Bible Translators
This man, famous for launching the Protestant Reformation, translated the Bible into German.
Who is Martin Luther?
At this ecumenical council, it was decided that the Holy Spirit was divine.
What is the Council of Constantinople?
“…if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved"
Who is Paul?
Which of the following events took place the most recently?
a. The Council of Nicaea
b. The Protestant Reformation
c. The Jesus People Movement
d. The Azusa Street Revival
What is the Jesus people movement?
This early church missionary wrote much of the New Testament, including Romans, Galatians, and Philemon.
Who is Paul of Tarsus?
This man, a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation and known first and foremost for his work as a Bible translator, translated the Bible into English.
Who is John Wycliffe?
The debate over clerical celibacy, the use of leaven in communion bread, and the inclusion of the "Filioque" clause resulted in this major event affecting both the Eastern and Western churches in the mid-11th century.
What is the Great Schism of 1054?
"We will not be satisfied until ‘justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Which of the following events took place most recently?
a. The Council of Chalcedon
b. The Great Schism of 1054
c. The Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy
d. The Great Awakening
What is the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy?
This anchoress is famous for writing Revelations of Divine Love, featuring sixteen "showings" or visions.
Who is Julian of Norwich?
This woman, known as an Indian scholar and revival hostess, translated the Bible into Marathi, in order to convey God's love for all people more accurately.
Who is Pandita Ramabai?
This widespread cultural debate, involving a split between more liberal and more conservative Protestants in 20th century America, is exemplified in the Scopes Trial.
What is the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy?
"Then, because my child was nursing and was usually staying with me in the prison, I sent Pomponius the deacon to my father to ask for the infant"
Who is Perpetua?
a. The Council of Chalcedon
b. The Second Vatican Council
c. The Council of Trent
d. The Apostolic Council
What is the Second Vatican Council?
This ancient theologian wrote Confessions, styled as a prayer journal that explores themes of human sin, repentance, and conversion.
Who is Augustine of Hippo?
One of the most famous missionaries to India in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this man translated the New Testament into over 30 languages.
Who is William Carey?
This council involved the Roman Catholic Church's solidifying core doctrines central to its identity, especially in contradistinction to the new Protestant Christian community.
What is the Council of Trent?
"I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land."
Which of the following took place first?
a. The American Revolution
b. The American Civil War
c. The Battle of the Milvian Bridge
d. The Fourth Crusade
What is the Battle of the Milvian Bridge?
This monastery leader, artist, composer, and preacher wrote Sci Vias Domini, a book whose name means Know the Ways of the Lord.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
The first African bishop of West Africa, this man translated the Bible into the Yoruba language.
Who is Samuel Ajayi Crowther?
At this council, mentioned in the New Testament, the apostles decided that new Gentile converts to Christianity would not need to be circumcised.
"the poor deserve preference not because they are morally or religiously better than others, but because God is God, in whose eyes ‘the last are first.’"
Who is Gustavo Gutiérrez?
Which of the following movements emerged first?
a. The Donatist movement
b. The Protestant Reformation
c. The Great Awakening
d. The Welsh Revival
What is the Donatist movement?
This Spanish nun wrote Interior Castle, about a soul's journey toward God.
Who is Teresa of Avila?