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31 Cards in this Set
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what helped travel during the 30ad-313ad?
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borders were sequre. good system of roads bridges and harbors
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whose earlier conquests helped the 'cultural unity'?
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Macedonian King Alexander the Great
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what was the common language in most places in the empire?
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a simplified form of Greek
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explain spiritual hunger
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people felt an emptiness that material benefits of the time couldn't fill
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what was considered to be "the most potent single cause of Christian success" and how was this shown?
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putting love into deeds -taught by Jesus
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what was the most obvious reason for the success of Christianity?
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Jesus
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when is it said that Church history began?
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the feast of Pnetecost AD 30
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who were the first 2 groups of converts
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palestinian Jews who spoke Aramaic and had little contact witht he outside world
Greek Jews |
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who were the Hellenists and where did they go and why?
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Greek speaking Jews,
tensions grew between the two groupd of Jewish Christians fleed to Samaria or Antioch |
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what is meant by the term gentile?
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non Jews
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where was the term Christian first used and what was meant by it?
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Antioch 40 AD
followers of Jesus |
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because of the council of Jerusalem who would be spoken to about christianity?
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Gentiles
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who was especially active in speaking to the Gentiles
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Saint Paul
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what was the most important city for Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire
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Rome
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define the word catholic
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universal
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Explain how the Church tried to combat gnosticism in 3 ways.
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- NEW TESTAMENT - THE CHURCH CREATED LISTS OF THE WRITINGS THAT REFLECTED THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS
- RULE OF FAITH - A PROFESSION OF FAITH WAS COMPILED AS A SHORT STATEMENT OF THE BELIEFS OF THE CHURCH - APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION - THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH WERE BISHOPS. THESE BISHOPS COULD TRACE THEIR AUTHORITY DIRECTLY BACK TO JESUS AND THE APOSTLES |
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Name 6 Church teaching that the GNOSTICS taught against:
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- THE HUMANITY OF JESUS
- JESUS BEING BORN OF A VIRGIN - JESUS DYING ON A CROSS - GOD BEING THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE - THE OLD TESTAMENT HAVING VALUE FOR CHRISTIANS - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SACRAMENTS OF BAPTISM AND EUCHARIST |
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Who were the ‘gnostics’?
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THOSE WHO CLAIMED TO POSSESS SPECIAL PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FOR THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY THAT WAS UNAVAILABLE TO ORDINARY CHRISTIANS
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Who was Edith Stein?
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A GERMAN CARMELITE NUN OF JEWISH ANCESTRY SENT TO AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II WHERE SHE DIED
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What happened in 312 A.D., by whom, what was it called?
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EDICT OF MILAN- A PROCLAMATION WAS PASSED GRANTING TOLERANCE TO ALL CHRISTIANS
BY EMPEROR CONSTANTINE |
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What happened in 303 A.D., by whom, and what was it called?
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great persecution- THE WORST PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS WERE LAUNCHED
BY EMPEROR DIOCLETIAN |
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What happened in 261 A.D., and by whom?
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EMPEROR GALLIENUS PASSED A LAW TOLERATING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
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The Emperor Decius did not necessarily want to kill the Christians, but to have them do what?
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FORCE THE CHRISTIANS TO RENOUNCE THEIR FAITH
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Around 250 A.D., what was passed, by whom, and what was started?
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DECIUS PASSED ANTI-CHRISTIAN LAWS AND STARTED THE 1ST EMPIRE-WIDE PRSECUTIONS
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What 2 famous people probably died during this time (64 A.D.)?
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PETER AND PAUL
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Who was responsible for starting the persecutions, why?
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EMPEROR NERO
BLAMED THE CHRISTIANS FOR BURNING ROME... HE PROBABLY STARTED HIMSELF |
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What resulted from these rumors about the christians?
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PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIANS
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What were the 2 rumors that worried the Romans about the Christians?
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STRANGE CEREMONIES INVOLVING CANNIBALISM
FORBIDDEN SEXUAL PRACTICES |
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What were the 2 problems with the Christians?
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THEY DID NOT WORSHIP PAGAN gods,
THEY REFUSED TO HONOR THE ROMAN EMPEROR AS a god |
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Assembling what we know as the New Testament took place during what time?
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FROM THE END OF THE 2ND CENTURY INTO THE 4TH CENTURY (100’s TO THE 300’s)
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What is the difference between ‘church’ and ‘Church’?
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‘church’ = THE BUILDING
‘CHURCH’ = THE PEOPLE OF THE FAITH |