Church Eras
This is the longest time period (c. 500-1500).
What is the Middle Ages?
The Council of Chalcedon in 451 settled debates regarding the nature of this person.
Who is Jesus Christ?
This theologian is from Germany and wrote Ninety-Five Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
John II, bishop of Jerusalem, refused to censor/condemn this set of heretical beliefs on several occasions before it was outlawed in the Second Council of Constantinople in 553.
What is Origenism?
This haircut is unfashionably sported by monks who shave the top of their head, leaving a ring shape.
What is the Tonsure?
This marks the beginning of the Apostolic Period in c. 27-29.
What is Jesus' ministry?
The Edict of Milan made this legal in the Roman Empire in 313.
What is Christianity?
This theologian is credited for developing the doctrine of original sin. Hint: He is not actually a semiaquatic African mammal.
Who is Augustine of Hippo?
This early Christian sect argued clergy must be faultless to perform sacraments (baptism, communion, etc..)
What is Donatism?
This phrase is a philosophical/figurative concept to describe natural law as a way to understand God, which echoes The Book of Scripture.
What is The Book of Nature?
Protestantism began in this time period.
What is the Reformation and Post-Reformation Period?
This creed was established at the Council of Nicaea.
What is the Nicene Creed?
This theologian created the 5 ways to prove God’s existence, including the teleological argument. Hint: He has arguably the worst haircut ever.
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
This theologian strictly believed lapsi should not be accepted back into the church after renouncing their faith during the Decian Persecution in 249.
Who is Novatian?
This word means “of like or similar essence.” Hint: Starts with H and ends with OUSIOS.
What is Homoiousios?
Theologians of this early church time period are known as the “fathers of the church.”
What is the Patristic Period?
This Emperor created an edict in 249 that ordered everyone in the Roman Empire (besides Jews) to make sacrifices to other gods under the supervision of a magistrate. Those who refused were jailed and/or killed.
Who is Decius?
In 382, Pope Demascus I commissioned this theologian to revise the Vetus Latina gospels. His revision is known as the Vulgate.
Who is St. Jerome?
This controversy countered the doctrine of original sin by saying people are born without sin and claiming salvation is possible without God’s grace.
What is the Pelagian Controversy?
A theological movement that re-examines scriptural teachings on women and women’s roles from a women’s perspective.
What is Feminist Theology?
This intellectual movement (not an era) began in the 17th/18th centuries and focused on reason, nature, and science when studying theology.
What is The Enlightenment (Age of Reason)?
This edict made Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire and outlawed heretical religions in 380 under Theodosius.
What is the Edict of Thessalonica?
This theologian argues “God as father” is a metaphor that helps us relate to God. Similarly, this theologian argues “God as mother” is also a metaphor that helps us relate to different characteristics of God.
Who is Sallie McFague?
This set of heretical beliefs says the Godhead is made up of one being (not three) and Jesus is the highest ranked creation. These beliefs were condemned as heresy at the Council of Nicaea and went extinct by the 7th century.
What is Arianism?
This term is defined as the part of theology that is concerned with the nature and work of Jesus, such as the incarnation and resurrection.
What is Christology?