JARGONBUSTER
BC and AD
B.C. is an abbreviation for
“Before Christ.” A.D. is an
abbreviation for “anno Domini,”
which is Latin for “in the year
of our Lord.” B.C. and A.D.
are commonly used to count
years in time. Jesus Christ’s birth
is used as a starting point to
count years that existed before
(B.C.) and after (A.D.) He was
born.
rcg.org/questions/p104.a.html
APOSTASY:
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A total renunciation of the
Christian religion, and differs
from heresy.
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.
com/British+Empire
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Constantine
I,
byname
Constantine
the
Great,
Latin in full Flavius Valerius
Constantinus...the first Roman
emperor to profess Christianity.
He not only initiated the
evolution of the empire into
a Christian state but also
provided the impulse for a
distinctively Christian culture
that prepared the way for
the growth of Byzantine and
Western medieval culture.
http://www.britannica.com/
biography/Constantine-I-Romanemperor
CRUSADE:
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CONSTANTINE EMPEROR
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE:
THE BRITISH EMPIRE:
Comprised the dominions,
colonies,
protectorates,
mandates and other territories
ruled or administered by the
United Kingdom. It originated
with the overseas possessions
and trading posts established
by England between the late
16th and early 18th centuries.
At its height, it was the largest
empire in history and, for over
a century, was the foremost
global power.[1] By 1922 the
British Empire held sway over
about 458 million people, onefifth of the world’s population
at the time.[2] The empire
covered almost a quarter of
the Earth’s total land area.[3]
[4] As a result, its political, legal,
linguistic and cultural legacy is
widespread.
Any of the military expeditions
undertaken
by
European
Christians in the 11th, 12th,
and 13th centuries to recover
control of the Holy Land from the
Muslims. A holy war undertaken
with papal sanction.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
crusade
HERESY:
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The
act of having an o
pinion
or belief that is the opposite of
or against what is the official or
popular
opinion, or an a
ction
that
shows that you have no
respect for the o
fficial opinion.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
dictionary/english/heresy?q=Heresy