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| What was Pentecost? Why are wind and fire significant? |
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| Pentecost is when the holy spirit came upon the apostles in 29ad. It came in the form of wind and fire |
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| What happened that made Abraham a monotheist? |
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| God came to him and told him that he should believe in Him alone. He also started the covenant and build a great nation from him. |
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| Jews who were living in exile after the Babylonian exile. |
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| The spread of Greek culture and language. |
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| The Greek version of the Hebrew bible. |
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| What was the Jewish expectation of the messiah? |
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| A war hero to restore Israel. |
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| What was Paul's first letter? |
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| He wrote letters to the Gentiles, mainly after his conversion. |
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| Greek Non-Jews who often were interested in Jesus, but didn't convert. |
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| What was the Council of Jerusalem? |
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| Called to decide whether or not Gentile converts should be circumcised. It was ruled that they did not have to. |
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| What did Nero do after the great fire in 64AD? |
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| Blamed the Christians for it and began to persecute them. |
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| When was the gospel of Mark written? |
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| When and how was the temple destroyed? |
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| Burned to the ground in a Roman siege, in 70AD |
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| Who was known as "Apostle to the Gentiles"? |
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| When was the final book of the New Testament written? |
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| What was Irenaeus doing when he mentioned the list of New Testament books in his novel "Against Heresies" |
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| The formation of the Cannon |
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| Who was Arius? What was Arianism? |
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| Arius was an Egyptian priest. Arianism is believing that Jesus was not the same divine substance of God. |
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| When and why was the council of Nicea held? |
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| In 325 to resolve the problem of Arianism. |
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| The belief that Jesus has only one nature |
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| When and why was the council of Chalcedon held? |
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| In 451 to dismiss the Monophysitism heresy. Stated that Jesus was both divine and human. |
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| One who was in the process of being initiated into the church. |
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| What was the Edict of Milan? and when? |
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| In 313 Constantine instituted tolerance of all religions. |
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