| A | B |
|---|
| Jehovah | God |
| Creation Mandate | Command to be fruitful and mulitply, to subdue over the earth |
| seed of the serpent | Satan's seed |
| seed of the woman | God's people |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Abrahamic Covenant | a promise to people, land, nation, blessing |
| Mosaic Covenant | Promise that if they obey God's rules, He would make them his own special nation |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| Davidic Covenant | Promise of the coming Messiah |
| Messiah | The "anointed one" |
| New Covenant | Promise to put the rules in the hearts of His people and be given the Holy Spirit |
| Nero | Emperor that began the persecution of Christians |
| Diocletian | An emperor that dismissed Christians from the army, burned Bibles, and destroyed churches. |
| Constantine | Roman emperor that converted to Christianity |
| Edict of Milan | Issued by Constantine and was to end Christian persecuation |
| Arius | person claiming that Jesus was not God |
| Council of Nicaea | Organized to consider the deity of Christ |
| Constantinople | Constantine's City |
| Byzantine Empire | Old eastern portion of the Roman Empire |
| Augustine | He wrote The City of God |
