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Theology

Ch. 2

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The earliest account of a Christian martyre St. Polycarp
primary source of information about the Jesus of history Gospels
The principle theme of Jesus preaching was the coming of God's ___ Kingdom
Aristocratic Jewish leaders who controlled temple worship Sadducees
The Jewish sect with whom Jesus had most in common Pharisees
believed that Jesus was going to be a military leader Zealots
the celebration of the ___became Jesus' followers most important religious ritual Eucharist
sometimes called the gospel of the church acts of the apostles
celebrates the birthday of the church pentecost
the apostles responded to the first crisis in the christian community by appointing___ deacons (7)
st paul is known as the___ apostle to the gentiles
st paul made ___ missionary journeys 3
council that declared the Gentiles could become Christians without first adhering to the mosaic law Council of Jerusalem
the most severe persecutions of Christians in the first century took place under the roman emperor Domitian
the last and worst of all the roman persecutions of christians took place under the roman emeror Diocletion
wrote to convince gentiles of the truth and high morals of christians Apologists
number of books in the New Testament 27
boks in the old testament 46
categories of books in the new testament (4) - Gospels, Acts, Revelation, Epistles
categories of books in the old testament (4) - historical, prophetic, torah, wisdom
a false teaching or belief about a major doctrine heresy
men who personally knew the apostles or their disciples apostolic fathers of the church
the complete list of books of the bible canon
love feast agape
roman historian tacitus
jewish historian josephus
right belief orthodoxy
church father who argued against Gnosticism St. Irenaeus of Lyons
apologist who constructed crucial doctrine formulations tertullian
church father who provided critical edition of the Septuagint anf taught ways of interpreting scripture origen
right living orthopraxis
member of the Sanhedrin who advocated a "look/see" policy toward Christians Gamaliel
apologist St. Justin Martyr
declared that moral sins can be forgiven if the sinner repented and did penance Pope St. Cornelius
key points of Jesus' teachings Gods kingdom is here, service and commitment, God's Kingdom is a gift open to all, following God requires to love everyone even our enemies
synoptic gospels matthew, mark, luke
stages of recording the gospels life of Jesus, oral, written
major religious teacher for jews. appointed by the roman emorer high priests
1st christian community philippi
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