The Church
The Church is united with Christ in an everlasting covenant, just as a husband and wife give themselves to each other in love.
What is the Bride of Christ?
What kind of people did Jesus choose to follow him?
Ordinary, flawed men and women.
Someone who dies for their faith.
What is a martyr?
Writer of the Book of Acts.
Who is St. Luke?
What is the central mystery of the Christian faith?
The Trinity: God is both one and three.
What are three meanings of "Church" or ekklesia?
The entire community of believers worldwide, a local diocese, and a community of believers gathered for liturgy.
Where we get most of our information about the early Christian community.
A story that teaches about the threat of hard-heartedness.
A letter.
What is an epistle?
An ongoing process of turning to God.
What is conversion?
How does Jesus's resurrection make the Church possible?
The presence of the Risen Jesus empowers the Apostles to take on leadership of the Church.
The first pope
Who is Peter?
The first Christian martyr.
Who is St. Stephen?
The lesson from the story of Cornelius.
That no one should call impure what God has made pure; Christianity is open to all who believe.
What did the Holy Spirit enable the Apostles to do at Pentecost?
Speak in tongues and prophesy.
Two ways that Christ promised to be resent in the Church.
What are Eucharist and Gathering in His name?
What is Pentecost?
The apostle responsible for spreading Christianity to the Gentiles.
Who is St. Paul?
A gift from the Holy Spirit that enables us to channel God's love into the world.
What is a charism?
Who instituted the Church?
God, through Jesus
How Peter carries on the work of Jesus.
What is preaching, healing, and leading?
What are some of the challenges facing the early Christian community?
Persecution, martyrdom, and building a new kind of community based on love.
Three ways the early Christians devoted themselves to the communal life.
What is sharing property, praying together, and breaking bread (Eucharist)?
Earthly power, wealth, and personal benefits.
What is NOT a gift or fruit of the Holy Spirit?