Midterm Church History

Dimension of rules/values that have to be followed (Ten Commandments)

Group from Africa which consists of 30 million people

What was the period when the Ancestors created all life called?

Why did the Aztecs practice human sacrifice ?

Release from Samsara

Who was the father of Issac?

Dimension of accepted teachings that govern a religion; morality

One who as become enlightened in Buddhism

State of perfect peace where the soul is free from desire and free from suffering

What is the prayer that expresses the singularity of God?

What is suffering caused by?

Dimension where someone experiences something "abstract"

Dimension of the physical objects that are a part of a religion

What is the way someone can achieve Nirvana without being an ascetic

Who started Hinduism?

What was offered to the sun when the humans were sacrificed?

Supreme creator or god of the Aztecs

4th largest religion

Hindus are "kinda" polytheistic with 330 million deities

What were Gautama's four sights?

Cause and effect actions; your actions in this life determine next life (Hindus)

Dimension that involve actions, activities, and gatherings

Buddha means...

The world and all beings are an illusion

spritiual practice with the goal of becoming one with brahmin

The eternal self or soul

Dimension of "community"

A collection of 1000 hymns; oldest and most sacred text for Hindus

What did the 4 sights do to Gautama?

The Ultimate reality/The soul (Atman) is reincarnated from one body to the next

What is the acronym for the Old Testament

3rd largest religion and India's most popular religion

Gautama was a ________ who was born into a wealthy Hindu family

What did the Holy Spirit appear as when it appeared to Apostles and Mary

How do we eliminate suffering?

Natives of Australia

All reality is one/Reality is beyond the reach of human perception

Belief that there is no God

What is the Jewish Philosophy that believes in God's existance

center of universe for Lackota tribe

Group of people that practiced human sacrifice

The event where the Holy Spirit came to the Apostles and Mary to help them preach

What are the first words in the Shema?

Hindu rules for living based on your situation in life

Aborigines ritual where men took turns cutting their arms and letting blood fall on the boy.

Aborigines believe supernatural beings called ______ emerged and created all life

Choose one of the 3 marks of existence

The Buddhist community of monks and nuns

Response to the mysteries of life that is organized, ritualized, and agreed upon

Since Yorabas are polytheistic, what are the other deities called?

Collection of 200 text that provide commentary on the Vedas

Jesus religion at birth?

Wheel of rebirth (reincarnation)

What are the statements that helps people stop suffering

What is the Jewish Holiday for redemption?

8 rules of life that help guide people

Yoraba's Supreme God who is not involved in human affairs

What does YHWH mean?

Who appeared to Juan Diego, an Aztec convert, that made 9 million Aztecs convert to Catholicism

Dimension where stories and teachings are shared

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

Who received the Torah (Ten Commandments) on Mt. Sinai