Jewish Roots
Persecutions
Councils
Roman Empire
Development of Doctrine
100
People (mostly Greeks) who were not Jewish were called ____ by the Jews.
Gentiles
100
The first martyr was ____. Double points: how did he die and who killed him?
Stephen. He was a deacon who was stoned to death by the Jews.
100
What was decided by the Council of Jerusalem?
Gentiles could become Christian without following all the Jewish laws and customs.
100
The spread of Greek culture throughout the Roman Empire is called ____ .
Hellenization
100
The Revealed Truth that comes from Jesus Christ and is necessary for salvation is contained in the ___
deposit of faith
200
Jews who lived outside of Israel were called Jews of the ___.
Diaspora
200
The worst of the Roman persecutions was carried out against the Christians under the emperor ____ .
Diocletion
200
A belief, attitude, or teaching that is contrary to Revealed Truth and the Church's doctrine of faith is called ____ .
heresy
200
The split between the eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire began when Constantine ____ .
moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople
200
The two sources of Revealed Truth which cannot be separated from each other are ___ and ____. In other words -- the deposit of faith is transmitted to us in these two ways.
Tradition and Scripture
300
Christianity is the ___ of Judaism.
fulfillment
300
Two heroic women martyrs in the early Church were ___ and ___ .
Perpetua and Felicity
300
The Council which condemned Arianism and formed the Creed was the Council of ___ . Double points: what year was it held?
Nicaea 325
300
A pope who became a civil leader as well as religious leader in Rome, and persuaded Attila the Hun not to sack the city was ___ .
Pope Leo the Great
300
The official teaching authority of the Church - which is made up of the pope and the bishops in communion with him - is called the ____ .
Magisterium
400
A wise member of the Sanhedrin who counseled the other Jews not to persecute the Christians (because it may be from God) was named ____ .
Gamaliel
400
The emperor who ended the persecutions was ___ .
Constantine
400
The principle teaching of Arianism was that ___
Jesus was not of the same substance as the Father, and so not truly God.
400
Nomadic tribes from areas surrounding the Roman Empire were called ___ . Double points: Name 3 different tribes.
Barbarians Anglo-Saxons, Franks, Goths, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, Huns
400
The official collection of inspired books which make up the bible is called the ___ .
canon
500
Before his conversion, what was the attitude and actions of Paul towards the Christians?
He persecuted them.
500
The decree that granted religious tolerance in the Roman Empire is called the ___ . Double points: what year was it issued?
The Edict of Milan 313
500
The Council of ____ condemned the heresy of Monophysitism. Double points: what did this council clarify about Jesus?
Chalcedon Jesus is one person with two natures: a human nature and a divine nature.
500
St Augustine's book, ____, addressed the crisis of the fall of Rome.
City of God
500
Another name for the “fathers of the Church” – theologians who helped clarify Catholic beliefs - is ___ .
Patristics