| A | B |
|---|
| Good Friday | Day when Jesus died |
| Gospels | Literally means "good news"; written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
| Holy Trinity | Three aspects of God: God the father(creator), God the son(the Redeemer), and God the Holy Spirit(God's presence in the world) |
| Lent | Period before Easter when Christians remember their sins |
| Messiah | The prophesied deliverer of the Jews; a Savior |
| Old Testament | Sacred book of the Jews, dating from before the time of Christ |
| Orthodox Christian | One of the three main branches of Christianity; from the Greek "orthos"(right) and "doxa"(belief) |
| Parable | A story with a hidden meaning |
| Pope | Leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Protestant | Believers who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and reformed the beliefs; one of the three main branches of Christianity including Lutherans, Methodists and Episcopalians |
| Resurrection | The act of rising from the dead |
| Sacrament | A ceremony important to Christianity; a rite believed to be a visible sign of grace |
| Secular | Pertaining to the world or to things not spiritual or sacred |
| Stations of the Cross | Believed to be the sites of the events that led to the death and resurrection of Jesus |
| Vatican City | The location of the official seat of authority of the Catholic Church; the residence of the Pope located in Rome, Italy |
| Cross | The principal symbol of Christianity |
| communion | The sacrement of eating bread and drinking wine |
| crucifixion | A common punishment for revolutionaries |
| baptism | The sacrament using water for purification |
| Joseph | Jesus' father |
| Mary | Jesus' mother |
| Apostles/Disciples | Jesus had 12 of these |
| Roman Empire | Jesus lived during this period of time |
| John the Baptist | Man who baptized Jesus |
| Holy Land/Palestine/Middle East | The area where Jesus lived |
| Christmas | The holiday celebrating Jesus' birth |
| Easter | The holiday commorating the resurrection |
| purgatory | A place for souls not yet worthy of heaven, but not meant for hell |
| Last Supper | Meal with Disciples before crucifixion |
| Jerusalem | Jesus was crucified in this city |
| Beatitudes | Another name for Sermon on the Mount |
| priest | Minister of some Christian Churches, particularly Catholic |
| prayer | "Our Father who art in Heaven" |
