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**** period leading up to the Council of Nicaea
**** period leading up to the Council of Nicaea
**** "theologians" refers to one who explains
**** "theologians" refers to one who explains
* '''penitence / penance / penitential'''
**sorrow for having done wrong/ sin
**from Latin ''penitire'' "to regret"
***related to Latin ''pæne'' for "nearly, almost, practically" as in "lacking", "incomplete"
* '''philosophy'''  
* '''philosophy'''  
** = truth discerned through reason
** = truth discerned through reason
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*'''sacrifice'''
*'''sacrifice'''
**sacred offering
**sacred offering
**from Latin ''facere'' "to make, to do"
***from PIE root '''*dhe-''' "to set, put"
***thus "make done"
*'''saint'''
*'''saint'''
**"holy one"
**"holy one"
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**from Greek : diabalein
**from Greek : diabalein
*'''Scripture'''
*'''Scripture'''
**Holy writings
**from Latin ''scribere'' "to write"
***PIE root '''*skribh-''' "to cut" as in to mark for writing on clay
****see [https://www.etymonline.com/word/*skribh- Meaning of root *skribh- by etymonline]
*'''Scriptures, modes of interpretation'''
*'''Scriptures, modes of interpretation'''
**the "Four Senses of Scripture"
**the "Four Senses of Scripture"