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original sin - "Original sin, also described as ancestral sin, is a…
original sin - "Original sin, also described as ancestral sin, is a Christian view of the nature of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man."
John the Baptist - "John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus. The New Testament gives the following details about his life and ministry. John the Baptist was conceived in a miraculous way. His parents, Zechariah and Elisabeth, were beyond the childbearing years when John was conceived." 
Apostolic succession - "The teaching that bishops represent a direct, uninterrupted line of continuity from the first Apostles of Jesus Christ. According to this teaching, bishops possess certain special powers handed down to them from the Apostles; these consist primarily of the right to confirm church members, to ordain priests, to consecrate other bishops, and to rule over the clergy and church members in their diocese."
Gnostic Christianity - "A second-century religious movement claiming that salvation could be gained through a special form of secret knowledge; Gnostics believed that the world was divided into the physical and spiritual realms. Gnosticism claims hidden knowledge as the basis for salvation."
Council of Nicea - "The first ecumenical council of the Christian church, meeting in ancient Nicaea. It was called by the emperor Constantine I, an unbaptized catechumen, who presided over the opening session and took part in the discussions. He hoped a general council of the church would solve the problem created in the Eastern church by Arianism, a heresy first proposed by Arius of Alexandria that affirmed that Christ is not divine but a created being."
Trinity - "The Trinity expresses the belief that God is one being made up of three distinct persons who exist in co-equal essence and co-eternal communion as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."
Eastern Orthodox - "One of the three major branches of Christianity. It exists as a fellowship of 18 independent or semi-independent church bodies, each headed by a bishop (sometimes called a patriarch). The largest are the Russian Orthodox Church and the Romanian Orthodox Church."
Crusades - "Military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by western European Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion; the objectives were to check the spread of Islam, to retake control of the Holy Land in the eastern Mediterranean, to conquer pagan areas, and to recapture formerly Christian territories."
Luther - "One of the most notable theologians in Christian history, is responsible for initiating the Protestant Reformation."
Protestant Reformation - "A religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism, a name used collectively to refer to the many religious groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church due to differences in doctrine."
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Gospels
Gospel of Mary Magdalene - "The Gospel of Mary (or the Gospel of Mary Magdalene) is a writing discovered in 1896 in Egypt containing a Gnostic version of New Testament events alleged to have taken place, particularly in association with Mary Magdalene."
Gospel of Thomas - "The Gospel of Thomas is a Coptic manuscript discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi in Egypt. This manuscript contains 114 sayings attributed to Jesus."
Mystical Gospel John - "The Gospel of John is a poetic guidebook for the spiritual union of God and man through the agency of the mystical Christ figure
Synoptic Gospels - "The first three books of the New Testament; known as the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in the New Testament, present similar narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ."
Gospel of Judas - "Apocryphal Christian scripture from the 2nd century AD attributed to the apostle Judas Iscariot. The gospel advances a Gnostic cosmology and portrays Judas in a positive light as the only apostle who fully understands Jesus’ teachings."
Canonical Gospels - "The first four books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)."