Theology

A form of dualism. Salvation by knowledge.

The birth of Jesus.

To wash or clean with water. Understood by Christians to wash or cleanse of sin. Requirement to become Christian.

(Yah-way) I am. Jewish name for God.

To suffer. Christ's suffering beginning with the agony in the garden and ends at the cross.

Greek: one who is sent. Sent to fulfill the mission of Jesus.

_____ _____: Sinners under Jewish law = unclean, because they are with the Romans.

______: Analogy or metaphor for something in the form of a story; way of teaching.

_____ ____: 3 years of Jesus's life. After his 30 years of childhood.

_____: (Gk) Mathetes; student. Christians use it to describe themselves as students of Jesus.