The Church & Mission
This early moment, marked by divine empowerment, is often considered the formal beginning of the Church’s mission.
What is Pentecost?
This dualist religion failed to satisfy Augustine because it misrepresented the nature of evil and spirit.
What is Manichaeism?
This concept captures the deep disorder in the human condition caused by the inherited effects of humanity’s first disobedience.
What is original sin?
What Christianity is first called
What is "The Way" (or anything like it)
Rather than presenting systematic doctrine, this New Testament book conveys its theological message through narrative, emphasizing themes like victory through Christ’s death, repentance, and forgiveness, all while assuming the reader already understands the core message.
What is the Acts of the Apostles?
This is a visible sign/manifestation of an invisible grace
What is a sacrament?
This philosophical group tempted Augustine with radical doubt but couldn’t offer a livable or coherent worldview.
What is ancient skepticism?
This divine gift enables us to share in God’s life, forgives our sins, and strengthens us to avoid sin in the future.
What is grace?
This apostle is called to leave Jerusalem and travel to ___, where he preaches the Gospel for two years before ultimately being martyred by beheading
Who is Paul in Rome?
This unnamed figure, possibly a noble convert or a symbolic reader, is addressed at the beginning of both Luke and Acts.
Who is Theophilus?
This teaching affirms that every baptized person, regardless of vocation or status, is invited to pursue the fullness of spiritual life.
What is the universal call to holiness?
The pattern in which Augustine believed habitual sinning occurred
What is perverted will > disordered desires > sins > habits > compulsions = habitual sinning
The ardent longing, precursor for sin
What is concupiscence?
This teaching authority, rooted in apostolic succession, helps the Church interpret divine revelation in every era.
What is the Magisterium?
This core proclamation, central to apostolic preaching, emphasizes Christ’s death, resurrection, and the call to repentance.
What is the Kerygma?
This doctrinal term affirms that the Church is not just a symbol of grace but actually brings it about.
What is the Church as cause and sign of grace?
This concept distinguishes between using things as a means to a greater end, and enjoying them for their own sake, with the ultimate enjoyment reserved for God, whose infinite nature allows us to truly appreciate all created things.
What are uti and frui?
Original sin effects our...
What is reason, will, and emotion?
This word refers to those not ordained but entrusted with witnessing to Christ in family, work, and society.
Who are the laity?
Luke portrays the Church as this ongoing reality, picking up where Christ’s earthly presence left off
What is the prolongation of the Incarnation?
This concept, described by Vatican I, highlights the complementary relationship between faith and reason, showing how both work together to lead us to truth.
What is the duplex ordo
This framework, developed through Platonism and corrected in Christianity, helped Augustine understand evil not as a force but as a distortion.
What is the doctrine of evil as privation of good?
This type of liberty, often mistaken for true freedom, leaves the will unanchored and vulnerable to compulsion.
What is the freedom of indifference?
Contrary to modern negative connotations, this term, understood by Aquinas, refers to a natural ordering toward the common good—even without sin.
What is hierarchy?
The layout, across different lands, in which Christianity was spread
What is Jerusalem > Hellenists > Judea > Samaria > God fearers > Pagans?