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| Yahweh | Name for God used in the Hebrew Bible |
| divine sovereignty | God's complete and permanent control over this world |
| image of God | Set of qualities possessed by all humans that reflect God |
| Creation Mandate | God's command to humans to exercise dominion over the earth; found in Genesis 1:28 |
| civilization | Human culture as it is lived in cities or under the influence of cities |
| seed of the serpent | Reference to those who would reject the Messiah |
| seed of the woman | Reference to those who would accept the Messiah;ultimately a reference to Jesus |
| nation | A very large group of people who share the same language, family history, land area, and culture |
| polytheism | The belief in and worship of many gods |
| Abrahamic Covenant | Covenant that revealed God's plan to redeem humans, enabling them once again to have dominion as God intended |
| Mosaic Covenant | Covenant with the children of Israel that promised God would make them His own special nation and would protect them if they promised to obey God's laws |
| Ten Commandments | Ten laws showing Israel how to love God and other humans |
| monotheism | The belief in and worship of one God |
| Davidic Covenant | Revealed that David's descendants would play a key role in fulfilling the three promises of the Abrahamic Covenant |
| Messiah | Literally means "the anointed one" and refers to Jesus |
| New Covenant | Covenant given in Jeremiah 31 that is actually a renewing of the previous covenants |
| Jesus of Nazareth | Name of Jesus recorded in Scripture to designate the place where He spent most of His earthly life |
| Christ | Literally means "the anointed one" and refers to Jesus |
| gospel | The message that Jesus died for the sins of humans and has been raised again to save them forever |
| Judaism | The religion of the Jews that developed during the five centuries BC |
| Saul of Tarsus | Began as an opponent of Christianity but was later converted to Christianity, followed by a life of devoted service to Christ and the church |
| Nero | Roman emperor who began the first official Roman persecution of Christianity |
| Diocletian | Roman emperor under whom the last and most widespread Roman persecution of Christians occurred |
| Constantine | Roman emperor who converted to Christianity |
| Edict of Milan | A decree by Constantine that put an end to almost three hundred years of Roman persecution |
| Arius | An early church teacher who claimed that Jesus was not God |
| Council of Nicaea | A council of church leaders that met in the year 325 to consider the deity of Christ |
| Theodosius I | Roman emperor who made Christianity the only recognized religion in the empire |
| Patrick | Missionary to Ireland during the 4th century AD |
| Constantinople | Ancient city of Byzantium that Constantine transformed into the new capital of the eastern portion of the Roman Empire |
| barbarians | A Roman name for peoples not part of Greek or Roman culture |
| Byzantine Empire | The old eastern portion of the Roman empire |
| Augustine | Christian church leader in Hippo who wrote The City of God |
