Jesus of Nazareth & The Early Church
Where was Jesus born?
Bethlehem
This Creed was composed in 325 and showed what Christians believe about the nature of God.
The Nicene Creed
At the time, this was another name for the bishop is Rome
the Pope
Martin Luther wrote this and posted it on the church door in Wittenberg.
Ninety-Five Theses
This group of people taught that reality is perceivable only through the five senses.
Empiricists
This person baptized Jesus in the Jordan River
John
The doctrine of the Trinity states that God is these Three Divine Persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
The destruction of Constantiople by Western Christian Crusaders led to this event
the Great Schism
Martin Luther believed salvation had no connection with a person's actions, only with what?
A person's faith
This group of people stressed the power of human reason.
Rationalists
The Pentecost is also known as what?
The "Birthday of the Church"
At the Council of Chalcedon in 451, what did they declare about Jesus?
To be fully human and divine
The Council of Chalcedon established these five major centers of Christianity.
Patriarchates
Along with Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli, this person retained some Catholic liturical practices in their churches.
John Calvin
This Council made significant strides in recognizing the validity of the existence of the various religious traditions in the world.
Second Vatican Council
This person was initially a Pharisaic Jew who persecuted Christians. He then converted to Christianity and helped found communities in Asia Minor and Greece.
Paul of Tarsus
At the council of Ephesus in 431, they declared this about Mary
She was the human mother of Jesus as well as the Mother of God
A council of Western bishops added this to the Nicene Creed
filioque
Anabaptists, Mennonites, and Puritans fled to this country because of religious persecution by the more traditional Protestant groups.
America
This movement attempts to bring about understanding among the various Christian denominations.
Ecumenical movement
This person is not of Jewish origin.
Benedict of Nursia wrote this "rule" for his monks that became the foundation for Western Christian monasticism throughout the centuries.
Rule of Saint Benedict
The Christians of the East believed their form of Christianity came straight from Jesus and this group of people.
the Apostles
King Henry was given this nickname by the Pope
"Defender of the Faith"
Czar Peter the Great abolished this patriarchate and had the church administered by the state
the Russian