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Christian Flashcards

1
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20th Century Christianity focused on what concerns of oppressed groups?

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Liberation Theologies

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2
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Christian synoptic gospels refer to:

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Matthew Mark Luke

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3
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Martin Luther in 1517:

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Posted 95 Theses of indulgences

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4
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Central debate of Council of Nicaea?

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Whether Jesus was same/similar but different substance as God (The Father)

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5
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Eucharist commemorate

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Last meal that Jesus shared with his disciples.

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6
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What was decided at the 2nd council of Nicaea in 787?

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Icons were permissible & would be tolerated as long as the faithful didn’t actually worship them.

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7
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Black elk was famous for:

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Indigenous wisdom & Christian belief were complementary.

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Important question that emerged within Christian community during Paul evangelism?

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Whether or not gentiles needed to observe the Jewish law.

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9
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How did Christian monks who chose cenobitic paths live?

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In a community with others committed to religious life.

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10
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True Jesus of Nazareth

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Was an itinerant teacher in prophetic tradition of his day.

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11
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Term “anchorite” refers to in early Christianity:

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A hermit devoted to silence, prayer, and sometimes mortification of flesh.

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12
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Renewal movement that gave rise to Christian Pentecostalism was led by what American Evangelist?

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Charles Parham

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13
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How many distinct denominational groups are in Christianity?

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25,000

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14
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what is heresy

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Belief/Practice contrary to accepted doctrine of Church.

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15
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What is not required of medieval monks/nuns:

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Ordination

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16
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In early Christianity, worldview that separated idea of God the creator from God the supreme being, positing that the creator was a lower being or “demi-urge”?

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Gnosticism

17
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What is Mysticism?

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Specific tradition that emphasizes the certainty of profound personal experience

18
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World glossolalia refers to?

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speaking in tongues

19
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Year that’s final break between Churches of Constantinople & Rome?

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1054

20
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How many books are in the Christian New Testament?

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27

21
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Under which Roman Emperor was Christianity first practiced freely?

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Constantine

22
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The Christian response to apartheid in South Africa was?

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There were Christians on both sides of the debate

23
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Christian Denomination grew out of Christian Anabaptist movement?

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Mennonites

24
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Event that began Jesus’s public ministry?

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HIS BAPTISM

25
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Largest Christian Denomination in the world?

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Roman Catholic

26
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Christian reformer believed only God could bring salvation and even by creation, he predestined some people to salvation?

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John Calvin

27
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Defining Roman Catholic religious order of Counter-Reformation

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Jesuits

28
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In Christianity, kind of heavenly senate/honor society and can serve as powerful allies in quest for spiritual benefit?

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Archbishops

29
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Scholasticism in Christian thought was:

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Effort to reconcile philosophy of ancient Greek/Rome within Christian theology.

30
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How did Christian deists envision God?

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A divine clockmaker

31
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Foundational office in early Christianity

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episcopacy

32
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Sacrament in all Christian denominations?

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baptism

33
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Year the crusades began?

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1095

34
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Formed in 1985 to study Jesus sayings and discuss/debate whether it originated with Jesus or was attributed to him later

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Jesus Seminar

35
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What two lesser offices opened to women in early Christian Church?

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Widow and Deaconess

36
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Which was not a change made to Roman Catholicism by 2nd vatican council?

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Allowing women to be ordained priests

37
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English word “icon” comes from Greek word that means

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Image

38
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When Christian New Testament became a standard canon

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Shortly after Christianity became the established religion of the Roman empire

39
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Pauline Epistles are:

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Series of letters written by Apostle Paul

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