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| Succeeded Augustus; Reigned during Jesus' execution |
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| believed they were maintaining the ancient Hebrew teachings |
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| believed in life after death and adopted more liberal attitude towards the torah |
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| established a semimonastic community neart the Dead Sea |
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| contains the oldest extant Hebrew manuscripts |
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| demanded that Jews neither pay taxes to Rome nor acknowledge the authority of the Roman Emperor |
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| Sentenced Jesus to death through cruxifiction |
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| comes to earth to show people the way to heaven |
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| tried to demonstrate that Hebrew Scriptures could be explained and justified in terms of Greek philosophy |
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| tortured Christian who did not give in to the torment or speak falsely against fellow Christians |
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| granted toleration of Christians |
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| made Christianity the state religion of the Empire |
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| brought reason to the support of faith in his attempt to make Christianity more intellectually respectable in his world |
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| Greek bishop who established rules that became the standard for monasteries in the East |
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| a secluded religious life of prayer in a monastery |
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| founded a monastery at Monte Cassino |
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| denied the complete divinity of Christ |
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| first assembly of bishops from all parts of the Roman World |
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| representation of a person as evil |
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| studied Latin literature in Rome |
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| bishop of Milan who urged clerics not to pursue wealth but to practice humility and avoid favoring the rich over the poor |
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| bishop of Hippo, most important Christian theologian of the Late Empire;wrote Confessions |
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| reason is the avenue to knowledge |
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| accepting death or great suffering for one's religious beliefs |
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