Jesus was born around this unusually-numbered year.
What is 4BCE?
100
The word "Bible" comes from the Greek word "biblia," meaning this -- implying that the Bible is like a library.
What is "books"?
100
This is to disobey G-d and G-d's will, both in behavior and in intentions.
What is Sin?
100
The weekly holy day for the vast majority of Christians.
What is Sunday?
200
Christianity is the largest religion in the world, with more than this many followers.
What are 2 billion?
200
Jesus is put to death by crucifixion and rises from the dead in this year.
What is 30 CE?
200
The total number of books in most Bibles.
What is 66?
200
The early church developed two of these, which are worked-out statements of faith, often to clarify the Bible.
What is a Creed?
200
For Christians, the three holiest days of the year.
What are Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost?
300
This is the geographic area in the world considered sacred to Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
What is the Holy Land? (Israel, Palestine, Jerusalem)
300
The New Testament was written over this time period.
What is 50-90 CE?
300
These New Testament books of the Bible offer different eyewitness accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus.
What are the four Gospels? (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
300
Baptism and Holy Communion are two examples of this, defined as "a visible sign of an invisible spiritual grace."
What is a Sacrament?
300
Ash Wednesday, like Yom Kippur for Jews and Ashura for Muslims, highlights this attitude of followers toward G-d.
What is contrition? (humble repentance)
400
These are the three main branches of Christianity.
What are Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant?
400
31 October 2017 will be the 500th anniversary of this major Christian movement.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
400
The two big divisions of the Bible.
What are the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and the New Testament?
400
This word means that Jesus is the physical embodiment of God, being both divine and human at the same time.
What is "Incarnation"?
400
This defines the time in the future when Jesus as Messiah will come to set things right and judge the world.
What is the Day of Judgment?
500
These two factors are why Jesus himself was NOT a Christian.
What are that Jesus was Jewish and that he did not follow himself?
500
Occurring in 1054, this event first split Christianity into two parts.
What is the Great Schism?
500
Most Christians believe this about the process of how the Bible got written, in stark contrast to how most Muslims think their holy book, the Koran, was written.
What is that the Bible is inspired, not dictated.
500
"Triplepoint," the principle in the realm of physics that says atoms of a given substance can exist at the same time as liquid, solid, and gas, also illustrates this central Christian belief.
What is the Trinity? (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
500
These are the six seasons in the Christian year.
What are Epiphany, Pentecost, Lent, Advent, Christmas, and Easter? (E-PLACE)