Early church
What event is often called the "birthday of the Church"?
Pentecost
Which Roman emperor blamed Christians for the fire of Rome in AD 64?
Nero
What years are generally considered the Middle Ages?
Approximately 476–1450
In what Italian city did the Renaissance have some of its earliest origins?
Florence
What did Enlightenment thinkers generally emphasize as a way of understanding the world?
Human reason/rational thought
Who is known as the "Apostle to the Gentiles"?
St. Paul
What is a martyr?
A witness to the truth of the faith who remains faithful to Christ even unto death
What epidemic killed more than a third of Europe's population?
The Black Death/bubonic plague
What invention around 1440 helped spread books and the Bible?
The printing press
What French event began in 1789 and had major consequences for the Church?
The French Revolution
What does ekklésia, the Greek word used for Church, mean?
"Those called out of"
What document legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire in AD 313?
The Edict of Milan
Who founded the Franciscan religious order?
St. Francis of Assisi
Who wrote the Ninety-Five Theses?
Martin Luther
Which pope called the First Vatican Council?
Pope Pius IX
What was the Council of Jerusalem concerned with regarding Gentile converts?
Whether Gentiles had to follow Jewish practices such as dietary laws and circumcision
What heresy taught that Jesus was not truly divine?
Arianism
Who founded the Dominican religious order?
St. Dominic de Guzmán
What council was the Catholic Church's major response to the Protestant Reformation?
The Council of Trent
What doctrine of the pope was defined at the First Vatican Council?
Papal infallibility
What is apostolic succession?
The handing on of the teaching, preaching, and office of the Apostles to their successors, the bishops.
What year traditionally marks the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
AD 476
What were the three major periods of the Middle Ages?
Early Middle Ages (476–1000), High Middle Ages (1000–1300), and Late Middle Ages (1300–1450).
What religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola became an important force in the Catholic response to the Reformation?
The Jesuits / Society of Jesus
What 1854 Marian doctrine was proclaimed by Pope Pius IX?
The Immaculate Conception