Creeds/Councils
This creed spelled out what Christians believe about the nature of God (one substance - three Persons).
What is the Nicene Creed?
This day is considered the most holy day of the liturgical year by Christians.
What is Easter Sunday?
These proclaim Jesus as the Son of God and narrate his life.
What are the Gospels?
Emphasizes the “gifts of the Holy Spirit” such as speaking in tongues, healing, holy joy, and holy tears.
What is Pentecostalism?
Jesus was born in 4BCE and was the fulfillment of prophecy from ____________________________.
What is the Hebrew Bible?
This council decided that Gentile Christians would not have to follow all of the Mosaic Law.
What is the Council of Jerusalem?
This holy celebration recalls the darkness of the tomb and Christ’s breaking forth from that tomb, bringing light to the world.
What is the Holy Saturday Eve, Easter Vigil?
This is a history of the early Christians.
What is Acts of the Apostles?
A belief that everything written in the Bible is to be understood in its most literal sense, such as the creation of the world in six twenty-four-hour days of a seven-day week.
What is Fundamentalism?
The covenant made with the Israelites in the Old Testament has been amended by the coming of Christ and his mission. This is known as the ___________.
What is the New Covenant?
This council declared Jesus to be fully human and fully divine.
What is the Council of Chalcedon?
The Mass on this day reminds us of the occasion when Jesus was welcomed into the city of Jerusalem as people proclaimed, "Hosannah in the Highest".
What is Palm Sunday?
The Bible is the sole, infallible, and final authority for all matters of faith and practice.
What is Sola Scriptura?
This is a more moderate belief system, emphasizing a personal faith in Jesus Christ and holding the Bible as an individual’s sole religious authority.
What is Evangelicalism?
Constantine proclaimed this which allowed for official toleration of all religious traditions, including Christianity. This ended centuries of state issued persecution.
What is the Edict of Milan?
This council declared that Mary was indeed the human mother of Jesus as well as the Mother of God.
What is the Council of Ephesus?
The fiftieth day after the Resurrection when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles.
What is the Pentecost?
An account of God’s intervention to set up the reign of heaven on earth. It speaks of the second coming of Christ.
What is the Book of Revelation?
A doctrine that proclaims a Triune God who is three Persons in one essence/substance.
What is the Holy Trinity?
The split in our Church due to differences of belief in the Eastern and Western Churches about things like the type of bread to use for the Eucharist, ordination of married men, and the addition of "and from the son" to the Nicene Creed in the Western Church.
What is the Great Schism?
This creed is often recited at a Catholic Mass on Sunday.
What is the Nicene Creed?
This celebrates three moments in Christ’s life in which he first revealed some aspect of himself to the world, his birth, his baptism, and his first miracle.
What is the Epiphany?
These were formal letters written to and from individual Christians.
What are the epistles?
A style of writing that defends and explains the Christian faith by appealing to a person’s intellect rather than their emotions.
What is apologetics?
The catalyst of the Protestant Reformation.
Who was Martin Luther?