CHURCH HISTORY 1 FINAL

Apostle

One sent by Christ as an official witness of the resurrection

Apostolic Succession

The passing on of apostolic authority through bishops by the laying on of hands

Apostolic tradition

Teachings of the apostolic handed on orally and in writting

Ascension

Jesus' return to God after his death 40 days after the resurrection

Mystical Body of Christ

The whole church with God being the head

Catechism of the Catholic Church

A book containing a summary of Catholic teaching.

Covenant

An agreement between God and man

Disciple

A follower of Jesus

Four marks of the church

One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic

Great Commission

orders Christ gave to his Apostles to make disciples of all nations and to baptize them

Icon

Sacred image used for prayer and teaching

Kingdom of God

The power of God's love active in our lives and in our world

Pentecost

Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles

Salvation

Deliverance from sin and death through Christ

Sanctification

to make holy

Trinity

Father, Son, Holy Spirit

Apology

A defense of the Christian faith

Apologetics

The study and practice of defending the faith through reason

bishop of Rome

Head of the Roman Catholic Church;Successor of St.Peter

Catacombs

Underground burial places used by early Christians.

Charism

A spiritual gift given by God to individuals to help build up and strengthen the Church

Christian

A follower of Jesus Christ

Evangelization

To bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to others

Gentiles

Non-Jews

Kerygma

The core teaching about Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord

Martyr

one who suffers or sacrifices for a cause

Meanoia

Conversion;change of heart and mind

Pharisee

Member of a Jewish religious group focused on strict law observance

Relic

A physical object connected to a saint

Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord

The way

Early name for Christian's

Abbas/Ammas

Early spiritual leaders of monastic communities

Arianism

A heresy denying that Jesus is truly God;his full divinity

Nicene Creed

the formal Profession of Faith recited at Mass

Asceticism

rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint

Begotten

Means that the Son was not created

Breaking of the bread

The celebration of the Eucharist

Church father

A traditional title given to theologians of the first eight centuries whose teachings made a lasting mark on the Church

Church doctor

A great writer in Church history

Christology

The study of Christ

Consubstantial

Having the same nature or essence

Creed

A statement of belief

Desert elders

Christian men and women who retreated into the deserts of Palestine, Syria, and Egypt, where they lived as hermits

Didache

A Greek word that means "teaching." In Christian times this term refers to the earliest known writing in Christianity aside from the New Testament.

Dogma

a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief

Doctrine

a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group.

Ecumenical Council

A gathering of the Church's bishops from around the world convened by the Pope or approved by him to address pressing issues in the Church.

Eremitical Life/Hermit

Life lived away from the world in solitude in order to seek God

Eucharist

Thanksgiving/the body and blood of christ

Fides et Ratio

faith and reason

Heresy

False teaching

Hermit

A person who lives a solitary life in order to commit himself or herself more fully to prayer and in some cases to be completely free for service to others.

Holy See

The popes authority as bishop of Rome

Hypostatic Union

Jesus is fully God and fully man

Magisterium

The official teaching authority of the church

Maranatha

"Come, O Lord"

Monastic rule

Guideline for monastic living

Monophysitism

A heresy arising in the fifth century that claimed there is only one nature in the Person of Christ, his human nature having been incorporated into his divine nature

Nestorianism

early heresy in the Church that held Christ was two persons (a human and a divine)

Patriarch

Senior bishop of a major Christian center/also male leader of house

St.Justin Martyr apology

Defense of Christianity to Roman authorities

Theotokos

A Greek title for Mary meaning "God bearer"

Quaerens intellectum

Faith seeking understanding

Theology

The study of God

Vulgate

Latin translation of the Bible

St.Peter

First pope

St.Paul (Saul)

Apostle to Gentiles/On a route to Demarcus to arrest Christians, when "a light from heaven flashed about him" Saul fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him "Saul, why do you persecute me. He replied "who are you lord" and Christ said in return "I am Jesus, who you are persecuting." He acknowledged his event as an encounter of the risen Christ himself. This justified an apostle being called personally by Christ to his mission

St.Stephen

the churchs first martyr and one of the deacons ordained by the apostles

St.Perpetua & St.Felicity

Early Christian martyrs/Both Perpetua (a noblewoman) and Felicity (a slave) were mothers, who refused to renounce their faith, and went to their death by the wild beasts and the sword, along with a number of others, a sacrifice that beggars the imagination.

St.Anthony of Egypt

first Christian monk/Anthony the Great was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony the Hermit, and Anthony of Thebes.

St.Justin Martyr

Born into pagan family, Wrote Apology, Wrote letter to Trajan, Defender of faith, beheaded, Hero of Christian Catholic Church, sentenced to die with some of his students.

St.Luke

Evangelist/Author of the Acts of the Apostles

Blessed Stanley Rother

Oklahoma priest who was killed in Guatemala; the first U.S. born martyr to be beatified.

Conversion of St. Paul

Baroque Caravaggio

Creation of Adam

Famous painting by Michelangelo of the biblical story of the beginning of man.

The trinity painting

Rubles unity of God

Stoning of st.Stephan painting

Carracci martyrdom

Nicaea (325 AD)

Jesus's Relationship to Father & Holy Spirit First Rendition of Nicene Creed

Constantinople (381)

revised the Nicene Creed by adding the clauses referring to the Holy Spirit

Ephesus (431)

defined the true personal unity of Christ and declared Mary the Mother of God (Theotokos)

Chalcedon (451)

Defined the divine and human natures of Christ

Council of Jerusalem (c.49)

Gentile inclusion

Great Fire of Rome (64 AD)

Neros persecution;Fire broke out in slum area of eastern Rome in July.

The fire raged for 9 days.

Destroyed over half of the city, including Nero's own palace, with its priceless collection of books, manuscripts, and works of art.

After a vain attempt to check the progress of the flames, he converted his private gardens into shelters for the homeless and hastened the transport of grain supplies to feed the destitute.

His energy in alleviating suffering did not spare him from the rumor that he started the fire in order to acquire the glory of building a new and more beautiful Rome.

Edict of Milan (313)

Legalized Christianity

Theodosius (380)

made christianity the official religion of the empire in 380

Acts 8;9-24

Simon the magician

Acts 16:25-34

Paul and Silas freed

Acts 19:23-40

Riot in Ephesus

Acts 20:7-12

Eutychus raised