Someone who sacrifices his or her life out of witness to Jesus
A turning around and a return to God
Conversion
The Roman Emperor who started the Persecution on Christians in A.D. 64
Nero
Leads us to live in a close relationship with Jesus
Virtues
The splitting off of one group from another group
Schism
The Wise Pharisee that persuaded officials not to kill apostles
Gamaliel
Saul's Converted Name
Paul
This Person wrote letters to encourage and guide Christians
Saint Paul
Has the title "THE GREAT"
Pope Saint Gregory
A series of Military Campaigns to allow free access of Christian pilgrims to the holy place in Jerusalem and the Holy Land
The Crusades
The First Bishop of Rome
Peter
"The cradle/center of Christianity" where Peter formed a Church
Antioch
This person helped lead Christianity during these dangerous times by writing letters to strengthen Christian Communities
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Emperor Charlemagne
Efforts to unite the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
Ecumenism
With What event does the act of the apostles begin with?
The gathering that decided that Gentile Christians had to believe in Jesus and to be baptized. They did not have to follow all Jewish laws
The Council of Jerusalem
A member of the Ursulines a religious Order
Sister Dorothy Kazel
Has vows of stability
the Benedictines
the practice of political leaders assigning jobs to bishops and priests
lay investiture
Early Letters to Christian's
epistles
The one apostle that was not martyred?
John
The teaching that Jesus is not God
The Arian Heresy
Was the person that stated that the pope not the king should appoint bishops
Pope Gregory VII (7th)
A model for living the spirit of poverty
Saint Francis of Assisi