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Acts of the Apostles
The book of the New Testament that tells the story of the early Christian community
Theophilus
The name given to the audience of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles; it means "lover of God" or "God fearer."
Martyr
A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
Pentecost
The feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, occurring fifty days after Easter.
St. Stephen Peter
The first Christian martyr, stoned to death for his faith and preaching.
Ekklesia
A term used in the New Testament to refer to the assembly or congregation of believers in Christ, often translated as "church."
Canon
A collection of texts or books accepted as genuine and authoritative in a particular religious tradition.
St. Paul
A key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and letters, which form a significant part of the New Testament.
Paul's Missionary Method
A strategy employed by St. Paul to spread Christianity, involving establishing churches, preaching to both Jews and Gentiles, and utilizing local leaders.
Thessalonians
Paul wrote 2 letters to this church concerning the 2nd coming of Jesus
Galatians
Justification by faith alone
Universality
The ability to be applied to everyone in every situation
St. Paul's Conversion
Saul changing his name to Paul
Grassroots
people or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity
One
Christian Church is considered to be "one", meaning it is a single, unified body established by Jesus Christ
Holy
The Church is holy because the Church lives in union with Jesus, source of holiness
Catholic
The Church is for all baptized, as she brings Christ to all human beings
Apostolic
The Church traces its traditions directly from the Apostles, thus, the Church is apostolic.
1st Council of Jerusalem
The council decided that Gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the rules prescribed to the Jews by the Mosaic Law,
1st Council of Nicaea
Declared Jesus was divine, declared date for Easter and gave us a creed.
1st Council of Constantinople
How can Jesus unite both his divine and human nature?
Council of Chalcedon
Jesus is both fully human/divine, Mary is considered Theotokos
Nicaean Creed
The Nicene Creed is a Christian statement of faith
Four Marks of the Church
One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic
Canonization
The Church's official process by which she declares someone a saint.
Easter Letter from Athanasius
the canon of the Bible and was written to end disputes over certain texts
The Great Schism
the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches that occurred in 1054
Iconodules
one who supports the veneration of icons
Iconoclasts
people who opposed the use of icons in worship
East Vs. West
Eastern Orthodox Church supported banned the use of icons while the western pope supported them. The western pope excommunicated the emperor.
Hierarchy
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Patriarchy
A form of social organization in which males dominate females
Icon
A representation of a religious subject, usually included in worship.
Filoque Controversy
The dispute over the insertion of the phrase "and the Son" in the Nicene Creed
Excommunicated
To declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church
Apostolic Authority
The authority of the apostles, as leaders of the early Church, that is passed on to the bishops.
Major Holidays
Christmas and Easter
Crusades
A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
Renaissance
Rebirth or Revival
Simony
The selling of church offices
Nepotism
favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power, especially in business or hiring practices
Absenteeism
the failure to show up for work
Pluralism
A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.
Printing Press
A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.
John Wycliffe
translated the Bible into English
Jan Hus
The leader of the Czech religious reforms, and the spiritual founder of the Protestant reformation in the 1500's. He was convicted by the Council of Constance for heresy.
Erasumus
founder of humanist theory of education- catholic priest
Martin Luther
95 Thesis, posted in 1517, led to religious reform in Germany, denied papal power and absolutist rule. Claimed there were only 2 sacraments: baptism and communion.
King Henry VIII
Started the Anglican Church because he wasn't granted a divorce. Was excommunicated by the Pope.
John Calvin
religious reformer who believed in predestination and a strict sense of morality for society
Lutheranism
the religious doctrine that Martin Luther developed; it differed from Catholicism in the doctrine of salvation, which Luther believed could be achieved by faith alone, not by good works; Lutheranism was the first Protestant faith
Anglicanism
A Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England
Calvinism
A body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin.
