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Ch. 3 C.H.
Chapter 3 Church History Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a heresy denying that Jesus is truly God | Arianism |
| a term used for the papacy, identifying the pope as successor to the Apostle Peter; also called the "Holy See" | Apostolic See |
| literally, "behind walls"; women and men religious who choose to live within monasteries | cloistered |
| the residences of religious women who are bound together by vows to a religious life | convents |
| meeting of bishops in 325 that condemned Arianism and formulated the Nicene Creed | Council of Nicaea |
| Christian men who lived alone in desert territories of northern Africa and the Middle East in order to sacrifice their lives to Christ. some women also choose this lifestyle | desert fathers |
| a meeting to which all bishops of the world are invited to exercise their authority in union with the pope, the successor of Peter, in addressing concerns facing the world-wide church | ecumencial council |
| a designation for Church leaders during the early centuries of Christianity whose teachings collectively helped to formulate Christian doctrine and practices | Fathers of the Church |
| a tribe originating in China; one of the last barbarian groups to invade Western Europe | Huns |
| a religious cult that viewed reality as a constant struggle between spirit (good) and matter (evil) | Manicheans |
| a person who lives the monastic life, engaging in prayer, meditation, and solitude | monk |
| belief that Jesus has only one nature, instead of the traditional Christian teaching that Jesus has two natures - human and divine | monophysitism |
| summary of essential Christian beliefs written and approved at the Councils of Nicaea (325) and Constantinople (381) | Nicene Creed |
| the term means "the greatest bridge-builder"; title for emperors and, later, the pope | Pontifex Maximus |
| one of the most destructive nomadic tribes; adopted Arianism when they converted to Christianity | vandals |
| a Germanic tribe who settled primarily in Spain; the first such group to lay siege to Rome | Visigoths |
| Saint Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible; the word vulgate is derived from the same Latin root as vulgar, which originally simply meant "of the common people" | vulgate |
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