Glossary for Lesson 1
Glossary for Lesson 1. SCROLL DOWN to review key names and terms. You may also search for a term by clicking on its first letter below.
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ChristosGreek word (transliteration) for Messiah, literally "The Anointed One." | |
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EschatologyTheological term for the study of the "last things." | |
EuangelionGreek word (transliteration) for "gospel." Literally means "good news." | |
EusebiusEarly Christian historian (263-340). Wrote Ecclesiastical History, in which he quotes Origen's comments about the four gospels. | |
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JosephusJewish historian from the 1st century A.D. Mentions Jesus Christ in his writings. | |
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KuriosGreek word (transliteration) for "Lord." | |
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OrigenEarly Christian writer (185-232 AD), who argued that only the four gospels we now have were authentic. Eusebius quotes him as saying, "The four Gospels...are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven." | |
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PlutarchSecular Greek historian, A.D. 46-120. Wrote Life of Cicero. | |
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SynopticMeans "seen together." The term is used for the first three gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, because of their similarities. | |