All On Religion
This is a teaching or firm belief within a religion.
What is a doctrine?
It is that religion about Jesus, Son of God.
What is Christianity?
This is the definition of Orthodox.
What is the "right way"?
This was the goal of the Protestant Reformation.
What is the transformation or changing of the Catholic Church?
The effort to spread the Christian gospel and faith.
What is evangelism OR evangelization?
This is the office of a single international leader of the Christian Church, described as the role of the Bishop of Rome OR the Pope.
What is the papacy?
This is a division of the Christian Church, based on different practices and beliefs.
What is a denomination?
Like the Protestants, Orthodox Christians reject the supremacy of this religious leader.
What is the pope/papacy?
This is the tradition of the universal Church with a single international leader.
What is the Catholic Church?
This is the type of faith that invites all believers, regardless of nation, race, or language.
What is a universal religion?
In his letters, this is what St. Paul argue about the Christian faith.
What is inclusivity OR an invitation to Jews and Gentiles to repent and follow Jesus?
This resulted in the split between the Catholic and Orthodox Church.
What is the Great Schism of 1054?
What is a (1) priesthood of all believers, OR (2) salvation by faith alone, OR (3) the Bible as the sole authority of the Christian faith?
This is the tradition found in the east, predominantly Eastern Europe and the Middle East, of separate national churches under different patriarchs.
What is Orthodoxy (Eastern Orthodoxy)?
This is the type of faith that does NOT invite all believers, restricted typically to nation. It is more exclusive.
What is an ethnic religion?
These are a number of rituals that Catholic and Orthodox Christians practice to cleanse you of sin and gain grace with God.
What are the seven sacraments?
Eastern Orthodox Churches are divided on these grounds.
What are separate nations OR national churches?
The church and state were in conflict over these TWO things around the Reformation.
What is land AND authority?
This movement began five hundred years ago with the Reformation in an attempt to transform the Catholic Church, leading to constant splitting in denominations.
What is Protestantism?
These two attitudes describe most interactions between faiths.
What is TOLERANCE vs. INTOLERANCE?
Jesus redefines Israel as this.
Who are those who repent (transform their hearts) for the love of God, not those who have a bloodline dating back to Genesis?
This numbered role of multiple bishops leads the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Who are the First Among Equals OR Five Patriarchs (of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem)?
What is printing (or the Gutenberg printing press)?
The effort to unite different Christian denominations under ONE church.
What is ecumenism?