People
Terms
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Potporri
100
non-Jews
What are Gentiles?
100
the period after the collapse of the Roman Empire
What are the Middle Ages?
100
comes from the Greek word for "servant"
What is deacon?
100
the church founded on the belief that the bishop of the Church of Rome is supreme over all churches
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
100
a Roman Catholic service
What is mass?
200
the church leader who love "to have preeminence" and who put himself above God's word
Who is Diotrephes?
200
the twelve men who had firsthand knowledge of Jesus and whom God sent out to preach the gospel
Who are the apostles?
200
comes from the Greek term meaning "overseer" or "superintendent"
What is bishop?
200
the bishop of the church of Rome
Who is the pope?
200
"sacred act"
What is the sacrament?
300
the church leader in Gaul who said that every church must agree with the Church of Rome
Who is Irenaeus?
300
the most common form of the Greek language; used for writing the New Testament
What is koine?
300
means "universal" or "one"
What is catholic?
300
opinion that Jesus was not God but rather had been created by God the Father
What is Arianism?
300
the Lord's Supper
What is the Eucharist?
400
man who would not blindly accept the teachings of the Roman church, but instead knew that all beliefs must be measured against the absolute truth of God's word
Who is Marsilius?
400
an assembly or body of people
What is church?
400
the idea which maintains that men like Peter and Paul handed down their power and authority from one generation of bishops to the next
What is "apostolic succession"?
400
the council that affirmed Christ's divinity in A.D. 325
What is the Council of Nicaea?
400
being cut off from communication with the human rulers of the church and, therefore, being denied the sacraments
What is excommunication?
500
the man who went out to meet Attila the Hun from Asia to persuade the invaders not to attack Rome
Who is Leo I?
500
the religion of the Jews
What is Judaism?
500
belief that Christ made Peter the head of the Catholic church and that Peter passes this power to the first bishop of Rome, whom he appointed
What is the Petrine theory?
500
a statement of belief affirming Christ's divinity
What is the Nicene Creed?
500
the portion of the world in which Christianity prevails
What is Christendom?