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| Scribes | Jewish scholars who assisted in writing and telling Jews about their religious traditions. |
| Son of Man | a title recorded in Scripture that Jesus uses to describe himself |
| Zealots | a rebellious group of Jews who wanted to rid Israel of Roman rule |
| synoptic | "to see together" or "similar" |
| Pharisees | infulential, religious leaders who focused on keeping the Jews faithful to the Law |
| Sadducees | the ruling class of Jews who controlled the Temple in Jerusalem |
| Pontius Pilate | controlled everything around Jerusalem; sentenced Jesus to death |
| parables | stories told by Jesus taht used simple images or comparisons to illustrate moral or spiritual truths |
| miracles | signs of wonder that can attributed to God only |
| logos | Greek for "word"; used in John's Gospel to refer to Jesus as the "Word of God" |
| Beatitudes | Jesus' teachings about the meaning and path to true happiness and a description of the way to eternal holiness to which God calls us |
| geneology | a list of a person's ancestors |
| Apostles | 12 carefully selected men who played a central role during Jesus' minstry |
| communion | our calling to share in the life of the Trinity, the inseparable Persons who each does what is proper to him |
| canon | the list of writings officially recognized and accepted by the Catholic Church as Sacred Scriptures |
| conversion | a change in life that turns us away from sin and evil and toward God |
| faith | a virtue through which we believe in God and all that God has revealed |
| Epistles | the 21 letters included in the New Testament |
| holiness | the perfection of charity; compassionate, concerned, and kind in all that we do |
