Chapter 10 AP World Vocab Flashcards
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61143688 | TaNaKh | A hebrew term for the books of the Bible that are written in Hebrew. | 0 | |
61143689 | Torah | first five books of the Bible, traditionally contributed to Moses | 1 | |
61143690 | Abraham | Founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command, first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Issac. | 2 | |
61143691 | diaspora | the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel | 3 | |
61143692 | Augustine | influential church father and theologian; Bishop of Hippo; champion of Christian doctrine against various heresies and very important in the long-term development of Christian thought on such issues as predestination | 4 | |
61143693 | Arianism | Arius taught that Christ's humanity limited in divinity, and that God the Father, wholly transcendent, was more sacred than the Son who had walked the earth | 5 | |
61143694 | Clovis | chief of the Merovingian Franks, rejected Arianism and converted to Roman Christianity, the first of the barbrians to accept the religion of the empire, established capital in Paris | 6 | |
61143695 | Gregory I | "Gregory the Great"; broadened the authority of the papacy, or pope's office, beyond spiritual role; papacy became secular power involved in politics, encouraged monastic movement | 7 | |
61143696 | monasticism | The practice of living the life of a monk, a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 8 | |
61143697 | Paul of Tarsus | responsible for spreading the Christian faith immediately after the death of Jesus | 9 |