Chapter 3 God Loves all People

true

t or f? one of the most critical questions facing the early Church was whether Jews should have to renounce the Law of Moses before they were baptized.

false

t or f? Saul set out for Damascus with one purpose in mind: to seek out, arrest and bring back to Jerusalem anyone who did not accept Jesus Christ as Messiah

true

t or f? according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, God desires that the whole human race may become one People of God, one Body of Christ, one Temple of the Holy Spirit

false

t or f? as part of the Council at Jerusalem, the Apostles and other Church leaders decided that all male converts had to be circumcised

true

t or f? It took St. Peter some time to implement fully the Council at Jerusalem's decision regarding Gentile Christians.

true

t or f? the same Holy Spirit who guided and taught the Apostles and the early Church is at work in the Church today

false

t or f? The annunciation and the Nativity of Jesus were the heart of the apostolic preaching and Apostolic Tradition

false

t or f? among the most significant dimensions of the Blessed Pope John Paul II's ministry were his three visits to the United States of America

true

t or f? In his Letter to the Romans, St. Paul taught that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God.

Cornelius

According to the Acts of the Apostles, ______ was the first Gentile to convert to Christianity.

radically different

the early Church preached a God who was ____ to the gods of Greco-Roman religions

Gentiles, Jews

The early Church came to understand that ________ did not have to become ______ before being baptized.

St. Paul

_________ preached the good News that the Death and REsurrection of Jesus had transformed both Jews and Gentiles.

Barnabus

Around the year AD 49, St. Paul and ________ traveled to Jerusalem to address the Gentile controversy.

Jesus

The Council at Jerusalem is an early example of how the Apostles exercised the teaching authority that ______ gave them.

Apostles

According to the United States Catholic Catechism for adults, JEsus entrusted his REvelation and teachings to the ____________

Pope, Bishops

Today, the _______ and ________ work together to continue passing on the Tradition of the Church.

Matthew, Luke

Both _ and ___ included genealogies of JEsus in their accounts of the Gospel.

Blessed Pope John Paul II

In 2000, ____ admitted that he was deeply saddened by the hatred and acts of persecution directed against JEws by Christians.

love

willing the good of the other as other

true

t or f? love never ends

Cornelius

who is the first Gentile to convert?

Peter

who did not believe that you had become a JEw before becoming a Christian/circumcision?

council of Jerusalem

the council where they announced that you did not have to be circumcised before converting

religious conversion

conversion of the soul, fall more in love w/ God, respond to God's love

moral conversion

conversion of the heart, lead a moral life in becoming more Christ-like, set aside your own desires

intellectual conversion

conversion of the mind, to recognize truth and know God through truth

conversion

turning about

epiphestrein

1st part of conversion, crisis of conviction, discovery that you've been going in the wrong direction

metanoia

2nd part of conversion, repentance, recognize, admit, change, take responsibility for your actions

Paul

who brings the gospel to the Gentiles?

Saul

Roman citizen, well educated, zealous inJewish religion and sought out Christians and dragged them to his home

Damascus

where was Saul when he a bright light blinds him and Jesus asks why he's persecuting him? he decides to be baptize

3 years

how long does it take for Saul to fully convert?

1st missionary journey

has 2 companions, lasts 2 years, travels from Cypress to central Asia Minor, preaches primarily to Jews

Barnabus, John Mark

who are Paul's 2 companions during his 1st missionary journey

to establish church, establish some authority

what was the main goal of Paul's 1st missionary journey

2nd missionary journey

Paul revisits local churches, visits Macedonia, and is put in prison

Macedonia

this city marks when Christianity reaches Europe

3rd missionary journey

Paul visits Ephesus in Asia Minor, strengthens churches, focused on letter writing campaign

St. Peter

__________ understood that Gentiles did not have to become Jewish before being baptized

Apostle to the Gentiles

Saul accepted the Lord's call to become his disciple and became the ________

inner union of men

The Church's purpose is to be the sacrament of the ____________ with God and the sacrament of the unity of the human race

apostolic tradition

___________ is the term used to name the teachings of the Apostles

Gospel

the ________ is the heart of the New Testament of all Sacred Scripture

Jews

Matthew wrote his Gospel primarily for _______

non-Jews

Luke wrote his Gospel primarily for _________

four accounts of the Gospel, three stages

1. life and teaching of jesus
2. preaching of apostles and other eyewitness of Christ, oral tradition
3. writing of the Gospel message

apologies made for the church

1. treatment of Galilee after discovery that the earth revolved around the sun
2. killing of Muslims during Crusades
3. slave trade
4. silence of many Catholics during Holocaust