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Trinity = collection of Father God, Son Jesus, and Holy Spirit.
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Trinity = collection of Father God, Son Jesus, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus = believed by Christians to be the Messiah who was killed, but was raised from the dead by God, so that the sins of the world may be forgiven and God's mercy may reach everyone.
Mary = generally considered to be the mother of Jesus, although the apostolic succession says that she helped him to become incarnate (rather than giving birth to him).
John the Baptist = Messianic Jewish prophet who prepared people for the coming of Jesus through preaching and baptism.
Apostolic Succession = the "correct interpretation" of Christian theology, according to Christians; all interpretations that do not align with the Apostolic Succession are ingenuine; the Pope currently holds the Apostolic Succession.
Original sin = every human is believed by Christians to inherit sin at birth from Adam and Eve (because they ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil).
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Eastern Orthodox = a sect of Christianity that believes that the Holy Spirit is derived from the Father alone, rather than both the Father and the Son.
Non-Canonical Gospels = did not make it into the official Bible, but are still valuable accounts written by important figures in the Bible.
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Paul of Tarsus = a Christian Apostle converted from a persecutor to a believer by a mystical encounter with Jesus.
Marcion = an early Christian theologian that believed that the New Testament God was the true eternal God.
Crusades = a series of deadly religious wars in which Christians attempted to convert people to their religion.
Council of Nicea = a council of Christian bishops that met to create consensus within the early church.
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Martin Luther = primarily responsible for the Protestant Reformation; famous for his 95 Theses against the Catholic Church.
Protestant Reformation = a blossoming of new sects of Christianity after the Catholic Church was scrutinized and new ideas began to circulate.
John Calvin = came a decade after Luther; continued furthering the Protestant Reformation with logic and a background in law.