WH - Religions 11-14-05
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- Judaism started where?
- Fertile Crescent
- Three things about Abraham
- 1. founder of Judiasm, 2. father of Hebrew people, 3. covenant
- Hebrew leader whose sons became known as the 12 tribes
- Jacob (Isreal)
- Lead hebrew out of Egypt and what is a word for that?
- Moses, exodus
- Beliefs about Judaism
- 1. monotheism 2. Isrealites were God's chosen people and had a message 3. 10 commandments
- festiveal that commerates the store of the exodus
- passover
- scattering of Jewish people out of their homeland
- Diaspora
- this religion was greatily diverse
- Christianity
- Holy scriptures of Christianity are known as what?
- Bible
- The story of Jesus' life mainly comes from the what?
- Gospels
- 3 statements about the teachings of Christian faith
- 1. Jesus is the messiah 2. people should live by the golden rule 3. makind should love both God and neighbor
- According to Jesus his mission was to...
- bring salvation and eternal life to anyone who believe in him
- christianity grew into a world religion due to what?
- a missionary named Paul
- The diciple that teached Christianity in rome was
- Peter
- The apostle that did the most of spreading of Jesus
- Paul
- 3 Factors that encouraged the spread of Christianity
- 1. Pax Romana 2. good network of roads 3. common language
- Romans disliked early Christians because why?
- they feared they would disrupt political stability
- Constantines edict of Milan ended because
- Romes persecution of Christians
- Christianity became the official religion in the Roman empire under who
- Theodosius
- The 3 major divisions of Christondom
- 1. Roman catholism 2. eastern orthodox 3. protectism
- Monotheism is a common belief to what religions?
- Judaism, christianity, and Islam
- Arabia is the regions associated with
- the founding of Islam
- Muhammad was born in
- the city of mecca
- Before muhammad became the prophit of Islam he was a
- merchant
- Holy scriptures of Islam is the
- Koran
- Muslims believe in a change of prophets starting with Adam including Abraham, Moses, and Jesus but God's final message was revealed to the prophet of...
- Muhammad
- 5 pillars of Islam
- 1. statement of faith 2. prayer 3. charity 4. fast 5. Hajj
- The building in which Muslims pray
- Mosque
- this is a sacred place of worship in mecca
- Ka'bah
- Hegira refers to the time when
- Mahamma left mecca for medina
- After muhammads death in 632
- the islamic faith continued to grow worldwide