Part 1
The view that the task of Christianity is to transform every society into a Christian society composed of two branches: church and state.
What is Augustinianism?
One who believes that the way to know God is by faith and reason, scripture and tradition, and guidance from papal authority.
Who is a Catholic?
The anointed one, or messiah.
Who is Christ?
The first monarch to legally permit Christianity.
Who is Constantine?
The belief that God made a perfect machine when he made the world, and it runs on its own without further assistance from God.
What is deism?
Form of Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of the “born again” experience of spiritual transformation.
What is evangelical?
The most conservative wing of Evangelical Protestants, who believe modern science threatens Gospel truths.
Who are the fundamentalist?
Literally “Good News,” stories of the life of Jesus found in the New Testament.
What is the Gospel?
The undeserved gift of God’s acceptance of the sinner given through faith for Protestants.
What is grace?
A teaching that does not follow prescribed dogma.
What is heresy?
From the Council of Nicaea, “same as,” that is, the Word through which all things were created was the same as God.
What is homoousios?
Luther’s teaching that knowledge of God can be obtained only through faith and scripture, untouched by reason.
What is justification by faith?
This is completed at the Second Coming when all injustice is overcome, and suffering and death will be no more.
What is the Kingdom of God?
The will to do good in all human beings was corrupted by Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God’s will.
What is original sin?
Form of Christianity that focuses on personal conversion and the ecstatic experience of “speaking in tongues” as the sign of God’s gift of grace in the Spirit.
What is Pentecostal?
A demand that one live simply and work hard, based on teachings of John Calvin.
What is the Protestant ethic?
The Councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon decided that in the one person of Jesus, these two natures are united but distinct.
What are divine and human?
When Christ will return to raise the dead and judge the heavens and earth.
What is the Second Coming?
In Catholicism, there are seven; in Protestantism, there are two. Can only be administered by ordained clergy.
What are sacraments?
One who believes that the way to know God is through faith and study of scripture; no mediator is needed.
Who is a protestant?
When beliefs and practices of a religion are Christianized versions of indigenous pre-Christian religious elements.
What is syncretistic?
One God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What is the trinity?
From the Greek meaning "solitary", a particular form of Christian life committed to by devout men and women.
What is monasticism?
In addition to various theological disputes, Martin Luther was critical of the Catholic Church's use of these.
What are indulgences?
This represents a core teaching that is presumably unalterable.
What is dogma?