Exegesis

The Facts: Exegesis

1. archaic or foreign words and phrases
-Domine Adjuva Incredulitatem Meam”- Lord Helping Unbelief, Latin word

2. idiomatic language (slang):
Bangin’- having sex with…

3. idiomatic language (slang):
“Dass”- that’s…

4. archaic or foreign words and phrases
Dismantle- to take part; disassemble; tear down

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5. archaic or foreign words and phrases
-Rabble-rousing- A leader or speaker who stirs up the passions of the masses; a demagogue

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6. archaic or foreign words and phrases -
Juxtapose- To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

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7.archaic or foreign words and phrases
-Ontological- The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being

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8.archaic or foreign words and phrases
Buxom- Healthily plump and ample of figure: Full-bosomed.

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9. geographic settings

Basilica-
a. A public building of ancient Rome having a central nave with an apse at one or both ends and two side aisles formed by rows of columns, which was used as a courtroom or assembly hall.
b. A Christian church building of a similar design, having a nave with a semicircular apse, two or four side aisles, a narthex, and a clerestory.
2. Roman Catholic Church. A church that has been accorded certain privileges by the pope.

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10. real people, names, and pronunciation

Simon the Zealot- The apostle Simon, called Simon the Zealot in Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13; and Simon Kananaios ("Simon" signifying שמעון "hearkening; listening", Standard Hebrew Šimʿon, Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn), was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus; little is recorded of him aside from his name.

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11. idiomatic language (slang):
“ax”- to ask

12.
--real people, names, and pronunciation-
Misogynist- Of or characterized by a hatred of women.

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13. geographic settings
Cappadocia -An ancient region of Asia Minor in present-day east-central Turkey. Heart of a Hittite state and later a Persian satrapy, it was annexed by the Romans in A.D. 17.

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14. idiomatic language (slang):
“dishrag”- difficult, stubborn, jerk

15. idiomatic language (slang):
“ sip on dat”- so how about that, here is something for you to think about.

16. -geographic settings-
Purgatory- Roman Catholic Church. A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.

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17. real people, names, and pronunciation-

Mary Magdalene- Mary Magdalene is one of several women who followed and "provided for" Jesus of Nazareth during his traveling ministry, according to Christian scriptures. She is also variously portrayed in other ancient texts, medieval legends and modern interpretations as a reformed prostitute, a rich person, a disciple with special gifts and authority, and a model of feminism. Brief direct references to her in the Gospels, the first four books of the New Testament, indicate her importance. She is among the women present at Jesus' execution who later discover his empty tomb, and is the first person to whom he appears after his resurrection. Some Christians also identify her with unnamed women elsewhere in the Gospels, such as the "sinner" who anoints him with costly oil, or one caught in adultery whom he saves from stoning. The mother of Jesus is a different Mary.
"Magdalene" means "of Magdala," a fishing village (modern-day Migdal) on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. She is sometimes called "the Magdalene"... The Bible does not say she was a prostitute. All it mentions of her past is that Jesus had cast seven demons out of her... A 2003 novel and 2006 movie, The Da Vinci Code, popularized the theory that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, had children with her, and thus has descendants -- and that the church over the centuries has suppressed this truth... Basilicas in Vezelay and Saint-Maximin, France, both claim to house her remains.

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18. real people, names, and pronunciation

Saint Matthew- Matthew (1st century), apostle and evangelist. Called Levi by Mark and Luke, Matthew was a publican, i.e. a taxcollector of Jewish race who worked for the Romans, before he left all at the call of Christ (Matt. 9: 9). From very early times he has been regarded as the author of the first of the four Gospels, to which both Irenaeus and Papias are witnesses. Written in the second half of the 1st century and commonly, though not universally, believed to be dependent on Mark, Matthew's Gospel is in correct, concise style, suitable for public reading. His usual emblem as an evangelist is a man, because his genealogy emphasized the family ties of Christ.

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19. real people, names, and pronunciation

Saint Thomas- Thomas (1st century), apostle. Called Didymus (=the twin) in the Gospel of John but mentioned by all the evangelists, Thomas was impulsive enough to offer to die with Jesus on the way to Bethany, but dubious both about where Christ was going and the way there ( John 11: 16 and 14: 5). Above all he is remembered as the apostle who refused to believe in the Resurrection unless he actually touched the wounds of the risen Christ ( John 20: 25–8), an attitude for which the Fathers both blamed him for his lack of faith, and thanked him for his scepticism. This was the occasion for reassuring future generations of believers by his confession of Christ's Divinity. There is much uncertainty about his missionary work after Pentecost.

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20. archaic or foreign words and phrases

exasperation- The act or an instance of exasperating/
The state of being exasperated; frustrated annoyance

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