GLOSSARY: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS


TERMS AND DEFINITIONS USED IN THIS COURSE

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Par excellence

"Par excellence” is used as an adjective in English.  It describes something that is the best of its kind, or someone who excels at a particular activity.

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Premillenarism

Premillennialism in Christian eschatology is the belief that Jesus Christ will literally and physically be on the earth for his millennial reign at his second coming.The doctrine is called premillennialism because it holds that Jesus' physical return to earth will occur prior to the inauguration of the millennium.

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Proselyte

The biblical term "proselyte" is an anglicization of the Koine Greek term , as used in the Greek Old Testament for "stranger", i.e. a "newcomer to Israel" and in the Greek New Testament] for a first century convert to Judaism, generally from Ancient Greek religion. Proselyte also has the more general meaning in English of a new convert to any particular religion or doctrine, also known as Proselytism.

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