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Theology Midterm
chapters 1-8
Question | Answer |
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the entry of Jesus' humanity into the divine glory in God's heavenly domain | ascension |
the ascension occured__________. | 40 dats after Easter |
the day the Holy spirit was given & communicated as a divine person to the church; fulfilling the paschal mystery of Christ | pentecost |
pentecost is also known as | the birthday of the church |
belief in one God | monotheism |
was the central belief of the Jewish faith | monotheism |
3 religions that use monotheism | judaism; christianity; islam |
when the jewish nation did not exist & Jewish leaders were exiled | Babylonion captivity |
also known as the "kingdom of God" | reign of God |
someone who will become kind & restore Israel to peace & prosperity | messiah |
the belief in the messiah was traditionally_______. | Jewish |
witness to the truth of faith; in which they endure death to be faithful to Christ | martyr |
who was the first martyr? | Stephen |
declarations allowing religious freedom in the Roman empire | edict of milan |
who signed the edict of milan? | constantine & licinius |
were attacked but not killed by animals & had to be executed by gladiators | Perpetua & Felicity |
assistant to the bishop or priest | deacon |
one who hols a position on an article of faith that conflicts with the officially defined teachings | heretic |
Christian thinker who defended & explained Christian beliefs | apologist |
denial that God exists | athiesm |
son of God consumed human nature & became man for our salvation | incarnation |
correct teachings about basic christian beliefs | orthodoxy |
books that make up the new & old testaments | canon |
deposit of faith handed down through apostolic succession | tradition |
sign of grade by which divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the holy spirit | sacrament |
unbaptized person preparing for membership into the church | catechumen |
adopting christian balues of culture where you live | assimilation |
shepard of a particular churhc entrusted to him | bishop |
elder or priest | presbyter |
how many persecutions? | 10 |
burnt down rome & blamed it on the christians | nero |
began empire wide persecutions which caused the christians to flee | domitian |
ask Traja what to do about Christians and he said dont seek them out but if found they should be punished | pliny |
said to worship roman gods; had a certificate | decius |
divided the east & west | diocletian |
meeting of bishops that condemned arianism | council of nicaea |
the council of nicaea was the first________. | ecumenical council |
designation for church leaders during the early centuries of chrisianity whose teachings formulated christian doctrines & practices | fathers of the church |
bishop of milan who wrote books on scripture | ambrose |
who did ambrose inspire? | augustine |
bishop of hippo | augustine |
augustine's book is called _______. | confessions |
who created the vulgate | jerome |
scriptures translated into latin | vulgate |
leader of christian community in major cities of the roman empire | patriarch |
religion based on gods will as it was revealed to muhammed | islam |
apostle of ireland who was put in prison | saint patrick |
christs work of redemption accomplished by passion; death; resurrection & ascension | paschal mystery |
founder of the islamic religion | muhammed |
muslims journey to mecca; marks the beginning of the islam calendar | hijrah |
gift of participation in the life of god to respond to vocation | grace |
division that marks the events in the life of christ | liturgical calendar |
3 days of prayer before the ascension to ask blessing on the harvest | rogation days |
place where baptisms are celebrated; it is a section of the church | baptistry |
church of historical signficance | basilica |
no sex & remaining umarried | celibacy |
people who spread christian message to other lands | missionaries |
meeting that determined which style of christianity would be use in england | synod of whitby |
king pepins part of italy governed by the pope | donation of pepin |
section of italy ruled by the pope | papal states |
king of the franks who was crowned roman emperor in 800 by the pope | charlemagne |
charlemagne was also called "____" | 2nd constantine |
social form of interlocking relationshhip based on use of land in payment for military services | feudalism |
meeting of cardinals to elect a pope | conclave |
offical separastion of eastern church & western church aka great schism | east-west schism |
wrote "summa theologica" | st. thomas aquianus |
wars fought to free the holy land | crusades |
founded the friars minor & recieved stigmata | st. francis |
period during which 2 and then 3 people claimed to have papal authority | western schism |
3 people claiming to be pope during schism | gregory; benedict; john |
communion of god; highest form of expression | mysticism |
process of spain identifying & punishing non-christian heretics | spanish inquisition |
posted the 95 thesis | martin luther |
what was luthers main concern? | selling of indulgences |
wanted to test longstanding notions by direct observation | galileo |
used his priesthood to serve those in neeed | Vincent de Paul |