Category 1
Early Christian Communities
Category 2
Ways of Being Catholic
Category 3
Early Christian Communities
Category 4
Ways of Being Catholic
Category 5 Experiences of Good and Evil
100
This event is also known as the birth of the Christian Church. The Apostles, led by Peter began to proclaim the message of Jesus to people from every nation who had gathered in Jerusalem for the Passover.
What is Pentecost?
100
An act of religious devotion usually directed towards God through various forms of praise.
What is worship?
100
These are people who were not Jews. Most of them had previously followed pagan religions.
What is a Gentile?
100
This refers to all the liturgical practices and customs of a particular church?
What is a Rite?
100
This is an absence or disruption of what is good.
What is evil?
200
Wisdom; Wonder & Awe; Right Judgement; Courage; Knowledge; Understanding and Reverence.
What are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit?
200
This is a bishop chosen to lead a particular church. One of the developments of the early church was the "pentarchy" or five patriarchies: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem.
Who is the Patriarch?
200
Refusal to take part in worship of the Roman Emperor.
What is the main reasons for Christian persecution?
200
He is the head of the church in Rome and the head of all Roman Catholic Churches (Latin Rite Churches).
Who is the Pope?
200
The sin that Adam committed; A consequence of this first sin, we inherit this sin because of our origin or descent from Adam.
What is original sin?
300
This person was known as Saul before his conversion on his way to Damascus. His conversion inspired him to spread the Gospel to Jews and Gentiles.
Who is St. Paul?
300
This person was the first Christian martyr, the first person to die for his love of Jesus Christ. He has since become a saint. He is the Patron Saint of deacons and masons.
Who is St.Stephen?
300
The people accused this Emperor for the devastation of Rome, claiming he set the fire for his own amusement. In order to deflect these accusations and placate the people, this Emperor laid blame for the fire on the Christians.
Who is Emperor Nero?
300
The Catholic churches with origins in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa that have their own distinctive liturgical, legal and organizational systems and are identified by the national or ethnic character of their region of origin. They follow many old Eastern liturgical, devotional, and theological traditions. Each one of these Catholic Churches is considered fully equal to the Latin tradition within the church.
What are Eastern Catholic Churches?
300
This begins in the book of Genesis. God creates the world by speaking into the darkness and calling into existence light, sky, land, vegetation, and living creatures over the course of six days.
What is the Creation Story?
400
This is an important Jewish event commemorating a time where Moses' gave the Torah (law) to his people at Mt. Sinai 3000 years age. Jewish people from all over the world came to celebrate this event with offerings of wheat.
What is Shavuot?
400
This is where Christianity developed into two big branches in the Middle Ages. The Western part later became the Roman Catholic Church. The Eastern part is known as the Eastern Orthodox Church. During the centuries views on politics and theology developed in different ways.
What is the 1054A.D East-West Schism?
400
It begins with a Greeting then a prayer followed by the main message and concludes with a farewell.
What is the basic structure of St.Paul's Letter?
400
This is officially called the Liturgy of Saint Mark, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Alexandria. This Rite is sub-grouped into two rites: the Coptic Rite and the Ethiopian Rite.
What is the Alexandrian Rite?
400
This results from freely chosen actions and attitudes of people. This can also result in great suffering.
What is Moral Sin?
500
This was issued by Emperor Constantine and it officially granted all people, including Christians, the right to practise the religion of their choosing.
What is the Edict of Milan?
500
This is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church.
What is an iconostasis?
500
Judas committed suicide after Jesus’ arrest but what became of the other eleven? We know that the Apostles went far and wide to establish and strengthen existing Christian communities. Peter died in Rome, crucified upside down. James remained in Jerusalem. Thomas travelled to southern India via Persia. There are Christians in this part of India today who claim Thomas the apostle as their founder. Matthew went to Ethiopia and Bartholomew to northern India. Andrew reputedly journeyed to Asia Minor. Of all the apostles only John was not martyred. John died from natural causes in the town of Ephesus in modern-day Turkey, where tradition maintains he cared for Our Lady.
What was the fate of the Apostles?
500
The belief in the Trinity; the love of the Fathers of the Church and the belief in Divine Liturgy.
What are the commonly shared features of the Eastern Catholic Churches?
500
This is the belief that we are ALL connected, in some way, by our shared humanity. This means that our actions have repercussions whether we realize it or not. People are impacted by what happens and this could lead to experiences of good or evil.
What is the Ripple Effect?
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