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 *here for a [https://www.usccb.org/resources/Reformed-Catholic%20Dialogue%20Round%208%20Final%20A%20VERSION%20October%202020%202_0.pdf Glossary of terms] from the USCCB
 === A ===
+==== Aa ====
 * '''Advent'''
 ** "the important coming"
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 ** the Holy Spirit anointed Christ to show he was the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies
 ** Christ can be thought of as "appointed", as in he was "anointed" by God and the Spirit of God for his mission to save humankind
+==== Ap ====
 * '''apocryphia'''
 ** religious texts of unknown or dubious origin
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 ** from Greek ''apostasia'', "defection, desertion, rebellion,"
 *** PIE '''*apo-''' (off, away from) + PIE '''*sta-''' (to stand, make/ be firm) = ''away from the place''
+** the early Church struggled with re-acceptance into the Church of "apostates"
+*** or those who had committed sins
+*** or, worse, who had yielded to Roman pressure to show allegeance to Ceasar over Christ
 * '''apostle'''
 ** "one who is sent"