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In fulfillment of the class assignment to define 6 of 13 terms, the following is offered for your review. (1)	Trinity Trinity is a theological term that expresses a single God with a threefold nature. It is represented to the Christian faith as God the Father, God the Son, and God and the Holy Spirit (Brand, Draper & England, 2003, p. 1625-1627). We find this expressed in Matthew 28:19b, when Jesus instructs the eleven disciples within the Great Commission, with the words, “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (2)	Christology Christology “is the study of the person (who He is) and work (what He did/does) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Brand, Draper & England, 2003, p. 284-287). Our first introduction of Jesus is in the Gospels. Jesus is fully God and fully man or “true God” and “true man” (Brand, Draper & England, 2003, p. 284-287). This is professed in the earliest Creeds of the church. (6)	Atonement (theories of) Atonement is a Christian doctrine dealing with the act of God to reconcile the sinner onto Himself, through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Brand, Draper & England, 2003, p. 139). Atonement is an act of sacrifice, that offers a substitute payment for sin. Jesus paid the price of our sins so that we may be reconciled to God the Father. It is a core belief in the Christian doctrine (Brand, Draper & England, 2003, pp. 142-144). (7)	Sacrament A sacrament is those religious ceremonies conducted in the church as a symbol as a work of God. These include baptism and the Lord’s Supper or sacrament (Brand, Draper & England, 2003, p. 1428) in the Church of the Nazarene and other protestant churches. “The Roman Catholic Church practices seven sacraments: confirmation, penance, ordination, marriage, last rites, baptism, and the Eucharist (Brand, Draper & England, 2003, p. 1428). For more information on the Roman Catholic Church’s sacraments, go to this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church. (11)	Reformation and Counter-Reformation The Reformation began with a man, who 1517, in a most theatrical manner, nailed his “academic paper,” Disputation on the Power of Indulgences, or the “Ninety-Five These,” to the front door of the Wittenbery Castle. This act by Marin Luther (1483-1546) changed Christianity forever. (Captivating History, 2019). In response the Catholic Church at The Council of Trent, condemned the Reformation, which lead to the Catholic Revival, and spared a period of greater spiritual and intellectual values. It was at the time that the new religion order of the Jesuits began with “rigid moral rules” (Captivating History, 2019). (12)	Modern Period of the Church Nearly one-third of the world’s population is Christian, or over 2,200,000,000 people. Christian is spilt into three major groups: The Roman Catholic Church, the largest with about half of all of the world’s Christians; Protestants, with over one third of the Christians; and The Oriental Orthodox Churches or Eastern Catholic Churches, with about twelve percent (Captivating History, 2019). For more information on the Church of the Nazarene beliefs, go to this link: http://nazarene.org/beliefs#. Brand, C., Draper, C., & England, A. (2003). Holman illustrated bible dictionary (pp. 1057-1059). Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Reference.