| A | B |
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| ascension | taking up of the risen christ into heaven. |
| passover | jewish feast commemoratiing deliverance of the jewish people from death by the blood of the lamb sprinkled on their doorposts in egypt. |
| conversion | a radical reorientation of one's whole life away from sin and evil and toward god. |
| gentile | persons of non-jewish faith or origin. |
| shavu'ot(FYI 13) | jewish feast-celebrates Law of Moses (10 commandments) |
| paschal mystery | mystery of, and events involved, in our redemption: jesus suffering, death, resurrrction, and ascension. |
| hebrew | the tribe of abraham, later to be known as israelites and the new jews. |
| acts of the apostles | the book of the new tesament that tells the story of the early christian community. |
| babylonian captivity | period from 587 to 539 b.c when the jewish nation did not exist and jewish leaders were exiled to babylon. |
| reigh of god | known as the kingdom of god or kingdom of heaven, god's presence in the world through christ. the church "is the reign of chris already present in mystery". |
| israel | hebrew people(past/present/future)God's chosen ones |
| gospels | the four accounts of the life of jesus in the new testament. the word "gospel" means good news. |
| pentecost | the "fiftieth" day after easter when the holy spirit was manifested, given, and communicated to the followers of jesus, beginning the new "age of the church" when christ lives and acts in and through his church. |
| diaspora | scattering of the Jewish people from their homeland |
| messiah | savior of the Jews |
| monotheism | belief in only 1 God |
| hellenism | the spread of Greek culture |
| resurrection | the bodily rising of Jesus Christ from the dead |
| exodus | God liberating Hebrews from Egyptian slavery & brought them to Promised Land |
| legend | ancient story-might not be completely true |
| sanhedrin | 70-75 member judicial council in Ancient Jewish history |
| council of jerusalem | 1st Church Council re Do Gentiles need to follow Jewish laws? |
| covenant | agreement/contract (ex: God/Jewish people, Christ/Church |
| marks of the church | 4: one, holy, catholic, apostolic |
