religion test 10-28

augustine

latin father of the church, among the first saints to be named doctors of the church

jerome

translated the bible to latin

ignatius of antioch

the first to use the term "catholic church"

hypostatic union

union of the divine and human natures in the one divine person of jesus christ

theotokos

god bearer, title for the mother of god

ecumenical council

a worldwide gathering of all bishops called by the pope or approved by him

fathers of the church

early saints known for their sanctity and orthodoxy whose writings helped develope the teachings of the church

apologist

anyone who defends the christian faith

monasticism

living secluded from the world by a fixed rule and by following a specific set of vows

sacred scripture

written word of god composed by human authors and inspired by the holy spirit, collection of books that contain the truths of gods revelation

sacred tradition

all the teachings of christ, written and unwritten, handed down to us by the apostles and their successors

heresy

false teaching of doctrine

48 AD

council of jerusalem

edict of milan ,what did it do when was it who issued it

in 313, political agreement between the roman emperors Constantine and Lincinius

when did catholicism become the religion of the empire, who did it, and what was good and bad about it,

Theodosius did, it bad, interfered with the internal affairs of the church good, property returned to the church

council of nicaea

325 the first ecumenical council attacked arius' heresy, said that jesus was fully man but not fully divine, that jesus wasn't god, responded with nicene creed

council of constantinople

431- the writing of the nicene creed was completed

council of ephesus

431- taught that mary is truly the mother of god

st. pauls letter to the thessalonians corrected what

christ's 2nd coming

roman catholic church (how many rites and what all professes)

roman and eastern catholics, 23 different rites, all profess nicene creed, same 7 sacraments, and same bishop of rome as head

know about the bible

story of the covenant between god and his people, gods revelation