Theo II

Latin v

Two ancient languages used in the East and West.

Lay people

Church members not ordained.

Liturgy

Mass involving prayer for a special reason.

Magisterium

Church's teaching authority.

Martin Luther

Initiated the Protestant Reformation.

Martyr

Dies for faith/belief.

Matthias

Chosen as the 12th apostle.

Monk

Lives a monastic life.

Monophysite

Follows Monophysitism heresy.

Nero

Roman Emperor who persecuted the church.

Nestorius/Nestorianism

Claims Jesus wasn't incarnated.

Nominalism

Widely spread heresy.

Nostra Aetate

"In Our Lives."

Nun

Female counterpart of a monk.

Orthodoxy

Right belief/faith.

Orthopraxy

Right practice.

Papal Decree

Papal bull, used against Martin Luther.

Papal Schism

Split with three popes.

Paul

Converted from Saul, became the 13th apostle.

Pentecost

Apostles preach about Jesus.

Person v

Noah vs. Flood comparison.

Peter

First apostle and pope.

Persecution

Being banished or broken up.

Pharisees

Religious group overseeing Jesus.

Pope John XXIII

Convened Vatican II.

Pope Leo XIII

Known as the Rosary Pope.

Pope Pius IX

Convened Vatican I.

Praxis

Faith in action.

Protestant Reformation

Split leading to new religions.

Predestination

Predetermined afterlife.

Revelation (symbols/numbers)

Biblical imagery.

Road to Damascus

Paul's conversion site.

Rome

Holy city of the Western Catholic Church.

Sacrament

Visible sign of spiritual reality.

Sacramentality

Anything revealing God.

Sadducees

Opposed Jesus.

Schism

Church split.

Simony

Buying/selling church powers.

Sola Scriptura

"Bible only" belief.

Stephen

First martyr.

Trinity

Father, Son, Holy Spirit.

Transubstantiation

Changing substance.

Universal Call to Holiness

All called to be holy.

Vatican I

Important religious meeting.

Vatican II

Changed church liturgy.

Zealots

Violent group in ancient times.

1000 (Revelation)

Symbolic period in Christian eschatology.

3 Main branches of Christianity

Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant.

4 Marks of the Church

One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic.

5 Patriarchs/Metropolitan Sees

Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem.