Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
gentiles
|
non-Jews who were attracted as possible converts
|
|
|
acts of apostles
|
account of the early church written by Luke, the story of the early Christian communities and their spread from Jerusalem to the larger world.
|
|
|
Paul
|
most responsible in spreading the Gospel beyond Jerusalem and to the rest of the Gentiles, known as "apostle to the gentiles"
|
|
|
Christ
|
"messiah"
|
|
|
the way
|
an early name for Christianity
|
|
|
Ascension
|
Jesus' return to the Father (God)
|
|
|
Pentecost
|
the coming of the Holy Spirit
|
|
|
Epistles
|
Paul's passionate letters about nurturing the the faith of new churches
|
|
|
ecumenism
|
movement towards Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox Christians working to build mutual respect
|
|
|
obedience
|
a vow that dedicates religious in a special way to God
|
|
|
pope
|
bishop of Rome, successor of Saint Peter
|
|
|
diocese
|
a group of many parishes led by a bishop, such as the Diocese of San Antonio
|
|
|
communion of saints
|
special bond between all saints
|
|
|
base/small Christian communities
|
an informal congregation of 20 people or less to ready and study the Scriptures
|
|
|
religious
|
those who take vows
|
|
|
Ephesus
|
church in a city
|
|
|
People Of God
|
the church-goers
|
|
|
second coming
|
resurrection of JC
|
|
|
Antioch
|
The capital city that had the first community of Gentile and Jewish followers
|
|
|
Perpetua
|
young women in North African church, arrested for being a catechumens (preparing for baptism through initiation into the church) had servant Felicity, when being executed (eaten alive by animals) she courageously ran to Felicity and they died together, pregnant
|
|
|
Felicity
|
servant of Perpetua, also a catechumen, executed
|
|
|
Benedict
|
brother of Scholastica, founded monastic way of life, basis of Western monasticism, Benedictine brothers, sisters and preists remind the gifts of Scholastica and Benedict
|
|
|
Monastic way of life
|
living alone as a hermit (monasteries)
|
|
|
Scholastica
|
sister of Benedict, founded monastic way of life, basis of Western monasticism, Benedictine brothers, sisters and preists remind the gifts of Scholastica and Benedict
|
|
|
Francis of Assisi
|
gave up on wealth and violence to go into poverty, humility, and nonviolence of Jesus, recieved the stagmata, his followers became the Franciscans
|
|
|
Clare
|
inspired by Francis, did the same as Francis, followers are the Pore Clares
|
|
|
Catherine of Siena
|
told the pope what to do, convinced the pope to move the church back to Rome after the Avignon Papacy, cared for the sick during the plague, mediated conflicts between city-states
|
|
|
Ignatius of Loyola
|
was a soldier, quit to be "soldier for Christ," founded Society of Jesus (Jesuits), started spiritual exercise
|
|
|
Elizabeth Ann Seton
|
first American saint, devoted to the Eucharist, began Sisters of Charity who started an orphanage and school, started the parochial Catholic school system
|
|
|
Pope John XXIII
|
Old man, elected pope, called ecumenical council to look at the developments in the Catholic church, "bringing in fresh air"
|
