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what does catholicity mean?

universality

when and who executed Jesus?

in 33 CE by Roman rulers

what happened after Jesus death

he resurrected 3 days later and ascended to heaven 40 days later

what is the Gospel/New Testament

the teachings and stories of Jesus put together by his followers

Matthew 26:16-20

bring in people from around the world into Christianity

Early Church

worshipped, spreading the movement

Pentecost

receiving the Holy Spirit

first leaders of christianity

Peter and Paul

who was Paul

first pope

what happened in 313?

Edict of Milan

Edict of Milan

Roman emperor Constantine says Christianity will be tolerated

what happened in 380?

Edict of Thessalonia

Edict of Thessalonica

emperor Theodosius says Christianity is the official religion of the Roman Empire

what happened in 325?

Council of Nicea

What was the main outcome of the Council of Nicea?

The Nicean Creed

What does the Nicean Creed affirm about God?

It affirms the nature of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

What does the Nicean Creed state about the resurrection of Jesus?

It affirms how Jesus died, resurrected, and came back.

What does the Nicean Creed declare about the Church?

It states there is one Holy Church.

From whom does the line of authoritative leaders in the Church begin?

Pope Peter in Rome.

Sacraments

outward sign of an inward grace; material object has spirituality

examples of sacraments

bread and wine are body and blood of Christ, baptism

Liturgy

work of the people

examples of liturgy

rituals, practices, celebration (birth/death of Jesus)

code of christianity

early christianity shares with Judaism, new testament: evangelization

community of christianity

universal community, legal religion of Roman Empire

what happened in 410?

fall of Roman empire but catholic church continues

what happened in 1054?

Eastern church separates because they disagree with the Nicean creed

what happened in 1492?

Catholic Spain reaches the Americas

what happened in 1517?

Protestant reformation begins

what two things did Columbus bring to the New World?

the Spanish and Christianity

what did Pope Alexander VI say?

he has the authority to assign land and he gives permission to the Spanish people to conquest

Requerimineto

declaration of what will happen to Natives in the Americas as Spanish arrive

Sublimas Deus

people did not agree with Requerimineto so Spain created a new document that was more evangelical and respected Natives

New Laws of the Indies

human treatment of Natives: no enslavement, inquiry about injustices, but still have to convert

Franciscan Missionaries

missionaries established churches in the Pueblos and began to evangelicize

• not a lot of Pueblo Resistance

Pueblo Revolt of 1680

kicked the Spanish out and took back their religion

what did the Natives do during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680

destroyed churches, any other Christian symbols, killed missionaries, unbaptized themselves