Acts + Early Church
What do we call the successors of the Apostles in the Church?
Bishops
When was Vatican II?
1962-1965
Intentionally, persistently denying essential Church teachings as a baptized Christian is called ______
HERESY!
When are the "Middle Ages"?
There is no hard start-stop, but we have been going with 500-1500 AD (You can say the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Renaissance and the "Age of Exploration").
When did the Protestant Reformation begin, by whom, with what document, where, and why?
1517, Martin Luther, 95 Theses, Germany, different views on faith/works and indulgences/purgatory (lots of complex reasons!)
What does the Holy Spirit empower the disciples to do at Pentecost?
Evangelize the world be speaking new languages and healing the sick
Which council met in 431 AD to refute Nestorianism and defined the Hypostatic Union and named Mary the "Theotokos," "God-bearer?"
The Council of Ephesus
The Christian understanding, revealed through Scripture and Tradition, is that Jesus is ______ Person with ________ Natures, ________ and __________
The Christian understanding, revealed through Scripture and Tradition, is that Jesus is ONE Person with TWO Natures, fully human and fully Divine
Basilica: Early Church, a modified Roman public building with lots of open space
Romanesque: Characterized by rounded arches
Gothic: Pointed arches, height, flying buttresses, stained glass, gargoyles...
Who appeared to Juan Diego in 1531 just outside Mexico City?
When was Acts written?
60-90 AD
What IS an ecumenical council?
A meeting of the bishops together with the Pope to clarify (not make or change, clarify) Church doctrine
The joining of Jesus’ fully human and fully divine natures in his one Person without mixing, mingling, or distortion is a key Christian Dogma called the ______
What is the Hypostatic Union?
Name a Doctor of the Church (It does not have to be a Middle Ages one)
Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, or Catherine of Sienna (There are 36 total, so there are many others you could name if you knew them!)
What do we call the Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation?
The Counter Reformation
Who encounters Christ on the road to kill Christians in Damascus, then converts and becomes one of the most influential writers and evangelists in the early Church?
St. Paul (Saul)
Which of the following Church councils officially declared a list of the 73 books included in the Canon of Scripture? (The second also was a response to the Protestant Reformation)
Hippo and Trent
_______ Is an influential heresy denying the divinity of Jesus, begun by the priest Arius (3rd-4th century AD). It maintained that Jesus was created by the Father (not begotten) and was therefore neither coeternal with the Father, nor consubstantial.
Arianism
Who united most of Europe for the first time since the fall of Rome into a new "Holy Roman Empire," championed education, preserved culture, and instituted other reforms that benefited Europe and the Church?
Charlemagne ("Charles Magnus," Charles the Great)
Who founded the Protestant Church of England?
Henry VIII
From which document is the following passage most likely taken? “When I, Constantine Augustus, as well as I, Licinius Augustus, fortunately met near Mediolanum, and were considering everything that pertained to the public welfare and security, we thought, among other things which we saw would be for the good of many, those regulations pertaining to the reverence of the Divinity ought certainly to be made first, so that we might grant to the Christians and others full authority to observe that religion which each preferred… it has pleased us to remove all conditions whatsoever, which were in the rescripts formerly given to you officially, concerning the Christians and now any one of those who wishes to observe Christian religion may do so freely and openly, without molestation…”
Constantine promulgated the Edict of Milan in 313 to legalize Christianity in the Roman Empire. this is after his victory at the Battle of Melvin Bridge, where he had a vision/dream about the cross and had the Christian Chi Rho symbol painted on his solders' shields.
During which council was the following creed most likely written? “I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man…"
The Council of Nicaea
The belief that Jesus is two separate people with two separate natures would most likely be described as:
Nestorianism
An impressive complex of Churches dug down into rock in Ethiopia during the Middle Ages made to resemble Jerusalem is called:
Lalibela
Who most likely wrote the following statement? “I. . . set down an accounting of the hell that is the Indies, so that those infinite masses of souls redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ may not die… but rather know their Creator and be saved… I have great hope that the emperor and king of Spain… may come to understand… the acts of malice and treachery which have been and still are being done upon those nations and lands, against the will of God and his own, and that he may bring an end to so many evils and bring relief to that New World…”
Bartolome de las Casas