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31 Cards in this Set
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Miracles of jesus
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-Healed the sick
-Healed the paralyzed -Raised the dead -Turned water to wine -Fed 5000 people on 5 loaves and 2 fish -Walked on water |
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Paul
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-Saul was a persecutor of Christianity
“Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” -He changed his name to Paul -Known as the first theologian -Great advocate of the faith -Gentiles do not have to follow -Jewish law -They have to know the “Good News” |
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Who favored Christianity?
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Constantine
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Gospels
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-Writings by Jesus’ followers telling the sayings and stories of Jesus’ life
-Matthew -Mark -Luke -John |
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Synoptic Gospels
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First three books of new testament
-Mark -Luke -Matthew |
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Episcopos
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(overseer, bishop) came to head the church
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Presbyteroi
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(elders, priests, presbyters) assisted bishop
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Diakonoi
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(servers, deacons) cared for the needy
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Council of Nicaea in 325 CE
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Christ is one substance with the Father
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Council of Ephesus in 431 CE
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affirmed Christ was always God
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Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE
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Affirmed that Christ is both True Man and True God
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Grace
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Strengthening and saving power, above all the power to believe or have faith, freely given by God or a transcendent source
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Original sin
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that all human beings are sinners and require God’s grace
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Augustine
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-Grace
-Original Sin |
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Roman Catholicism
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-Pope
-Centralized teaching authority -Devotion to Mother Mary |
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Sacraments
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-Baptism
-Confirmation -Penance -Eucharist -Marriage -Ordination -Unction |
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What is a Sacrament?
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An event in which humans encounter the healing grace of the divine by means of a physical agent (sacramentals)
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Baptism
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incorporation into church (body of Christ); infants; water
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Communion or Eucharist
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most important sacrament ; Last Supper; bread & wine body & blood
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Confirmation
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profession of faith and final initiation; oil
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Holy Orders
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deacon then priest (male only and celibate, Catholic & Orthodox); oil
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Reconciliation (Confession)
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exam conscience, confession, forgiveness, penance; priest as sacramental agent serves as Jesus
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Anointing the Sick
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gravely ill and dying; oil
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Matrimony (Marriage)
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man and woman become one for unity and procreation
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Role of Mother Mary
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-Immaculate Conception
-Virgin Birth -Bodily assumption to heaven |
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Magisterium
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teaching institution or tradition; made of College of Cardinals and all bishops in union with pope
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Martin Luther – one of the most significant figures
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Selling of Indulgences by Pope
In 1517 posted the Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the main church in Wittenberg 1521 – Luther was excommunicated and would have been hung except for Frederick III of Saxony Translated New Testament into German and then Old Testament Promoted services in the vernacular |
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John Calvin
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Another great reformer
Doctrine of Predestination “The Elect” Stressed Bible alone and services in vernacular Focus on inner calling, commitment, righteousness in work, hard work, individual responsibility. Predestination led at times to prosperity as a sign of divine election |
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English Reformation
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King Henry VIII
Split from Catholic Church 1534 Act of Supremacy Beginning of Anglicanism |
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Basic Teachings Protestantism
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Return to simple Christianity
Centrality of Jesus Guidance of the Bible Importance of faith Direct relations to God Individual judgment |
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Denominations
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Lutheran
Methodist Baptist Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Church of Christ, Scientist |
