Definitions
Define ecclesia.
to call out of or church
This saint was the first Christian martyr and a deacon of the church.
St. Stephen
This saint is known as the Apostle of the Germans and was killed on the way to giving Confirmation to a group of converts.
St. Boniface
This event was a holy war in which Christians fought to win back the Holy Land.
the Crusades
This heresy stated that all material things were evil and that salvation came through secret knowledge. It denied that Jesus truly became human.
Gnosticism
Define Septuagint.
The first version of the Old Testament that Jesus would have used.
This saint was a fisherman and made the first pope.
St. Peter
This saint believed that God's existence could be known using our reason alone. He wrote five "proofs" for God's existence.
St. Thomas Aquinas
This event was a division of the church that split it into two parts, east and west.
This heresy taught that Jesus was not truly God but a created being, greater than humans but less than God.
Arianism
Define Qahal.
assembly or congregation
This saint is a doctor of the church and translated the Old Testament into Latin.
St. Jerome
This saint received the Stigmata and founded the Franciscan Order.
St. Francis of Assisi
This event was a Church court established to combat superstition and heresy.
the Inquisition
This heresy claimed that Mary was only the mother of Jesus' humans nature, not God. It believed that Jesus was two separate persons: one human and one divine.
Nestorianism
Define doctrine.
the essential teachings of our Faith
This saint is the founder of Western monasticism. His sister founded the women's order of Benedictines.
St. Benedict
St. Catherine of Siena
This event broke out in Europe in 1347 and killed 20 million people, affecting many clergy who cared for the sick.
the Bubonic plague
This heresy taught that Jesus had only one nature- divine- and that His human nature was absorbed into His divinity like a drop of water in the ocean.
Monophysitism
Define Liturgy.
the worship of the Church, specifically the seven sacraments
This saint was also a pope. He built 6 Benedictine monasteries and sent 40 monks to evangelize England.
Pope St. Gregory the Great
This saint became St. Paul's first convert in Europe and supported the Apostles.
St. Lydia
This event, started by Martin Luther, intended to improve the Catholic Church; however, when it failed, it split the Church into Catholics an Protestants.
the Reformation
This heresy taught that people could earn salvation through their own efforts without the help of God's grace.
Pelagianism