The Apostolic Age
Dates before Christ are labeled B.C. and A.D mean these terms.
What is Before Christ and Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord).
Jesus lived a hidden life until these events.
What is until he was baptized.
The western Roman Empire ended in this year.
What is 476 A.D.
This term is used for a person who is not Jewish.
Who is a Gentile
______ was the author of a monastic rule that was more moderate than other monastic rules and so helped in the spread of monasteries in western Europe.
Who is St. Benedict
The king of Palestine at the time of the birth of Jesus.
Who is Herod
Jesus was betrayed to the authorities by his own disciple, whose name was ______.
Who is Judas (Iscariot)
Give one reason why the Roman Empire persecuted the early Christians.
What are (any one of these):
Christians refused to worship or offer sacrifice to the Roman gods
Christians were blamed for natural disasters because they made the gods angry by not offering sacrifices.
Christians who gathered before dawn on Sundays. Many Christians refused to fight in wars
Christians settled their disagreements through their own bishops rather than Roman courts
Romans did not understand the Mass and thought Christians were cannibals
A teaching that denies a truth of the Faith is called a ______.
What is a heresy
______ was the Greek Church father who composed rules for monasteries and defended the doctrine that the Holy Spirit is true God, equal to the Father and the Son.
Who is St. Basil
The ______ were the Jewish faction at the time of Jesus that saw itself as the keeper of the law.
Who are The Pharisees
The birthday of the Church is called ______, and it happened fifty days after Easter.
What is Pentecost
Under this emperor the first Roman persecution of Christians happened.
Who is Emperor Nero
This Church council taught that the Son of God is equal to the Father.
Who is the Council of Nicea.
This bishop brought the Gospel to Ireland.
Who is St. Patrick.
The mother of Jesus was named ______, and his foster father was named ______.
Who is Mary and Joseph
After the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 71, this city became the center of the Christian Church.
What is Constantinople
Constantine legalized the Christian Church with this Edict.
What is the Edict of Milan
The Latin father who showed that Scripture teaches that all men are born with Original Sin and need to be cleansed by baptism was ______.
Who is St. Augustine (of Hippo)
The priest-scholar who translated the Bible into Latin was ______.
Who is St. Jerome
Name the four Gospel writers who told the life of Christ.
Who are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
This event is the dividing point of history because it is on Christ and his _____________that all history turns (the hinge of history).
What is the incarnation.
An Alexandrian deacon named ______ taught that God the Father “created” Christ, meaning that the Son is not fully God (Arianism).
Who is Arius
The creed given us by the Council of Nicaea is called the ______ creed.
What is the Nicene Creed
The great sinner who became a bishop and was the author of the City of God.
Who is St. Augustine