African Christianity became widespread after this political development.
What is colonialism
100
Leadership in the Eastern Orthodox Church is held by four of these.
What are Patriarchs
100
Western Christians use this language in their liturgy.
What is Latin
100
Reformation movements originated in these parts of Europe, farther from the Church's power center in Rome.
What is northern and central
100
Movement among Latin American Roman Catholic clergy, emphasizing the Church's obligation to meet the needs of the poor.
What is liberation theology
200
The preferred nomenclature for African Christian denominations that embrace distinctly African conceptions of Christianity.
What is African Instituted Churches
200
This ecumenical council in the fifth century challenged the supremacy of the Bishop of Rome.
What is Chalcedon
200
The position of Bishop of Rome gradually evolved into this office, the singular head of the Roman Catholic Church.
What is the papacy, or the pope
200
The central concept in Martin Luther's theology, it provided a means to reject the authority of priests.
What is justification by faith.
200
This term, which refers to the combination of elements of various religious traditions in local practice, characterizes much of Latin American post-colonial religion.
What is syncretism
300
The most common type of AICs.
What are Holy Spirit churches
300
To aid their missionary efforts among the Slavs, Eastern Orthodox Christians introduced this alphabet, based on the Greek.
What is the Cyrillic alphabet
300
To fight regional variations, the Roman Catholic Church began to emphasize devotion to the Virgin Mary and the standardization of this ritual.
What is the Mass
300
The sovereignty of German states over their own religious identity was first established by this treaty.
What is the Peace of Augsburg
300
This political arrangement throughout Latin America led to the widespread practice of localized forms of Roman Catholicism.
What is colonialism
400
This syncretistic African church uses iboga plants to induce ecstatic visions of Jesus, Mary, and the saints.
What is Bwiti
400
The worship of these sacred images is a common facet of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
What are icons
400
Roman Catholic doctrine that, during holy communion, the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ.
What is transubstantiation
400
The branch of Protestantism founded by Zwingli and advanced by Calvin, both in Switzerland.
What is Reformed
400
This movement among conservative Protestants, stressing strict adherence to a literal interpretation of the Bible, became hugely influential in the 20th century.
What is fundamentalism
500
African churches have generally focused on this kind of religion, characterized by an emphasis on prophecy, healing, and revelation.
What is experiential
500
This word, meaning "independently headed," describes the administrative structure of Eastern Orthodoxy.
What is autocephalous
500
Latin for "from the Son," this word is the major theological difference between Eastern and Western Christianity.
What is filioque
500
Most radical/separatist Protestant sects, like Mennonites, Brethren, and Baptists, trace their history back to this group.
Who are the Anabaptists
500
Unlike European states, which generally sponsored state churches, this ethos has defined participation in American religious life.