TERMS Acts of the apostles Describes about the Pentecost Holy spirit descending on the people of Jesus se Ashkenanzim The Jewish ethnic identity most readily recognized by North Americans the culture of matzah balls black hatted Hasidim and Yiddish originated in medieval Germany Although strictly speaking Ashkenazim refers to Jews of Germany the term has come to refer more broadly to Jews from Central and Eastern Europe Catholic Reformation 3 things The roman catholic church needed to correct the abuses that Luther condemned The council of trent Enforced djscjpline and end the abuses that had weakened the church s credibility stood its ground against protestant theoretical positions reiterated understanding of the mass as a sacrifice reaffirmed the authority of institutional tradition alongside scripture and upheld the idea of a distinct status and function for priests as intermediaries It also reaffirmed the tradition of celibacy for priests and instituted seminaries for training The Society of Jesus exemplified areas of the Catholic Reformation Renewal of spiritual discipline education and missionary expansion The Ursulines Prominent Catholic teaching order of Women Covenant Mutual obligation between god and people o Nothing to do with afterlife o No concept of reward after death o All about having a good life Law Contract Creed two formal statements of beliefs Demiurge Old Testament God Cruel and capricious The coming of Jesus reveals a different God Diaspora Spread out o Judaism Slave importation Caribbean American south South America Brazil Dualism in religion postulates two ultimate principles opposing each other and more or less evenly matched These principles are usually though not always personified as a good god and an evil devil In the Iroquois tradition they see complementary dualism in that The Utgo that Tawiskaron uses to create disease is the same power that is used to cure it Thus in sharp contrast the Iroquois see destructive powers as capable of enhancing life Exile Marks the transition of the Hebrew tradition from the national cult of an ancient kingdom to the religious heritage of a widely dispersed people From that time on we speak of Jews and Judaism rather than Hebrews or Israelites Exile in Babylon The Hebrews conquered and taken to Babylon separated from temple a lot are a part of the priestly class Exodus the Hebrews are working on construction projects in the eastern part of the Nile delta God tells Moses to request the release from the slave labor When the Pharaoh refuses God sends plagues to Egypt and kills the Egyptians but spares the Hebrews enabling to escape across the Red Sea or Yam Suf Filioque Latin and from the son Did the Holy Spirit proceed from God or the father and the son Five Pillars The Shahadah Profession of faith through which one becomes a muslim Regular worship including participation in all 5 obligatory daily prayers Zakat Ramadan and Hajj Glossolalia The intensity of feeling associated with that experience can spark ecstatic behavior rolling in the aisles of the meeting for example or speaking in tongues is believed to be inspired by the Holy Spirit Gnosticism a school of interpretation hat claimed to have privileged secret knowledge o Hate the Demiurge o Secret Knowledge o Inner meaning to Christianity that is not accessible to most people o They are an inner network in church o It is dualistic Flesh is bad and spirit is good o Cosmic battle In the beginning of the world the material world was created by a mistake It is through to fragmentation of spiritual matter Some accounts Spirit falls to temptation o See Jesus as emissary from the spirit realm Also an ancient movement that believed the material world to be the evil result of a fall from pure spiritual existence Christian Gnostics viewed Jesus as the bearer of a secret saving knowledge through which the faithful would be redeemed from this material realm Gospels Including Synoptic Gospel Good news 4 Gospels o Matthew Mark Luke and John o Forms a canon o Official collection of books o All written after his death o All record Peter s denial Jesus reflecting on the garden arrested by Rome persecuted by Pontius Pilate women seeing empty tombs and Jesus talking to people after his death o Synoptic Gospels Mark Matthew and Luke one source was shared Is the oldest Included in Luke and or Matthew among them that isn t from Mark Starts with the baptism Matthew Luke The Jewish Christian gospel To convince Jews that Jesus was the messiah Jesus appears as a Rabbi Virgin birth Herod put out an order to kill all babies Joseph marries Mary Directed to the gentiles Significantly less about Jesus fulfilling Identifies Jesus as a prophet prophecies and less about The annunciation of Mary Excludes what John includes No wise men but shepherds and angels More in depth on Jesus trial Pilate says Jesus is innocent but succumbs to the mob and brings him to Herod Guardianship of Jurists Hierophany Hijab veiling of women Holocaust Burnt Offering or burnt sacrifice one of the ancient sacrifices mandated in the Hebrew Bible term now applied to the persecution and murder of 6 million European Jews by the Nazis before and during the second world war Imam is an Islamic leadership position It is most commonly in the context of a worship leader of a mosque and Muslim community by Sunni Muslims Itjihad personal reasoning applied to the development of legal opinions Indulgences A release from time in purgatory the selling of indulgences was one of the abuses that led to the Protestant Reformation Jihad struggle in defense of the faith some jihads are military waged in response to threats to the communitiy s security or welfare others are spiritual waged to improve oral conduct in society Kabbalah literally receiving tradition also transliterated Cabala Qabb l etc different transliterations now tend to denote alternative traditions is an esoteric method discipline and school of thought that originated in Judaism The medieval jewish mystical tradition its central text is a commentary on scripture called the Zohar Liminal Period Madhi The Shi i twelfth imam understood in his role as the rightly guided one who will emerge from hiding at some unspecified future date to restore righteousness and order to the world Muezzin man who calls Muslim into prayer is the person appointed at a mosque to lead and recite the call to prayer for every event of prayer and worship in the mosque Mecca holy city of Islam Midrash
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