Mkay euro religion vocab

euro

monotheism

worship of a single god (hebrew belief)

yahweh

the sole god in the jewish religion

torah

the first 5 books of the hebrew bible, contains important legal and ethnical hebrew texts, later known as christian old testament

covenant

an agreement that the hebrews believed to exist between themselves and yahweh, in which he would consider them his chosen people if the worshipped him as their ONLY god

messiah

in jewish belief, an appointed leader who would bring a period of peace and happiness to jews

pagan

originally referring to those who lived in the countryside, it came to mean those who practiced religions other than judaism or christianity

bishops

christian church officials with jurasdiction over certain areas and the power to determine the correct interpretation of christian teachings

heresy

a religious practice of belief judged unacceptable by church officials

apostalic succession

the doctrine that all bishops can trace their spiritual ancestory back to jesus’s diciples

petrine doctrine

a doctrine stating that the popes “the bishops of rome” were the succesors of saint peters and therefore heirs to his highest level of authority as chief of the apostles

regular clergy

men and women lived in monostic houses and followed set of rules, first those of benedict and later those written by other individuals

secular clergy

priests and bishops who staffed churches where people worshipped and who were not cut off from the world

sacraments

certain rituals defined by the church in which god bestows benefits on the believer through grace

qur’an

scared book of islam

five pillars of islam

the 5 practices muslims must fulfill according to the sacred law, including the profession of faith, prayer fasting, giving alms to the poor, and pilgremmaging to mecca

caliph

the chief muslim ruler, regarded as succesor to the prophet Muhammad

al-andalus

the part of the iberian peninsula under muslim control in the 8th century, encompassing most of modern day spain

infidel

a disparasing term used for a person who does not believe in a particular religion