Important People
The first pope of the Church
Who is Peter?
The early Church and the Apostles help spread Christianity from Jerusalem to ______.
Where/What is Rome?
The outcome of this council is the Nicene Creed
What is the Council of Nicaea?
Began the Arian heresy
Who is Arius?
letters written to the early churches or individuals
What is an epistle?
Who is Paul?
Pope Urban II was the one to start these "holy wars"
What are the Crusades?
The first Church council, concluded that Gentiles did not have to practice Jewish customs to be Christians
What is the Council of Jerusalem?
Began the Nestorian heresy
Who is Nestorius?
What is a heresy?
Emperor who issued the Edict of Milan
Who is Constantine?
Day that is considered the beginning of the Church, when Peter baptized 3,000 people
What is Pentecost?
The council that affirmed that Jesus was one person with two natures, and Mary was the Mother of God
What is the Council of Ephesus?
The heresy that taught that Jesus was NOT consubstantial with God, meaning he was created
What is Arianism?
What is a schism?
The pope who began reforms to stop kings from interfering with Church matters
Who is Pope Gregory VII?
The split/division of the Eastern Church from the Western Church in 1054AD
What is the Great Schism?
Council that affirmed that Jesus was of the same substance of God, uncreated
What is the Council of Nicaea?
The heresy that taught that Mary was the mother of Jesus, not of God
What is Nestorianism?
Expedition of Christians to regain the Holy Land
What are the Crusades?
Man who began the first Mendicant Order, reminding the Church of the value of poverty
Who is St. Francis?
This decree made Christianity legal to practice issuing in a new era of peace for Christians
What is the Edict of Milan?
The council that added the role of the Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed
What is the Council of Constantinople?
What is Nestorianism
St. Thomas Aquinas' work that explained Catholic beliefs
What is the Summa Theologica?