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Nicene CreedCreed written by a council held in the city of the same name, in 325 A.D. This creed was basically an expansion of the Apostles' Creed. | |
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OrigenEarly Christian theologian (185-254 A.D.) who taught in Alexandria, Egypt. Wrote commentaries on the Bible and On First Principles, in which he defended the Scriptures as our final authority for Christian doctrine. He produced the Hexapla, a comparative study of various translations of the Old Testament. | |
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PassionComes from the Greek word "pasco" (transliteration) meaning to "suffer." | |
PolytheismBelief in multiple gods | |
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Roman Creed A creed used in Rome in the early centuries after Christ, almost identical to the Apostles' Creed | |
Rufinus Monk and historian (340/345 – 410 A.D.), who proposed (in 390 A.D.) the idea that the Apostles' Creed was written by the twelve apostles, each one contributing a phrase | |
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SadduceesJewish religious group that did not believe in the resurrection | |
SalvationThe reception of the blessings that Christ purchased by his atoning death | |
SanctificationThe act of making people and things holy | |