Section 1
What council determined that Gentiles could be accepted into the Church?
What is the council of Jerusalem?
Christian persectuions under the Roman Empire stared in the mid-first century to when?
What is the early fourth century?
What is the name for the dispersion of Jews outside of Jerusalem?
What is the Diaspora?
The Christian community of faith crossed _____ & ______ lines to embrace all people.
What are ethnic and racial?
Higher beings or gods based on the belief system of a particular religion.
What are deities?
In what year a fire swept through Rome destroying much of the city?
What is 64 AD?
From 81 to 96 AD, this emperor persecuted Christians
Who is Domitian?
What were the common language of the Roman Empire?
What are Greek and Latin?
The Sacrament of Penance is for this.
What are sins after Baptism?
The physical remains or personal effects of a saint that are approved by the Church for veneration.
What is a relic?
Emperor Nero persecuted Christians heavily from this year to this year after blaming them for the fire.
What is 64-67 AD?
When did the persecutions under emperor Trajan begin?
What is 98 AD?
What is the term for "Roman Peace" that began 25 years after the birth of Jesus?
What is Pax Romana?
Peter and who were the eye witnesses to Jesus' public life.
Who are the Apostles?
The day on the liturgical calendar commemorating a saint's entry into heaven, typically celebrated on or close to the day when a saint died.
What is a feast day?
In their "secret meetings", what were the Christians actually doing?
What is celebrating the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist?
Who ordered the last persecutions of Christians under the Roman Empire?
Who is Diocletian?
This was written by the most famous Christian apologist of the second century, St. Justin Martyr.
What is the First Apology?
_______ is the song that is part of the Jewish Passover.
What is the Dayenu?
Meaning "witness" in Greek. These people are witnesses to truth of faith who endure even death to be faithful to Christ.
Who are martyrs?
Christians who renounced their faith in order to save their lives were known as this?
What are lapsi?
Who legalized Christianity in 313 AD?
Who is Constantine?
The theologians of the first eight centuries were known as this?
Who are the Church Fathers?
Both priests and deacons are ______ to the bishop.
What is subordinate?
Incorrect or otherwise errant understandings or teachings about certain doctrinal matters or dogmas
What are heresies?