Tasks and Models of the Church
Early Church in Scripture
313 A.D. and beyond
People
Vocab
100
An example of this task is the celebrating mass and the sacraments
What is leitourgia
100
The gospel written for Jewish Chrisians
What is Matthew
100
A key event of 313 A.D. in the early Church turning Christians from outsiders into insiders in Roman society
What is the Edict of Milan
100
a heretic priest from Alexandria
What is Arius
100
The denial of essential truths
What is heresy
200
Fellowship and building relationships in community is an example of this task of the Church
What is koininia
200
The one gospel, whose purpose is to show Jesus as God, significantly different than the others who show Jesus as Human
What is John
200
The reason people in the West looked more to the Church for help than the State
What is Constantine moved the seat of government East to Byzantium
200
Arabian merchant whose vision led him to establish the religion of Islam
What is Mohammed
200
The teaching authority of the Church is known as this.
What is the Magesterium
300
The name of this task of the Church's mission sounds like one of the roles of ministry in the Church and is seen in the self-less service given to those in need
What is diakonia
300
Before his conversion, Paul was a member of this sect within Judaism
What is Pharisees
300
Many of the challenges the Church faced in the 4th and 5th centuries concerned this important aspect of faith
What is the nature of Jesus Christ
300
This Church Father translated the Bible into Latin (aka the Vulgate)
What is St. Jerome
300
Literally means "witness"
What is martyr
400
The model of the Church most related with the Church's task of kerygma
What is Herald
400
The primary culture(s) St. Paul encountered on his missionary journeys
What is Greek and Roman
400
The Rule of St. Benedict is a balance between these two aspects of monastic living
What is work and prayer
400
Frankish king, first Holy Roman Emperor
What is Charlemagne
400
A term meaning "god-bearer" ; a title bestowed on Mary
What is Theotokos
500
The model of the Church most related with St. Paul's image of Church as the Body of Christ
What is Mystical Communion
500
The Gentile Question addressed at the Council of Jerusalem referred to this issue in the early Church
What is whether or not Gentile converts must follow all of the Jewish laws
500
Christianity survived the barbarian invasions and the fall of the Roman Empire in these 3 ways
What is 1)strong leadership 2)allying itself with tribal heads like King Clovis and 3) missionary activity aka All of the above
500
Founder of the most influential form of monasticism
What is St. Benedict
500
The heresy that held that Christ was not divine
What is Arianism