Heresies
What are the 3 general heresies we talked about?
Judaizers, Gnostic, Pagan invasions
Name 3 Emperors.
Nero
Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus)
Trajan
Marcus Aurelius
Septimius Severus
Caius Julius Verus Maximinus Thrax
Decius
Valerian
Aurelian
Diocletian
Constantine the Great
What are the 3 types of martyrs?
1. Martyrs of Faith
2. Martyrs of Purity
3. Martyrs of Dogma
Name the Gospels.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Name the author of the Book of Acts?
What does Acts mean in Greek?
Luke, Praxis
What did all 3 heresies have in common?
They all denied the Divinity of christ
Which emperor ordered for the capital to be burned?
Nero
What is the question that would determine a martyr's fate?
Are you a Christian? If the answer is ‘yes, I am Christian,’ then they have confessed to a crime and the spectators would shout, ‘death to the Christian!’
What are the general overall categories of the Canonical books?
Gospels
Acts
Pauline Epistles
Catholic Epistles
Revelation
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Who were the Judaizers?
Those who tried to practice Moses’ Law in Christianity and mixed Judaism with Christianity so the Holy Gospel would be a perfect law.
During which emperor's reign did our Church begin the calender of martyrs?
Diocletian
Name 5 mental or physical tortures martyrs faced.
Mental: They faced insults, degrading from positions and wealth.
Physical: Thrown to wild beasts, beheaded by swords, stoned, burned, crucifixion, enslaved, whipped, and dragged into the streets
Who are the Catholic Epistles addressed to?
They were universal and not written to a specific group
What are apocryphal books?
These books were created after and in imitation of New Testament books
Forgeries Composed by heretics
What is the Gnostic heresy?
Gnostic Heresy: Philosophy that refused blind faith and declared that faith should be based on logic and knowledge.
o Denied the Old Testament
o Believed Jesus Christ is a phantom/denying His Incarnation.
Which empire exiled St. John the Beloved?
Domitian
What was the motive for martyrdom?
the death that leads to glory and they were not of this world and did new earthly things would perish
Name the books that St. John the Beloved wrote.
Gospel of John
Epistles of John 1,2,3
Revelation
Where was St. Simon the Sorcerer from?
Haha he was not a saint, he was a sorcerer heretic!
Answer: Samaria
Who was Menander and what was his heresy?
o Samarian disciple of Simon the Sorcerer, who was also a sorcerer
o He believed his people would not die, and that he is the savior of the world. Through his baptism, his followers are superior to angels
Under which emperor's reign was St. Ignatius martyred?
Trajan
Describe how a Christian is to the world as the soul is to the body.
The soul lives in the body but it is not part of the body. Likewise, while the body has enmity against the soul and fights against it, the soul loves the body. The soul is eternal in a body that dies and the Christian is a stranger in a temporary world looking forward to his eternal home in heaven.
Name ALL the epistles of St. Paul the Apostle!
Romans
1&2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1&2 Thessalonians
1&2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrew
What was the warning given to us about heresies?
Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God.