Vocabulary & Key Terms
A contract, the covenant between God and Mankind.
What is a Testament?
This great power controlled Palestine at the time of Jesus.
What is the Roman Empire?
The king called "The Great" who had a long reign and outlived his rivals.
Who was Herod.
This person claimed to be the Son of God, Son of the Father, God.
Who is Jesus?
The "Anointed One," a king or royal person.
What is a Messiah?
A letter.
What is an Epistle?
His teachings allowed people to see God & understand His love for us.
Who is Jesus?
This occured 10 days after Jesus' ascension and was the birthday of the church.
What is Pentecost?
These people did not worship God in Jerusalem and it separated them from the Jewish people.
Who are the Samaritans?
A witness, later coming to mean someone who dies rather than deny his faith.
What is a martyr?
The Jewish ceremonial meal and feast.
What is Passover?
Where we get our chief information about the life of Jesus.
The four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
This was a great missionary who taught that the Gentiles did not have to become Jews to become Christians.
Who was Saint Paul?
He was called "the Terrible" because he was a murderer & terrorized people.
Who was King Herod?
The central sacrament of the Christian Faith.
A Jewish holy day of thanksgiving for the wheat harvest; held 50 days after Passover.
What is Pentecost?
These are the four periods of Jesus' life.
What is Infancy and Hidden, Public Life & Ministry, Passion, and Resurrection & Ascension.
This is painful suffering.
This was the spokesperson for Jesus' 12 disciples and because the chief of the 12 apostles.
Who is Saint Peter?
One who is sent forth, a messenger.
What is an apostle?
An enumeration or count of the population.
What is a Census?
The sacred writing of a religion.
What is a scripture?
These people were the descendants of the Israelites whose kingdom was destroyed by the Assyrians 5 centuries before Christ.
Who are the Samaritans?
These are, Love God with all your heart, Love even your enemies, Forgive those who sin against us.
What are the 3 main teachings of Christ?
This saint asked to be crucified upside down because he didn't feel worthy to die the same way Jesus did.
Who is Saint Peter?