Vocabulary
Important Moments in Church History
Important Ideas
History and Vocab
Mixed Bag
100
a non-Jew
What is a Gentile
100
50 days after Jesus' Resurrection
What is Pentecost
100
Established the Church and set up hierarchical structure
Who is Jesus
100
a person who suffers death because of his or her beliefs
What is a martyr
100
conversion
What is a change of heart
200
The line of authority in the Church
What is hierarchy
200
Famous persecutor of Christians who, after a conversion experience, became a Christian himself and evangelized many people
Who is St. Paul
200
a special gift or grace of the Holy Spirit given to an individual Christian or community, commonly for the benefit and building up of the entire Church
What is a charism
200
The outcome of the Protestant Reformation
What is a division within the Church where Martin Luther broke off and formed the Protestant Church
200
"Tongues as of fire rested on each one of them, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit."
What is Pentecost
300
Charism of the pope and bishops
What is infallibility or leadership
300
The council that reinforced the idea that Jesus was fully divine. It also produced the Nicene Creed
What is the Council of Nicaea
300
How Paul converted people to Christianity
What is using different methods that each group could relate to
300
The Crusades
What is Holy Wars fought by Christians to gain back the Holy Land from the Muslims
300
The image of the Church that focuses on the community to which every person belongs and is truly welcome
What is Church as the People of God
400
“to call out,” Greek for church
What is ekklesia
400
The council that proclaimed that early Christians didn't need to follow all Jewish laws
What is the Council of Jerusalem
400
The three different realities that the word "Church" refers to
What is entire (universal) community of the faithful, local community (diocese) liturgy community
400
Council of Chalcedon's outcome
What is reaffirmed Jesus' identity as both fully human and fully divine. Denied heresies that said Jesus was not fully human
400
The three Christian meanings of the word "Church"
What are the entire community of believers (global), the local community (diocese), liturgy community
500
The Church’s living teaching office, the pope and bishops
What is Magisterium
500
A formal law that made Christianity an accepted religion in the Roman Empire. It allowed for complete religious tolerance.
What is the Edict of Milan
500
The three elements of the Holy Spirit's mission in the Church
What are animates, builds, and sanctifies
500
Four changes in the liturgy that came after Vatican Council II
What are the Mass being said in vernacular language (not Latin), priest facing the congregation, no more kneeling at Communion rails, receiving Communion in the hands instead of on the tongue, service of Deacons, Eucharistic ministers (lectors, ushers, etc), women no longer wear veil, Scripture plays more important role
500
the image of the Church that focuses on our different contributions that are united in Christ, who leads us
What the Church as the Body of Christ
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