Christian Heritage

Question 1

According to Cyprian, if one has God as their Father, who must they have as their mother?

Answer 1

The Church

Question 2

Irenaeus was a student of which Apostolic Father?

Answer 2

Polycarp

Question 3

According to Cyprian, what does it mean to be “slain with the sword of the Spirit?”

Answer 3

to be cast out of the church

Question 4

Which heretic (teacher of false belief) does Irenaeus identify in our reading

Answer 4

Valentinus

Question 5

Qualifications for being an apostle according to Peter

Answer 5

Someone who has been an eyewitness for Jesus’ entire ministry

Question 6

What happens when there are no more like Matthias?

Answer 6

No more eyewitnesses

Question 7

Where do Christian’s find answers today
when they have questions about belief
and practice?

Question 8

What is an Apostolic Father?

Question 9

Sacred Writings…

Answer 9

• Clement
• Epistles of Barnabas
• Shepherd of Hermas
• Martyrdom of Polycarp
• Letters of _________
• Didache

Question 10

Who is Ignatius?

Answer 10

-Bishop of Antioch
-Wrote 7 epistles

Question 11

What was Ignatius’s occasion for writing?

Answer 11

-Was under arrest (unclear why)
-Traveling to Rome where he suffered death by martyrdom= was put to death an account of his faith

Question 12

Ecclesiology

Question 13

Martyrdom

Question 14

Where the ______ is, there is the church

Question 15

For centralized leadership to fight Heresy, why the move to establish authority?

Answer 15

“Avoid all divisions, as the beginning of evils”

Question 16

Used the word “catholic (_____) for the church

Question 17

What is Heresy?

Answer 17

-Belief or opinion contrary to religious doctrine
-Incorrect Doctrine, “bad” belief
-A theological “untruth”

Question 18

Implication: Heretics have chosen to be at odds with ______, or teachings of right belief, correct doctrine

Question 19

Docetism

Answer 19

-Christ did have a real body, was not human, did not die, did not rise again in the flesh
-Christ only seemed or appeared to be flesh

Question 20

Opponents had an ethical “disconnect” when ________ is denied

Question 21

Eucharist

Answer 21

-bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus through power of the Holy Spirit
-medicine of immortality (for salvation)

Question 22

What does Didache mean?

Answer 22

-Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

Question 23

What are the Didache Writings?

Answer 23

-Written over the course of several decades, mostly intact by early second century
-Considered Scripture by some before final canon of biblical books defined