Studying Church History
What is the definition of Eklesia?
"those called out of"
To accept your role in the Body of Christ, the Church you need?
Faith
True or false. At the beginning of human history, God invited man and women to be cocreators with him?
True
What marked the beginning of a new era in God's relationship with humanity?
Pentecost
What was Saul first known as?
Paul
Who was St. Peter martyered under?
When you believe in God, or surrender yourself to the mystery of God that has been revealed, your faith what?
Deepened
What is the Kingdom of God?
The reign or rule of God.
Pentecost is often considered the "________."
Birthday of the Church
What were the disputes in the early church over?
How and whom to evangelize.
When was St. Peter's Basilica built?
between the years of 1506 and 1626
Who can't be Body of Christ?
No one acting alone
True or false. The Church isn't the focal point of the Kingdom's presence on earth.
False
It is primarily through the Church that God communicated ____ and grace.
truth
Hebrew meaning of Messiah?
"the chosen one" or "the anointed one"
How is studying Church History different than studying other history?
The divine element woven in must be studied
A great gift of being a member of the Catholic Church?
able to build your faith on the understanding of generations before you
The Church is the summation of all God's what to the world throughout history.
gifts
Since many early Christians were also practicing Jews, the structure of the early Church reflected _______.
Jewish worship
what did ST. Paul refer to himself often as?
an apostle
What is the difference between Ecclesiastical and Ecclesiology?
Ecclesiastical is to deal with Church matters while Ecclesiology is the study of the Church
To believe in Christ means to?
Abandoned yourself to him, to be shaped by him, and to let go of the things that prevent you from listening too and following him.
Name some performing miracles.
healing, exorcisms, nature miracles, and the raising the dead
There were men and women in the early Church who set out to follow Christ more closely by practicing ________.
evangelical councils
who was Saul baptized by?
Ananias