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104 Cards in this Set
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What traditional Christian belief was not challenged by Deism? |
Monotheism |
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What was not one of the charges brought by pagans against the early Christian movement? |
Anti-slavery |
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What does the Feast of Epiphany celebrate in the western Christian church? |
The visit of the magi |
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The Christian celebration of Easter was once associated with which Jewish festival? |
Passover |
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During was Jewish feast was Jesus executed? |
Passover |
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What feast celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the first Christians? |
Pentecost |
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What is the significance of the year 1054 CE? |
Schism between eastern and western Christianity |
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What is the monastic rule used by Christendom? |
Rule of Benedict |
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From what group of people did Christianity originally draw for their saints? |
Martyrs |
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What Germanic tribe helped Christianize western Europe? |
Franks |
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Which group brought the Byzantine Empire to an end? |
Ottoman Turks |
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What Protestant group became the state church of the Scandinavian countries? |
Lutheran |
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What are native Egyptian Christian churches called? |
Coptic |
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The "Charismatic Movement" is related to which North American religion? |
Pentacostal |
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What is another name for the "Eastern Orthodox" or "Eastern Rite" church? |
Byzantine |
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What two groups are linked by the doctrine of "apostolic succession"? |
Bishops to apostles |
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Who opposed the use of the term "Mother of God" for Mary? |
Nestorians |
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What was the primary emphasis of Gnosticism? |
Dualism |
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Which Christian group below did not begin in North America? |
Methodist |
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What is the largest Protestant movement? |
Pentecostal |
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What is the largest Protestant group in the United States? |
Baptist |
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What is the term for an Eastern rite church in communion with the Roman Catholic Church |
Uniate |
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From what group did the Protestant movement arise? |
Roman catholic |
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What was the distinctive belief of the Monophysites? |
Christ had one nature, the divine |
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What was the main "heretical" belief in the western church? |
Arianism |
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Which theological belief emphasized the rule of natural law? |
Deism |
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Which group attempted to create a "middle way" between Catholicism and the main churches of the Protestant reform? |
Anglican |
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Which early Protestant group rejected church/state ties? |
Anabaptist |
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20th century catholic reform came out of: |
Vatican II |
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What word best describes the movement of which the Methodists were a part? |
Pietism |
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Who were the Anabaptists? |
Adult baptizers of the Protestant |
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The two major divisions within Christianity are |
Catholic and Orthodox |
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Which Christian group rejected the use of the Hebrew bible? |
Marcionites |
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In what period did the Roman Empire become Christian? |
300s CE |
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The office of priest is rooted in what early church office? |
Presbyter |
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The chief office in the early Christian church was: |
Bishop |
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What is the chief religious leader in Eastern Orthodox churches called? |
Patriarch |
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Which early bishop wrote a history of the church from the time of Jesus to the reign of Constantine? |
Eusebius |
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What church did John Wesley found? |
Methodist |
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Under what Christian emperor did the Easter Roman Empire revive? |
Justinian |
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Who was primarily responsible for developing Palestine into the Christian "Holy Land"? |
Helena |
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What is the age of Charlemagne the Great called? |
Carolingian |
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Early Christians claimed Jesus was the son of what prominent character in the Hebrew bible? |
David |
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Who was the major theologian of early Protestantism? |
Calvin |
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Henry VIII was responsible for the founding of what church? |
Anglican |
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Which early Christian theologian is responsible for the developed belief in "original sin"? |
Augustine |
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Most of Catholic theology in the last 700 years has been heavily influenced by: |
Aquinas |
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Who is considered the most influential theologian of Scholasticism? |
Aquinas |
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What was the theme of much of the writings of Augustine? |
Grace of God and original sin |
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Christians have generally accepted the "Old Testament". What early Christian leader rejected the Old Testament? |
Marcion |
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What issue is most prominent in Luther's Ninety-Five Theses? |
Indulgences |
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Who wrote the Summa Theologica? |
Aquinas |
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When did Augustine write 'The City of God'? |
As the western Roman empire was collasping |
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What is the Hagia Sophia? |
A church in Istanbul |
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Where was Roman Catholicism largely located prior to the 1500s? |
Western Europe |
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What was the primary language of the eastern areas of the Roman Empire at the beginning of Christianity? |
Greek |
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What is the centre of eastern Christian monasticism? |
Mouth Athos |
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The Catholics tried to check the force of early Protestantism at: |
The Council of Trent |
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Where does the Pope reside? |
Vatican City |
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Where was Jesus born according to early Christian tradition? |
Bethlehem |
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What area took over the leadership of Eastern Orthodoxy after Constantinople fell to the Muslims? |
Moscow |
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How many sacraments does the Roman Catholic Church affirm? |
7 |
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What was the main debate regarding baptism during the Protestant Reformation? |
Whether children should be baptized |
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What is the primary rite of initiation into the Christian church? |
Baptism |
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What is the major practice during the season of Lent? |
a 40-day fast |
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What is another name for "The Lord's Prayer"? |
The "Our Father" |
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Which term is not a synonym for the Eucharist? |
Matzah |
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According to the gospels, what aspect of Jewish religion did Jesus NOT criticize? |
Circumcision |
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What are the elements usually used in the Christian Eucharist? |
Bread and wine |
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What does the term 'chi-rho' identify? |
Christian symbol popularized by Constantine |
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What is the symbol based on the acrostic IX THUS (Jesus Christ, son of God, Savior)? |
Fish |
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What doe the letter 'IHC' stand for? |
First three letters in Latin word for Jesus |
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In early Christian debates, what was the 'Son' often identified as? |
Logos |
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Which term would the Arians not apply to the Logos? |
Eternal |
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To what does the term 'Holy Roman Empire' refer? |
The medieval Christian empire in western Europe |
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What term is used for the first three gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke)? |
Synoptic |
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What was the term for the struggle between popes and monarchs over the control over ecclesiastical appointments? |
Investiture Controversy |
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To what does the term 'Beatitudes' refer? |
Ethical teachings of Jesus |
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What ideas dominated much of the religious speculation in Palestine during the lifetime of Jesus? |
Apocalyptic |
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What 'religious' war devastated Germany in the 1600s? |
The Thirty Years' War |
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What is the dominant Christian view of God called? |
Trinitarianism |
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What elements was NOT a key in the early church's ability to create and maintain unity? |
Confessional |
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What do the letters INRI refer to? |
Latin; Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews |
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What does the word 'Christ' mean? |
Anoited |
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When was the abbreviation B.C first used in dating schemes? |
1600s |
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What aspect of Jewish religion was not borrowed by Christians? |
Circumcision |
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What does the word 'medieval' mean? |
Middle |
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What belief did the Chalcedon Definition of Faith maintain? |
Christ with two natures; fully human and divine |
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In efforts to reconstruct the 'Historical Jesus', what elements of the stories in the gospels have been generally treated as unhistorical? |
Miracles |
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What does the word 'catholic' mean? |
Universal |
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What type of church structure does the Reformed church promote? |
Presbyterian |
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What was the bishop of the chief city of a Roman province called? |
Metropolitan |
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Who were the 'magi'? |
The 'wise men' of the Christmas story |
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What does the word 'pope' mean? |
Father |
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What kind of church government and hierarchy is identified by the term 'autocephalous'? |
Eastern Orthodox |
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What was the name of the Bible widely used by the earliest Christians? |
Septuagint |
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What are the main parts of the distinctive Christian canon? |
Paul's writings and the Gospels |
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Jerome's translation of the Bible (the Vulgate) was written in what language? |
Latin |
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The Apocrypha is a collection of books that appear in some Christian Bibles but are rejected by which group? |
Protestants |
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What was the popular name of the most famous translation of the Bible in English (officially known as the 'Authorized Version')? |
King James Version |
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What period do the four gospels primarily cover? |
Jesus' life as a religious reformer? |
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What is the prominent message of Jesus in most of the gospels? |
The kingdom of God |
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Stories of Jesus' exploits as a boy are found primarily in what writings? |
2nd and 3rd century 'infancy' gospels |
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For early Christians, what was their favorite part of the Hebrew Bible? |
Prophets |
