Saints of the Church
He was the primary force behind transforming Christianity from a small Jewish sect into a world religion.
Who is St. Paul?
All who are not Jewish.
Who are Gentiles?
What is Islam?
The Early Church grew and spread due to this.
What is the preaching of the apostles?
The military efforts of the Western Christians, from the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries, to retake the Holy Land from Muslim control.
What is Crusades?
They were significant early Christian martyrs known for their steadfast faith and joy in death, especially because they were both young mothers.
Who are St. Perpetua and St. Felicity?
Someone who suffers or dies for their religious beliefs, willingly choosing death over renouncing their faith.
What are Martyrs?
The formal split of Christianity into the Western Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is the Great Schism of 1054?
A time of Christian persecution was under these people.
Who are Nero, Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius?
The period of European history from the fall of Rome in the fifth century to the beginning of the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century.
What is the Middle Ages?
He practiced tireless, lifelong defense of Christ's full divinity against Arianism
Who is St. Athanasius?
A deliberate, false teaching that contradicts core, foundational Christian doctrines about God, Jesus, or salvation, undermining the Gospel and causing division, such as denying Jesus' divinity or resurrection, distinct from minor disagreements.
What is Heresy?
Popes were sinful, corrupt, and worldly.
What is the Corruption of the Clergy?
The martyrs witnessed to the truths of this.
What is Christ and His Church?
This conflict ran from 1378-1417 where two men, later three, all at the same time declared to be Pope. This was ended by the Council of Constance.
What is the Great Western Schism?
He is a Doctor of the Church and patron saint of brewers, printers, and theologians, known for his dramatic conversion and eloquent writings.
Who is St. Augustine?
Any believer who diligently studies God's Word to know, love, glorify Him, and bear witness to His truth.
What is a Theologian?
Nazism, Communism, and Fascism all have this in common.
What is totalitarian governments?
These people worked to protect the Church from error.
Who are the Doctors and Fathers of the Church?
This word means "rebirth"
What is Renaissance?
He founded Western Monasticism through his influential rule, a balanced guide for communal religious life integrating prayer, study, and manual labor "Ora et Labora"
Who is St. Benedict?
Communities of people committed to serving Christ bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Responsible for the spreading of Christianity, Christian education, Christian witness, and prayer
What are Monasteries?
The church defended herself against the heresy of this.
What is Modernism and Relativism?
This ended the Roman persecution.
What is The Edict of Milan under Constantine?
The time period in which new saints emerged and new religious orders were formed that helped purify the Church.
What is the Counter Reformation?