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Chapter 2 C.H.
Church History Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christian thinkers who defended and explained Christian beliefs | apologists |
| the denial that God exists | atheism |
| means "overseers"; ordained Church leaders who are successors of the Apostles and have received the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders | bishops |
| the Church's complete list of sacred books of the Bible | canon |
| unbaptized persons preparing for membership in the Church. a person becomes a catechumen after celebrating the Rite of Acceptance into the order of catechumens | catechumens |
| third degree of the Sacrament of Holy Orders; the man is ordained to assist the bishop and priests in a variety of ways; in the early Church, someone appointed to serve those who were poor or otherwise needy in the community | deacons |
| Declaration allowing religious freedom in the Roman Empire | Edict of Milan |
| a belief, attitude, or teaching that is contrary to revealed truth and to the Church's doctrine of faith | heresy |
| someone baptized a Christian who obstinately holds a position on an article of faith that conflicts with officially defined Church teachings | heretic |
| the truth that the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, while remaining God, assumed a human nature and became man | incarnation |
| Baptized Catholics who share in Jesus' mission and continue his work on earth but are not ordained | laity |
| persons who witness to the truth of the faith by enduring ddeath to be faithful to Christ | martyrs |
| a doctrine, belief, attitude, or teaching that is consistent with revealed truth and with the Church's doctrine of faith | orthodoxy |
| another name for elders or priests; in the early Church, presbyters were closely associated with the bishop in the exercising of leadership in some faith communities | presbyters |
| effective signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which we share in divine life through the work of the Holy Spirit | sacraments |
| the living and authentic transmission of the teachings of Jesus in the Church | tradition |
| the year of the Destruction of Jerusalem | 70 AD |
| the year of Edict of Milan (the time where it's okay to be a Christian) | 313 AD |
| the time when Christianity was the religion of the empire | 394 AD |