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Abraham
Yahweh
Go to the Land of milk and honey and I will protect you
Covenant – Agreement between God and his people
ProphetSomeone who speaks directly to God
Canaan
Sarah
Hagar
Abraham
Isaac and Ishmael
Enslavement of the Hebrews
Monotheism – the belief that there is one god and that god is the creator of all things and has a role in our day to day lives
“I am that I am”
Ten Commandments
Joshua
Succeeds Moses as leader of the Hebrews, leads them into Canaan
King David
Founder of Jerusalem
Zion
Jerusalem
King Solomon
Builder of the first temple
First Temple Destroyed by Babylonians
The Babylonian Captivity
The Hebrews are deported to Babylon By……..
Nebuchadnezzar
Torah
The Hebrew Holy Scripture
Prophet – someone who speaks for the divine
Cyrus the Great
Persian king who conquers Babylon and releases the Hebrews
Mosaic Law
Moral code that is guideline for relationships, day to day life basis of how a Jewish person should live
Roman Judea
Rome conquers Israel in 63BC and renames it Judea
Second Temple destroyed by the Romans
The Western Wall
Sects of Judaism
Sadducees – rich upper class Judaism (Stoics)
Pharisees – wanted Jews to break away from society as a whole and await the Messiah (Neo-Platonists)
Essenes – practiced voluntary poverty and seclusion from worldy pleasures (Cynics)
Zealots – forceful practice of Judaism
A savior sent by God and descended from the Davidic Line to lead the Jewish people to world peace
Jesus
A new type of philosopher teaching a new type of philosophy
Love
Lets not kill each other Lets not enslave each other
(with chains or debt)Lets not let each other starve to death
Lets be nice to each other(forgive and turn the other cheek)
Christianity
12 Disciples
The betrayal
The resurrection
The 12 Apostles
Peter
Successor to Jesus, goes to Rome to build the church
Pope – successor to St. Peter and leader of Roman Catholic Church
Nero
Emperor Nero blames the Christians a fire in Rome and begins to persecute them
Martyrdom of Peter
Paul
Struck by lighting, converts to Christianity, hits the road to spread the word
Martyrdom of St. Paul
Constantine the Great
Legalizes Christianity and calls Council of Nicea
Trinity
The Gospels
Paul
Mark
Mathew
Luke
John
T he New Testament
Torah = Old Testament
Old Testament + New Testament =
In the beginning
Girls were bad
The original sin
The seven deadly Sins
(What the Romans did)
Sloth
Gluttony
Greed
Pride
Lust
Envy
The Seven Virtues
(What the Christians do)
Chastity
Temperance
Charity
Diligence
Patience
Enduring difficult situations by turning the other cheek
Kindness
Humility
God vs. The Devil
Heaven v. Hell
Sin vs. Virtue
Good vs. Evil
Theodosius
Roman Emperor that makes Christianity the state religion and bans all other religions and philosophies in Rome with the creation of a legal code called the Theodosian Code
The Christian Philosophers
St. Ambrose
The only way to heaven is through the church
Heaven
ChurchHell
St. Augustine
Original sin and the City of GodHumans are born guilty and the church is God’s city on Earth
St. Augustine
The Platonification of Christianity
The City of God
The Roman Catholic Church is a City of God on Earth
The Divinity of Christ
Jesus died for the sins of man
The Virgin Mary
Notre Dame
The Sacraments
Baptism
Confirmation
Eucharist
Matrimony
Penance
Anointing the Sick
Holy Orders
Bishop – Priest - Deacon
St. Jerome
Translates the Bible from Hebrew to Latin, his translation is called the Vulgate and is the basis of all Bibles
The Christian Orders
St. Benedict
Christian Cynicism and Stoicism Christians should live a life of poverty and celibacy
disconnected from the worldly pleasures
St. Francis St. Dominic