Early Church
The Passion, Death, Resurrection and glorious Ascension of Jesus Christ
What is the Paschal Mystery?
The Sacrament is the "Source and Summit of the Christian life" aka the Catholic Faith
What is the Eucharist?
The First Council of the Church.
What is the Council of Jerusalem?
The saint that discovered the true Cross
Who is St. Helena?
The First Pope.
Who is St. Peter?
Literally means “witness” in Greek. These individuals died for their faith
Who are Martyrs?
A formal statement of belief called in the Church
What is a creed?
A time of great achievement in the Middle Ages when the Church and Western society were one. It refers to a group of nations in which Catholicism was the established religion of the state.
What is Christendom?
The Birthday of the Church.
What is Pentecost?
The Four Marks of the Church.
What are One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic?
The profession of faith came out of the Council of Nicaea
What is the Nicene Creed?
He is often called “The Apostle to the Gentiles” and wrote most of the Epistles (Letters) in the New Testament.
Who is Saint Paul?
The Pope that excommunicated Martin Luther.
Who is Pope Leo X?
Someone who is polytheistic (believes in many gods)
Who is a pagan?
Incorrect understandings or teachings about certain Church doctrines (teachings)
What are heresies?
A belief that a group holds to be true
What is Doctrine?
The year Christianity was legalized.
What is 313 AD?
The Mark of the Church that means "universal".
What is Catholic?
The objectives of the_____________ were to resolve the issues of whether to admit Gentiles into the Church, whether Gentile converts had to comply with Jewish dietary laws, and whether Gentile males had to be circumcised.
What is the Council of Jerusalem?
The Saint completed the Latin Vulgate (the translation of the Bible into Latin)
Who is St. Jerome?
The Pope convoked (called) the Fourth Lateran Council
Who is Pope Innocent III?
Higher beings or gods based on the belief system of a particular religion
What are deities?
Meetings of Catholic bishops from around the world, typically convened in order to discuss and resolve pressing theological issues
What are Ecumenical Councils?
The official list of inspired books of the Bible
What is the Canon?
The announcement that allowed Christians to practice their religion in ancient Rome.
What is the Edict of Milan?
Church teaching that holds that the substance of the bread and wine is changed into the substance of the Body and Blood of Christ at the consecration at Mass
What is Transubstantiation?
Promises of less time in purgatory for sins that were already forgiven. The Church condemned selling these at the Council of Trent.
What are indulgences?
The Saint that condemned arranged marriages of daughters early in life, stating that it was sinful.
Who is St. Clement of Alexandria?
A cleric sent on a mission, ecclesiastical or diplomatic, by the pope as his personal representative
Who is a Papal Legate?
A break in Christian unity that takes place when a group of Christians separates itself from the Church.
What is a schism?
Religious life in which men or women leave the world and enter a monastery or convent to devote themselves to solitary prayer, contemplation, and self-denial
What is Monasticism?
The writing of St. Augustine addresses the question of why bad things happen to good people
What is "City of God"?
The Emperor started the Great Fire in Rome and blamed it on the Christians
Who is Nero?
The Bishops, working with the pope, are the TEACHING office of the Church.
What is the Magisterium?
The Council of the Church taught that the Lord is present whole and entire for as long as both Eucharistic species subsist and that the Mass is a true sacrifice and the Sacrament of Holy Orders passes power to priests
What is the Council of Trent?
The Saint was a prominent (important) lawyer who wrote “Utopia” and was executed by King Henry VII (8th) because he did not support Henry’s divorce and split with the Pope
Who is St. Thomas More?
The Pope that was nicknamed “Hellbrand” and tried to eradicate simony and lay investiture
Who is Pope Gregory VII?
The heresy took its name from Arius, a priest from Alexandria, and denied the divinity of Jesus, claiming that he was like the Father except He was created by the Father
What is Arianism?
Christian writers who defend the Church against anti-Christian writings or heresies (false teachings) through reason/intellectual defenses (rational arguments)
What are apologists?
The main apologist against Arianism
Who is St. Athanasius?
A group whose members are not related to one another, but who employ (use) kinship (family) terminology and expect family-like behavior to characterize interactions
What is Fictive Family?
The three main criteria that was used by the Church in creating the canon
What are Apostolic Origin, Universality, Orthodox Content?
The Council that formally named the 7 Sacraments, defined Transubstantiation, and established the Seal of the Confessional.
What is the Fourth Lateran Council?
Wrote the first surviving outline of the Rite of the Eucharist.
Who is St. Justin Martyr?
The Pope who issued a decree forbidding kings from taxing the clergy without his consent and angered King Philip IV of France.
Pope Boniface VIII
The Vocabulary word that means that Christians considered men and women equal
What is Egalitarian?
A practice in the Middle Ages whereby secular rulers (like a king or duke) chose the bishops for their territories, thus usurping (taking away) the right of the pope to choose bishops
What is Lay Investiture?
The early format of celebrating the Eucharist comes from this Biblical story.
What is the Road to Emmaus?