History of Christianity
This person condemned Jesus to death
Pontius Pilate
The Christian Bible includes Hebrew Scriptures which is commonly known to Christians as this?
the Old Testament
This is defined as an offense against God.
sin
To symbolize the coming of Jesus is a light in the darkness, many Christians light candles on this every night during Advent.
Advent weath
Besides meaning "a gathering of people," this is also a building.
Church
What is the term for the gathering of all the bishops in the world who then decided that Gentile Christians would not have to follow all the Mosaic Law?
These people agree that the Bible is the inspired Word of God.
Christians
Jesus was like all humans in everything but this.
sin
The word Maundy comes from the Latin word meaning this.
Commandment
Most of the Holy Land is located in this region
Israel
The Crusades were military expeditions that sought to take back which area?
Jerusalem
The first Christians, who were Jews, already recognized the Hebrew Bible as this?
authoritative
In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus would state a commandment from this Law and then reinterpret it in a more radical, personal manner.
Mosaic
"little Easter"
This group has churches that tend to be simpler in ornamentation, some with just a pulpit in the sanctuary or on a stage.
Protestant
Athanasius of Alexandria wrote a biography of the hermit Anthony of Egypt that was widely read in which two languages?
Greek and Latin
The best-known apologist in the second century called himself a "disciple of Plato".
Justin Martyr
convocation
In the early days of Christianity, this was associated with three moments in Christ's life in which he revealed some aspect of himself to the world.
Epiphany
Where they worship God
Martin Luther believed that the authority within the Catholic Church should lie solely within the Bible and not within where?
the Magisterium
The New Testament is a collection of 27 books written in Greek in the first century. All but this one author were Jewish.
the author of the Gospel of Luke
This group of people believe that humanity bears the consequences of the sin of Adam and Eve but that humanity is not burdened with the guilt of that sin.
Eastern Orthodox Christians
This Christian denomination has an Easter sunrise service that begins in the early morning darkness and continues as the sun rises, symbolizing that Jesus is the Son who rose from the dead.
Protestant
This area of the architecture of a church does not always clearly reveal the ecclesial community
exterior