Both 100% human and 100% divine, this man was born in Bethlehem and died for our sins.
Who is Jesus?
100
Also known as Saint Justin, this man was an early Christian apologist. He was martyred.
Who is Justin Martyr?
100
The act of paying to receive sacraments, including those for ordination to a holy office or other position in the hierarchy of a church. Very common in the Early Christian Church.
What is Simony?
100
A German monk, Catholic priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of a reform movement in 16th century Christianity. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
A monk who left the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation to become one of the early leaders of the Anabaptist movement, this Anabaptist was particularly influential for his role in developing the Schleitheim Confession.
Who is Michael Sattler?
200
One of the 12 apostles of Christ, this man is widely considered to be the first Pope.
Who is Peter?
200
Any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs.
What is heresy?
200
The doctrine that the substance of the bread and the wine used in the sacrament of Communion into the substance of the Body and the Blood of Jesus. A very controversial idea among early Reformers.
What is Transubstantiation?
200
Leader of the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland, this reformer had the support of the city council to aid his reforms.
Who is Ulrich Zwingli?
200
A son of a prominent Swiss merchant and councilman, this Anabaptist was a co-founder of the Swiss Brethren movement.
Who is Conrad Grebel?
300
Originally known as Saul of Tarsus, this man proclaimed God's word to the Gentiles.
Who is Paul?
300
This man initiated the first Crusade and was Pope from 1088 to 1099. The second of his name.
Who is Pope Urban II?
300
An philosopher, theologian, translator, reformer and university teacher at Oxford in England, this man was known as an early critic of the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century.
Who is John Wycliffe?
300
Recruited by William Farel to help reform the church in Geneva, this reformer believed in predestination and his followers became the Presbyterians.
Who is John Calvin?
300
Born in 1484, this Anabaptist participated in a debate with Ulrich Zwingli over infant baptism. Lost.
Who is Wilhelm Reublin?
400
Roman Emperor from 306 to 337, this man was the first Christian Emperor and ended the persecution of Christians.
Who is Constantine?
400
This separation of the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church involved differences of thought on doctrine, theology, and clergy along with geographical differences.
What is the East/West Schism (Great Schism)?
400
A Czech priest, philosopher, reformer, and master at Charles University in Prague, this man was burned at the stake for his beliefs.
Who is John Hus?
400
Married six times, this fat and redheaded English king separated the Anglican (English) church from the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is Henry VIII?
400
Written by a meeting chaired by Michael Sattler, this document is the most representative statement of early Anabaptist principles.
What is the Schleitheim Confession?
500
Called for by Constantine in 325, this meeting established the Nicene Creed and declared Arius a heretic.
What is the Council of Nicea?
500
This French military leader defeated the Muslims to secure Western Europe,
Who is Charles Martel.
500
Credited as the founder of the Waldensians, a Christian spiritual movement of the Middle Ages.
Who is Peter Waldo?
500
A conflict in Germany where many were killed in Martin Luther's name, though unsupported by Luther.
What is the Peasant's Revolt?
500
The name for this religious ideology came from the belief by the group that members could be re-baptized as adults.