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Jesus: the son of God; the messiah promised in the old testament, image,…
Jesus: the son of God; the messiah promised in the old testament
Apostles: the primary 12 disciples
John the Baptist: jewish priest who preached the imminence of God's final judgement
Matthew: author of the gospel of Matthew
Mark: author of the gospel of Mark
Luke: author of the gospel of Luke
John: youngest, author of the 3 letters of John
Paul: author of the most books in the Bible
Other People in Connection
Mary: biological mother of Jesus, chosen by God, through the action of the Holy Ghost
Luther: a 16th century monk and theologian whose beliefs helped birthed the Reformation
Marcion: an early theologist and evangelist
Calvin: a french theologian, pastor, and reformer during the Protestant Reformation
Gospels
(of) Thomas: long lost work that are comprised of 114 sayings of Jesus, some identical to those found in the canonical gospels
(of) Judas: another long lost work that casts Judas as a co-conspirator of Jesus instead of a traitor
(of) Mary Magdalene: an apocryphal text that presented her as a teacher and spiritual guide to the apostles
Canonical: recount of stories of Jesus and his teachings that are deemed authentic
Synoptic: recount of the same stories following the same sequence and often using the same wording
Sects
Eastern Orthodox: one third of the main christian groups/sects
Protestant Reformation: took pace in the 16th century England when the church broke away from the Pope and Roman Catholic Church
Doctrines/Ideas
Trinity: the doctrine that God is the one and only however there exists 3 coeternal and co-substantial beings: the father, the son and the Holy spirit
Gnostic Christianity: the doctrine that mystical knowledge comes through a special revelation by Jesus that leads to salvation
Original sin: the idea that everyone is born sinful
Apostolic Succession: an uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority from the apostles through popes and bishops
Gatherings
Council of Nicea: a council of christian bishops that convened in Nicea; it was the first effort to address the entire body of believers and attain consensus
Crusades: a series of wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church
