesus during his life, especially one of the twelve Apostles.<\/li>
  18. Patriarchate \u2013 Three jurisdictions of rule \u2013 Rome, Antioch, Alexandria<\/li>
  19. Creed \u2013 statement of shared beliefs.<\/li>
  20. Creed: Concise formal statement of Christian doctrine <\/li>
  21. Oecumenical \u2013 representing the whole of the body of the church<\/li>
  22. Basilica – rectangular chamber of church<\/li>
  23. Julian of Norwich: An anchorite who had intense visions of Jesus Christ<\/li>
  24. Holy Sepulchre \u2013 site where Jesus was crucified<\/li>
  25. Ousia \u2013 essence or substance<\/li>
  26. Homoousios \u2013 one essence<\/li>
  27. Prosopon \u2013 person, from Greek for mask of person on stage to reveal character<\/li>
  28. Physis \u2013 nature<\/li>
  29. Great Papal Schism \u2013 A split within the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417 where 2 men claimed to be popes.<\/li>
  30. Hypostasis: A nature in its concrete realization in a particular thing or person<\/li>
  31. Hildegard of Bingen: Widely recognized as a seer this gave her special authority rare for women<\/li>
  32. Canon \u2013 religious texts regarded as authoritative<\/li>
  33. Trinity \u2013 Three in one<\/li>
  34. Teresa of Avila: Desired to be a spiritual guide, wrote \u201cInterior Castle\u201d and was friends with John of the Cross<\/li>
  35. Crucifixion: The Roman\u2019s method of punishment<\/li>
  36. Christology \u2013 the study of Christ<\/li>
  37. Calvary \u2013 Death place of Christ<\/li>
  38. Catherine of Siena: Showed considerable spiritual insight in her \u201cBook of Divine Providence<\/li>
  39. Charlemagne: Was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope at Christmas in 800<\/li>
  40. Ethiopia: Fourth century historical accounts indicate missionaries came from the east across the Red Sea.<\/li>
  41. Prosopon: Greek for person or persons or mask (as in play)<\/li>
  42. The Arian Controversy: The debate over the nature and extent of the divinity of Christ<\/li>
  43. Original Sin: The sin of Adam and Eve which is passed on to children through sexual intercourse <\/li>
  44. The church of the East: They traveled east astonishing distance including to India and China<\/li>
  45. Ethiopian Church: The presiding bishop was not native but from Alexandria as late as 1951<\/li>
  46. Thecla: Virgin disciple of Paul known from apocryphal Acts<\/li>
  47. Erasmus \u2013 a Dutch philosopher who is widely considered to have been one of the greatest scholars.<\/li>
  48. Huguenots \u2013 religious groups of French protestants.<\/li>
  49. Episcopate \u2013 Office of a Bishop<\/li>
  50. Schism: When Christians formally separate from one another<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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