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Cabirus

Name of the Greek god who supposedly had left and returned, and whose worship involved sexual immorality in Thessalonica

Christ

Messiah. Comes from “Christos” in Greek, which means the same as “Messiah” in Hebrew.

Circumcision

Old Testament ceremony that symbolized self-cursing

Cyprus

Island in the Mediterranean where Paul visited on his first missionary journey