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| Fourth century writings discovered in 1945 near the village of _____ _ in Upper Egypt, that invaluable sources of information regarding gonstic beliefs, practices, and lifestyle. Gnosticism was an early Church heresy claiming that Christ's humanity was an illusion and the human body is evil |
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| The process by which God makes himself known to human reason through the created world. Historical conditions and the consequences of Original Sin, however often hinder our ability to fully know God's truth it alone. |
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| In biblical times the region commonly known today as the Middle East, including the modern countries of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan |
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| The twenty seven books of the Bible written in Apostolic times, which have the life, teachings, Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ and the beginnings of the Church as their central theme. |
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| A Latin phrase meaning the "work of God" |
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| the handing on of the message of God's saving plan through words and deeds. |
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| speaking to God in prayer |
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| From the Latin meaning origo, meaning "beginning" or "birth." The term has two meanings (1) the sin of the first human beings, who disobeyed God's command by choosing to follow their own will and thus lost their original holiness and became subject to death, (2) the fallen state of human nature that affects every person born into the world. |
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| Short stories that use every day images to communicate religious messages |
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| A name for the Holy Spirit, the Divine third person of the trinity, whom Jesus promised to the disciples as an advocate and counselor |
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| the second coming of Christ at the end of time, fully realizing God's plan and the glorification of humanity |
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| in the Old Testament, the sacrificial lamb shared at the Seder meal of the Passover on the night the Israelites escaped from Egypt; In the New Testament, the _____ is Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God who dies on the cross to take away "the sin of the world" |
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Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
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Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Tobit
Judith
Esther
1 Maccabees
2 Macccabees |
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Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes |
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