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32 Cards in this Set
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what types of problems did the early church face?
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not only external problens
but also internal issues and questions from within |
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when was the word Christian used for the first time
who did the word Christians refer to? |
40 AD
The followers of Jesus Christ |
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who were many of the new Christians ?
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Gentiles
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who are gentiles
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people who were not Jews
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where were Paul and Barnabus located around this time?
what were people asking here? |
Antioch
asked if gentiles had to become Jewish before becoming Christian |
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where and who do Paul and Barnabus go to to have the people of Antioch's question answered?
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Jerusalem
church leaders |
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in Jerusalem who were asking the same question as the people of Antioch?
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the apostles
presbyters |
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what were presbyters
what do we now call them? |
a new geneartaion of leaders in Jerusalem
priests |
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what did Jewish Christians still respect and obey?
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the Torah
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what's the Torah
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the sacred law of faith given by God to Moses
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what question did the council of Jerusalem come together to answer?
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Do the Gentile Christians have to follow the Torah also?
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the meeting of the apostles and presbyters to decide this question became known as what?
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the council of Jerusalem
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what is the council of Jerusalem
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the first great council of the catholic church
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how did the holy spirit work through the community of the church at the council of Jerusalem?
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helped the leaders decide on important matters about which Jesus left no specific instruction
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who was the first pope?
what did he remind the council of? |
Peter
that Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit at Baptism just as the Jews do And are saved by the same grace |
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what did the council decide on and is thus still used to this day ?
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ten commandments, certain marriage laws, and some requirements of the Torah are still kept by the church, but others, like circumsision are not
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how was the good news of Jesus Christ conveyed?
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by word of mouth from the 1st believers
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why did writings replace oral tradition?
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the eye witness Christians began to die out
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when was the gospel of mark written
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70AD
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what was the 1st account of Jesus' life and teachings to be written down?
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gospel of mark
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what gospels were written between 80-90 AD?
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Matthew's and Luke's
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when was the gospel of john written
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100 AD
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what is the gospel of john compared to the other gospels
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similar to the first 3
but addresses incidents and issues that are not included in the other 3 Gospels |
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who wrote 14 epistles
to whom? |
Paul
Early Christian communities he started |
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what are epistles
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letters
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7 other epistles came from who
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Peter
Jude John James |
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who wrote a second part to their gospel? what is it known as?
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Luke
The Acts of Apostles |
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what do the acts of the apostles do?
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give an account of the very earliest days of the church
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when the church faces issues through the years what happens?
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the holy spirit guides the church in their development of tradition
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what is tradition
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the written and spoken beliefs that have been passed down to us from the time of Christ and the Apostles
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who wrote about the revelation he received?
what what the revelation he received about ? |
John
about hope of eternal glory that is to come |
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The authors of New Testament Scripture were inspired by who?
what were they inspired to do? |
God the Holy Spirit
inspired to write what would faithfully present Gods saving truth |
