A) | Town council in the Roman Empire; later means royal court and central directing body of the Roman Catholic Church.
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B) | Declaration made at Nicaea in 325 that Jesus was coeternal with God.
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C) | Heresy based on the teaching of Arius, an Alexandrian priest, which denied that Jesus was coequal with God the Father.
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D) | "Law of the nations"; Roman law as applied to noncitizens or to all cultures.
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E) | Rule of four co-emperors of Rome under Diocletian.
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F) | Councilors in the Roman Empire.
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G) | Large plantations in the Roman world, worked mainly by slaves.
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H) | Any belief contrary to church dogma; from Greek hairesis, "choice."
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I) | Jurists or advisers in the Roman legal system whose opinions shaped laws.
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J) | Jurists or advisers in the Roman legal system whose opinions shaped laws.
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K) | In the Roman Empire, a free man who was settled as a worker on the land of another.
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L) | General body of Jewish tradition.
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M) | Conservative Jewish sect that did not believe in angels or resurrection because such teachings were not found in the five books of the Old Testament, known as the Pentateuch.
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N) | Dynasty of related rulers from 27 B.C. to A.D. 68 in Rome.
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O) | "Civil law," or law relating to Roman citizens.
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P) | Jewish sect that believed in resurrection and accepted non-Jewish converts.
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