Old Testament
How many books in the old testament?
How many books in the new testament?
39
27
What direction should we face in church and why?
East- looking at the second coming
jesus died on the cross facing west so by facing east it is like you are speaking with him face to face
What is the official language of patristics?
Greek
What does “Ante” mean?
What does Apologetic mean?
Coming before
defenders of faith
What is apostolic succession?
being transmitted orally from one person to another
false teaching
What are the 3 structural ways a coptic church can be build and their meaning.
ship, Noah’s ark; Meaning: Salvation
The Cross; Meaning: Resurrection
Circle; Meaning: Eternal life
What were the two schools?
School of Antioch and School of Alexandria
The Apostolic fathers wrote for the?
Christians
Types of Writings (Name 1) Bonus 100 if you can name more than one.
Epistolary
Simple approach
Pastoral
Eschatological
Ecclesiastical
Spirit Filled
What is difference between old testament sacrifices and new testament sacrifices?
animal or blood
Jesus Christ
How many sections is the Coptic church broken into and what are the names of each section?
Sanctuary
Nave
Narthex
What is the golden age of the fathers?
4th-6th century
What were early Christians accused of?
being atheist
What was the doecetic heresy?
Christ only appeared to be human but was fully spirit
Is everything practiced in church written in bible?
No (prove answer)
What is found on the Alter? Hint (6 items
Chalice
Star
Spoon
Paten
Ark
Candles
What are the 4 time periods
Apostolic
Ante-Nicene
Nicene
Post-Nicene
What was the objective for the apologists?
Defending the faith
What was gnosticism?
only the elite had the knowledge
What are the books of new testament and who wrote them?
Matthew Mark Luke John
Acts (Luke)
14 epistles (St. Paul)
7 catholic epistles (james, Peter, John and Jude)
Revelation (st.John)
Inspired by Holy Spirit
If you are sitting in church on a Sunday morning, what part of the church are you sitting in?
The Nave
Criteria to be a father (hint 3)
Orthodoxy of doctrine
holiness of life
time
Name one of the father we learned about in the Nicene era and give 2 facts.
St Cyprian of Carthage
St. Hippolytus of Rome
Controversies of St. Hippolytus
Tertullian (not a saint)
Origen of Alexandria (not a saint)
St.Polycarp was the direct disciple of who?
St.John