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the First Church council called to settle the controversy over whether or not Gentile converts would have to observe Jewish law in order to become Christian
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the spread of Greek culture that was begun during the time of Alexander the Great
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the bodily rising of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his death
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a radical reorientation of one's whole life away form sin and evil and toward God
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what Greek-speaking Christians were called
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Gentiles who believed in one God, in Jewish morality, but who did not want to fully convert to Judaism; greatly respected by the Jews.
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God-fearer, a member of the Roman military, baptized by the Holy Spirit while listening to Peter
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when the risen Christ appeared to the Apostles for the last time and entered his heavenly glory
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the "fiftieth" day after Easter; when the Holy Spirit was manifested, given, and communicated to the followers of Jesus
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the Jewish high court that condemned Jesus to death that also wished to condemn and execute Peter and John
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letters written to the early Christian communities by St. Paul or one of the other Apostlels
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persons of non-Jewish faith or origin
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person chosen to replace Judas Iscariot as an Apostle
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the scattering of Jewish people away from their homeland to other areas
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the respected Jewish Pharisee who talked the Sanhedrin into releasing Peter and John from custody rather than execute them as the Sanhedrin wished
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where Saul was travelling to when he met Jesus and converted to Christianity
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"the 12"; a.k.a. "The Twelve"
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the second coming of Christ; the end of the world
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an agreement or contract between two parties; applied to the promise God made to the Jewish people and then through Christ to the Church
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the mystery of and events involved in our redemption; Jesus' suffering, death, Resurrection, and Ascension
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public proclamation by the Apostles of the meaning of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, and God's kingdom
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"witness"; the ultimate witness being one giving his or her life for the faith
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the book of the New Testament that tells the story of the early Christian community
