Chapter 3 Flashcards
Ascension
40 days after Easter
Jesus ascends to heaven
Pentecost
50 days after Easter
Holy Spirit comes to apostles
Marks beginning of the church’s public ministry
Vicar of Christ
“In the person of Christ”
Pope
Council of Jerusalem
203 AD
Determined if Gentile converts had to be circumcised (follow Jewish Tradition) - they did not
St. Peter
Fisherman Brother to St. Andrew Original name was Simon Means Cephas in Aramaic Given the power of binding and losing Crucified upside down
Lent
40 days
Starts Ash Wednesday
Fasting period
St. James the greater
Son of zebedee
Brother of St. John
Possible cousin of Jesus
First martyred of the apostles
St. John
"Disciple whom Jesus loved" Was asked to look after mary at the foot of the cross Died of natural causes Exiled to Patmos Worked in Ephesus
St. Andrew
Brother to St. Peter First apostle to meet Jesus X - shaped cross Disciple to St. John the Baptist Apostle to the Greeks
St. Philip
From bethsaida
Immediately told Nathanael (St. Bartholomew)
St. Bartholomew
Also known as Nathanael
From Cana
Saw Jesus’ first miracle
Martyred in Armenia
St. Matthew
A tax collector
Worked in caper aim
Emphasizes Jesus’ universal calling
Apostolic mission was to the Jews
St. Thomas
“My lord my god”
Associated with India
Malabar christian are the Indians he evangelized
St. James the lesser
From Nazareth
Possibly cousins to Jesus
Presided over council of Jersusalem
St. Jude
Also known as Thaddeus
Patron saint of lost causes
Martyred with st. Simon
