Unit 1 TEST Ruggiero

Name the 3 essential elements of the Catholic Church

1. the local parish community

2. to come together as a "sacramental people" in the Eucharist

3. to be part of a universal church

The Church draws its life from...

the Word and the Body of Christ

4 marks of the Catholic Church

1. one

2. holy

3. catholic

4. apostolic

When does the church begin? What event?

At pentecost, 50 days after the resurrection of Christ

What happens in the Church after its founded?

-Membership increases

-the apostles preach and heal in Jesus' name

-the Apostles experience persecution by fellow Jews if they continue to preach in Jesus' name

The Jesus Jews never see themselves as ___________________ yet

Christians

Why did the Jesus-Jews form their own communities outside the synagogues?

Because they were excommunicated from the synagogues

What were some of the things the apostles and early Christians do in their homes?

-pray

-sing hymns to God

-study Torah

-do "Jewish things"

How did the first Christians understand the partaking of the Eucharistic meal?

They saw the Eucharist as the actual partaking in eating Jesus' body and drinking his blood

-NEVER seen as a symbolic gesture

What was the MOST IMPORTANT thing the apostles taught?

the breaking of the bread and the sharing of the wine

Who had the greatest influence on the Gentiles joining the Church?

Paul

What were Gentile-Christian converts previously?

pagan

What were 5 differences between the Jewish-Christians and the Gentile-Christians?

1. Jews were monotheistic while gentiles were polytheistic

2. Jews have laws of morality while gentiles have no moral code

3. Jews have kosher laws while gentiles don't

4. Jews believe in circumcision while gentiles don't

5. Jews honor the sabbath, gentiles don't

Jews were monotheistic while gentiles were _________________

polytheistic

Jews believe in _______________ while gentiles don't

circumcision

What were 5 things that the Jewish-Christians wanted the Gentile-Christians to do if they were to join the Church?

1. not eat foods dedicated to the gods

2. not eat meat from an animal that was killed by strangulation

3. not eat animal blood

4. abstain from fornication/sexual immorality

5. get circumcised

What agreement did the Gentile-Christians and Jewish-Christians come to?

Gentiles had to abstain from sexual immorality and not eat certain foods but they didn't have to get circumcised

Christians were seen as ______________ because they did not worship publicly in the Temple

secretive

What did the ROmans believe about the Christians?

Romans believed the Christians partook in cannibalism and incest

What are 4 reasons why the Romans didn't like the Christians?

1. Romans believed Christians were atheists because they worshipped an invisible god

2. Christians didn't pay homage to the Roman gods

3. Christians refused to renounce Christ

4. Romans were afraid of the wrath of gods

Nero was emperor from...

54-68 AD

What did Nero blame the Christians for in Rome?

The great fire that broke out in 64 AD

What was the rumor about Nero?

That Nero watched the fire from a tower dressed as an actor and playing his lyre, singing about the destruction of Troy

What happened between the years 66-70 AD?

Jewish revolt had been brewing against the ROman occupiers

What led to the destruction of Jerusalem?

-for almost 5 years Jewish guerilla warriors would ambush Roman soldiers

-AD 70, Emperor Vespasian sent his son Titus to crush the rebellion

What happened in the year AD 70?

City of jerusalem and the Holy Temple were destroyed

-tens of thousands of Jews were killed, many by crucifixion

What was the Diaspora?

Surviving Jews in the thousands fled Palestine to outer reaches of the empire

How did Nero die

He commits suicide

Who was the other emperor who persecuted Christians in the 1st century?

Domitian

he loved Roman traditions and felt that both Jews and Christians were in the way of Roman glory

Domitian

Describe Domitian?

-wanted his subjects to worship him as a god

-demanded to be addressed "master of god"

-eventually was murdered

How is revelation revealed to us?

1. scripture

2. tradition

3. nature

The neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it.

-the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and Catholic faith

Heresy

the total repudiation of the Christian faith

Apostasy

the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him

Schism

What did the Gnostics believe?

in a "secret knowledge" and that "matter is evil"

-denied the Incarnation

Why did the Gnostics beliefs contradict Catholic teaching?

It contradicts Genesis 1:31 ("And God saw everything that he had made and behold, it was very good")

What did the Gnostics claim about Christ?

That he only appeared to be a man but that his humanity was an illusion

What did the Gnostics believe about the "God of the Old Testament"

That he was an evil deity who was distinct from the New Testament God of Jesus Christ (Dualism)

Examples of Heresies?

-Gospel of Mary

-Gospel of Thomas

-Gospel of Truth

-Gospel of Philip

-Gospel of Judas

-Gospel of the Lord

-The Secret Book of James

Who were the Docetists and what did they believe?

The word docetai (illusionists) referring to early groups who denied Jesus's humanity

-they believed that Jesus only seemed to be human and that his physical body was a phantasm

Early groups who denied Jesus' humanity argued over the meaning of what sentence?

"the Word was made Flesh" in the Gospel of John

What is the Didache?

-describes a way of life for Jesus-followers

-second generation Christian writings

-means "teaching"

Who wrote the oldest texts in the New Testament?

Paul

When was the Council of jerusalem?

AD 49/50

Teaching authority of the Church

Magisterium

Someone who is killed for their faith, an honor and privilege in Christianity

Martyr

Generally, one who writes a work in order to defend and explain the Christian religion. The title also refers specifically to a group of Church fathers who wrote during the second and third centuries in the Roman Empire

Apologist

Who is the authentic interpreter of Sacred Scripture

the church

the bishops as successors to the Apostles, responsible for guiding the Church

epistocracy

the responsibility and supreme authority of guiding the Church

Vicar of Christ

Why did Sunday become the holiest day of the week for early Christians?

It was both the day that Jesus rose from the dead and the day which Pentecost occurred

Where does the term priest come from?

Greek presbyteros

When was the canon of the New Testament declared in the West?

by the end of the first decade of the 5th century