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100

This term refers to the central mystery of the Christian faith - that God is three persons with one Being  

Trinity

100

This is the original language of the New Testament.

Greek

100
This is the most widely recognized symbol of Christianity.


Hint: It signifies the execution of Jesus

the Cross

100

This is the founder of the Lutheran Church (one denomination of Protestant Christianity among thousands of others).

Martin Luther

100

Though the actual date of Jesus birth is unknown, on this date each year, Christians celebrate his birth.

December 25 (Christmas)

200

This Christian term refers to the central belief that God became human in the person of Jesus Christ of Nazareth

Incarnation

200

This is the original language of the Old Testament (also known as the Tanakh)

Hebrew

200

True or False:

The majority of Christians in the US practice Protestant Christianity.

True

200

This is the denomination of St. John's Norwood, the Church we will be visiting today

Episcopalian

(connected to the Anglican Church aka the Church of England)

200

This celebration commemorates Christ's resurrection from the dead.

Easter 

300

Since Protestant Christianity has been so dominant, culturally, in the United States, there have been fewer misconceptions than is the case with other religious traditions. However, one misconception of Christians is that they worship this many gods.

Hint: The doctrine of the Trinity 

three 

300

This is the language that Christ and his disciples spoke.

Aramaic

300

Generally, Protestant Christianity originated in this century.

16th century (1500s)

300

John Wesley is the founder of this denomination of Protestant Christianity.

the Methodist Church

300

This celebration commemorates the first public appearance of Jesus' earliest followers after his death and Resurrection. This is known as the birthday of the Church.

Hint: This comes 50 days after Easter.

Pentecost

400
One major tenet of Protestant theology deals with authority and structure. In the Protestant traditions, this is who is permitted to interpret the meaning of a sacred text.


*Hint: The (Roman) Catholic tradition holds a different claim here.

"everybody"

400

This is the central, unifying creed or statement of belief among Christians.

the Nicene Creed

400

This 'amendment' of this document establishes the American legal precedent: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

the First Amendment of the US Constitution

400

In order to become a pastor (a member of the clergy) in most of the major denominations [i.e. Methodist, Episcopal, Lutheran], a candidate would need a four-year bachelor's degree AND this three-year full time degree,

Master of Divinity

400

This ecumenical council of the Catholic Church has helped to calm tensions between Protestant Christians and Catholic Christians. 

*Many times, those tensions led to extremely violent conflicts. Other times, this misunderstanding led to bigotry and exclusion.

The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)

500

This is the formal way to enter the Church (whether a Protestant denomination or Catholic).

the Sacrament of Baptism
500

All the various pieces of the New Testament were written during this century

1st [49 CE to 95 CE]

500

True or False:

The Establishment clause separates church from state, but not religion from politics or public life. 


*The Establishment Clause refers to the words within the First Amendment promising not to pas any laws establishing any religion or prohibit any religion from being exercised.

True

500

The Presbyterian Church and all churches under the umbrella category of 'Reformed' owe their founding to this Reformer.

John Calvin

500

Because most Protestant churches emphasize this idea lay people in Protestant churches often play very significant roles in the leadership of the church

"the priesthood of all believers"

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