Christian Living Flashcards
Early Church, Renewal Movement & Paradigm of the Church, Mary and the Communion of Saints, Advent and Lent season, and Biography of Lasallian Saints
Proclamation of Faith: the good news of salvation in the Risen Christ
Kerygma
Share all possessions in common - Community
Koinonia
Promotion of common good deeds - Service
Diakonia
Community celebrates the fruits of faith and enriches & inflames the community of life - Worship
Leitourgia
True/False:
After the Pentecost, the Christians proclaimed the Gospel vigorously. They were met with many challenges and so much opposition.
True
True/False:
Early Christians expected their worldly life would be filled with bliss.
False
True/False:
Martyrdom is suffering and dying for witnessing the faith in Jesus.
True
True/False
All the apostles died a martyr’s death, significantly representing Christ’s path of suffering and death
False
Who was the one who said “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”?
Tertullian
True/False
The early Christians celebrated the fruits of faith (kerygma) and service (Diakonia) in the Lord as community (koinonia) through worship (leitourgia).
False
True/False:
Faith alone is enough. There is no need to do good deeds.
False
True/False:
Advent is a season of harvesting all the good works we have done in the past.
False
True/False:
Christ is the founder of the Church.
True
True/False:
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception teaches that Christ the Son of God was conceived without sin.
False
The Advent season is represented by the colors (1) ____ for penance, and (2) ____ for joy
- Purple
- Pink
Hint: Purple = Penance
Both words have ‘P’ and ‘E’
True/False:
Immaculate Conception is the Dogma which shows God’s special grace to Mary as part of God’s plan of Salvation.
True
True/False:
The study of Church history leads us back to Jesus.
True
True/False:
Someone once said: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.” This entails that the sacrifices of the early Christians inspired many to persevere in their faith.
True
What is Monasticism
Living a life away from the world, following special rules and promises, like monks, friars, nuns, or other religious people.
1st people who guide the Church, they are also the people who knew the apostles, clarifying the questions of faith
Apostolic Fathers
The people who defended the faith from attacks of Romans, Jewish, and Greek enemies
Apologists
Highly educated people of the church
Doctors of the Church
Who was the first saint to get martyred? And how?
St. Stephen - stoned to death
Keyword: both the name Stephen and stone has the first letter of S
The Roman emperor who blamed the Christians for the burning of Rome
Nero
Hint: Nero = burNing
something like that
The Roman emperor who accused Christians of atheism and a refusal to worship the Roman gods.
Domitian
The roman emperor who reinforced traditional roman religious practices / state worship was restored among soldiers
Trajan
The roman emperor who accused Christians of poisoning ancient roman morals
Decius