| A | B |
|---|
| Abba | an affectionate and intimate term for father equal to :dad or Daddy |
| Ac ts of the Apostles | a new testament book written by luke as a continuation of his gospel |
| Amen | a hebrew word meaning truly or it is true |
| Apostles | persons sent forth by Jesusto proclaim his teachings |
| Assention | the event in which Jesus passed totally into the presence of his father |
| baptism | this sign of spiritual purification marked the beginning of Jesus's public life |
| beatitudes | these summarize the attitudes of people whose lives are centered on Jesus's vision of the kingdom of god |
| body of christ | an image of the church as the visible manifestation of the risen Jesus on earth |
| Canon | the authorative list of sacred writings accepted officialy as the scriptures of a religion |
| Catholic Epistles | the 7 nt leters not addressed to specific indivifuals or communities but to believing christians in general |
| christ | this title for Jesus which comes from a Greek word christs which means annointed one |
| covenant | pact, treaty a special agreement b/t 2 parties either as individuals or as communities |
| discle | derived from the Latin word, discipulus, meaning pupil or follower |
| epistle | the common method of written communication in the early church means letter |
| evangelists | greek word meaning proclomation or announcement of good news |
| gospels | middle english word meaning good news |
| grace | God's unconditional and unmerited love for people |
| incarnation | the teaching that God took on our human nature through Jesus |
| Jesus | Yahweh saves or Yahweh is salvation |
| Kingdom of God | Jesus's description of the rule or reign of God's love over the hearts of people |
| last supper | the occasion of the 1st eucharist and commemorated by them on holy thursday |
| lord | an aramaic form of address camparable to sir, also used to aknowledged Jesus is divine |
| Messiah | applied to Jesus by early Christians who believed he fulfilled the hope in Jesus |
| miracles | these signs, performed by Jesus out of love demonstrated that the power of God is truly manifested in God |
| Parables | greek word meaning comparison, special form of storytellign |
| Passion | the arrest, trial and crusifiction of Jesus |
| Pentecost | the event when the holy spirit was poured out on the discles transforming them into Apostles |
| rabbi | master or teacher |
| resurrection | the event in which Jesus was raised from the dead by God |
| Son of God | title used by israelites to refer to the kings of their nation, given to Jesus to show his special realtionship with god |
| synoptic gospels | called such b/c the authors often seem to have used them as a source as one anothers gospels |
