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Religious Studies
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08/01/2012

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Arius
Definition
(around 300C.E.) Held the view that Jesus was human and not the son of God.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
Definition
In Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania and Russia
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Western Church
Definition
Latin Speaking
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Eastern Church
Definition
Greek Speaking
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Eastern Church
Definition
Local community members helped make decisions
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Western Church
Definition
Pope made decisions
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Eastern Church
Definition
Jesus had 2 separate natures, not united in a single person
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Eastern Church
Definition
Emphasized Monasticism
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Eastern Church
Definition
Allows only icons
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Western Church
Definition
Allowes statues
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Eastern Church
Definition
Bishops and Ministers could marry
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Western Church
Definition
Ministers cannot marry
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Western Church
Definition
Father and Son generated Holy Spirit
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Eastern Church
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Father generated Holy Spirit
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Filoque
Definition
Latin word meaning From the Son
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Eastern Church
Definition
When baptized, whole body is sunck into water
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Western Church
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When baptized, forhead is sprinkled with water
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Eucharist
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Lord's Supper
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Eastern Church
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Uses wine and bread for Eucharist
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Western Church
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Uses bread for Eucharist
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Martin Luther
(1483-1546) 
Definition
Started reformation
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Martin Luther
(1483-1546) 
Definition
Live by faith (sola ficies)
Live by scriptures (sola scripture) 
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Martin Luther
(1483-1546) 
Definition
No authority of pop, everyone is a mnister and related to God directly
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Muslim
Definition
The one who believes in the religion of Islam
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Islam
Definition
Submission to the will of God
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The children of Abraham
Definition
Jews, Christians, Muslims
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Muhammad
DOB-DOD 
Definition
Born 570C.E. Mecca (Quraysh)
Died 632C.E. Medina  
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Abdallah
Definition
Muhammad's father
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Amina
Definition
Muhammad's mother
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Khadija
Definition
Muhammad's wife
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Muhammad's first revelation
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Recitation Chapter
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Muhammad's migration
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Mecca to Medina in 622A.D.
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Qur'an 
Definition
Recitation or that which is going to be recited
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Five Pillars of Islam
Definition
I. Profession of faith (shahada)
II. Prayers (salat) - face Mecca, recite, bow
III. Fasting in the month of Ramadan (saum)
IV. Almsgiving or charity (zahat)
V. Pilgrimage (hajj) - Kabah(large black stone in Mecca) 
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The Suras
Definition
Meccan (short, powerful, poetic)
Medinan (long) 
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Meccan Suras
Definition
Basic of Islam(God is one) and the 5Pillars
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Medinan Suras
Definition
Ethical, social and political aspects of Islam
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Shari'a 
Definition
Islamic law or Islamic Jurisprudence
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Hadith
Definition
tradition
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Hadith
Definition
What the prophet Muhammad said, did (sunna) and approved|disapproved of
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Ijma
Definition
3 generations after the prophet Muhammad
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Qiyas
Definition
Deduction or logical inference by analogical reasoning
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haram
Definition
Not all owed
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Hala
Definition
allowed
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4 Imama or Caliphs who succeeded Muhammad after death
Definition
1. Abu Bakr
2. 'Omar
3. Uthman
4. 'Ali 
Term
Blood relative of Muhammad
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'Ali
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Shi'ite
Definition
Imam must be blood to Muhammad
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Sunnites
Definition
Any one can become leader
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570 C.E.
Definition
Muhammad was born
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612 C.E.
Definition
Muhammad became prophet
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622 C.E.
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Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina
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632 C.E.
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Muhammad died
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114
Definition
Suras in Qur'an
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Sufism
Definition
A group of devotional movements in Islam
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Caliph
Definition
"Successor"; a religious and political leader
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Imam
Definition
A religious leader; specifically, one of the hereditary successors of Muhammad, venereated in Shiite Islam
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Shiite
Definition
A minority branch of Islam, which holds that Muhammad's genuine successors descended from his son-in-law Ali.
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Sunni
Definition
The majority branch of Islam, which holds that genuine succession from Muhammad did not depend on hereditary decent from his son-in-law Ali.
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