What is it?
Sacred Things
Key Dates
Sacred Places/Spaces/Times
Sacred Times
100
What is the largest religion in the world?
Christianity
100
What consists of 66 different books, told orally and written over the course of more than 1000 years?
The Bible
100
What is 4 BCE?
Jesus of Nazareth born
100
What is the building in which worship takes place?
The Church
100
What time is celebrated as the birth of Jesus?
Christmas
200
What are the 3 main groups of Christians?
Roman Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants
200
What are the first four books of the New Testament called?
The Gospels
200
What is 30 CE?
Jesus executed and raised from dead
200
What is the land of Israel/Palestine and considered Holy by Christians, Jews, and Muslims?
The Holy Land
200
When do we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead?
Easter Sunday
300
What is the four weeks run-up to Christmas?
Advent
300
What was adopted by the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE?
Nicene Creed
300
When did the Great Schism split Christianity into the western Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
1054
300
What are the two agreed upon sacraments of the Church?
the Lord's Supper(Eucharist) and Baptism
300
What occurs 7 weeks after Easter and is considered the "Birthday of the Church"?
Pentecost Sunday
400
What is the holy day of the week for Christians?
Sunday
400
What is the first agreed upon summary of the Christian faith?
Apostles' Creed
400
When was the New Testament written?
Ca. 50-90 CE
400
What is the time from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday called?
Lent
400
What day kicks off Lent?
Ash Wednesday
500
What is the Christian belief that one God is expressed in three persons?
Trinity
500
What is defined as "outward visible signs of inward invisible grace"?
Sacrements
500
When did Martin Luther begin the Protestant Reformation?
1517
500
What is the time from the Day of Pentecost until about 6 months later at the end of November, when Advent begins again called?
Pentecost
500
What is the time from 6 January to Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday)?
Epiphany
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