TERMS / VOCABULARY
The charge made against early Christians because they "ate the body of Christ" in Communion.
What is cannibalism?
The number of signs (and I Am statements) included in the gospel of John.
What is seven?
He is a skin-changer.
Who is Beorn?
He wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
Who is the Venerable Bede?
He is the trickster God, a shape-shifter and notorious cheat.
Who is Loki?
Professing Christians who recanted in the face of persecution to avoid suffering.
What are the lapsi?
The number of elves in Thorin's company.
What are thirteen?
He is the only member of the Fellowship to fail to escape the Ring's temptation.
Who is Boromir?
He wrote On the Incarnation.
Who is St. Athanasius.
He is the king of the gods.
Who is Odin?
The combination of two words to form a new expression.
What is a kenning?
The initial amount of food Jesus multiplied to feed thousands in John 6.
What are five loaves of bread and two fish?
Who is Galadriel?
Dragon and the Raven and Winning his Spurs are just two of his historical fiction novels.
Who is G. A. Henty?
"battle-sweat"
What is blood?
What is a relic?
The number of races represented in the Fellowship of the Ring.
What is five?
He kills Smaug the dragon with a well-placed arrow.
Who is Bard?
Along with his brother, John the apostle earned this nickname for his quick temper.
What is Sons of Thunder?
He is a man's lord or king.
Who is the ring-giver?
A wool coat worn by archbishops to indicate their authority.
What is the pallium?
The total number of Rings of Power originally crafted.
What is twenty? (three for the elves, seven for the dwarves, nine for men, and one for Sauron)
Unusually for hobbits, this family is drawn to travel and adventure.
Who are the Tooks?
One of J. R. R. Tolkien's middle names, both of which start with an R.
What is Ronald? (or Reuel)
"bone-house"
What is the body?