chapt 2 religion
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- what helped travel during the 30ad-313ad?
- borders were sequre. good system of roads bridges and harbors
- whose earlier conquests helped the 'cultural unity'?
- Macedonian King Alexander the Great
- what was the common language in most places in the empire?
- a simplified form of Greek
- explain spiritual hunger
- people felt an emptiness that material benefits of the time couldn't fill
- what was considered to be "the most potent single cause of Christian success" and how was this shown?
- putting love into deeds -taught by Jesus
- what was the most obvious reason for the success of Christianity?
- Jesus
- when is it said that Church history began?
- the feast of Pnetecost AD 30
- 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 - 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 - what is meant by the term gentile?
- non Jews
- where was the term Christian first used and what was meant by it?
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Antioch 40 AD
followers of Jesus - because of the council of Jerusalem who would be spoken to about christianity?
- Gentiles
- who was especially active in speaking to the Gentiles
- Saint Paul
- what was the most important city for Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire
- Rome
- define the word catholic
- universal
- 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 - 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 - Who were the ‘gnostics’?
- THOSE WHO CLAIMED TO POSSESS SPECIAL PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FOR THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY THAT WAS UNAVAILABLE TO ORDINARY CHRISTIANS
- Who was Edith Stein?
- A GERMAN CARMELITE NUN OF JEWISH ANCESTRY SENT TO AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II WHERE SHE DIED
- 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 - 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 - What happened in 261 A.D., and by whom?
- EMPEROR GALLIENUS PASSED A LAW TOLERATING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
- The Emperor Decius did not necessarily want to kill the Christians, but to have them do what?
- FORCE THE CHRISTIANS TO RENOUNCE THEIR FAITH
- Around 250 A.D., what was passed, by whom, and what was started?
- DECIUS PASSED ANTI-CHRISTIAN LAWS AND STARTED THE 1ST EMPIRE-WIDE PRSECUTIONS
- What 2 famous people probably died during this time (64 A.D.)?
- PETER AND PAUL
- Who was responsible for starting the persecutions, why?
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EMPEROR NERO
BLAMED THE CHRISTIANS FOR BURNING ROME... HE PROBABLY STARTED HIMSELF - What resulted from these rumors about the christians?
- PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIANS
- What were the 2 rumors that worried the Romans about the Christians?
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STRANGE CEREMONIES INVOLVING CANNIBALISM
FORBIDDEN SEXUAL PRACTICES - 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 - Assembling what we know as the New Testament took place during what time?
- FROM THE END OF THE 2ND CENTURY INTO THE 4TH CENTURY (100’s TO THE 300’s)
- What is the difference between ‘church’ and ‘Church’?
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‘church’ = THE BUILDING
‘CHURCH’ = THE PEOPLE OF THE FAITH