Christianity Flashcards
What is Ichthus
A symbol of the Greek fish used as a secret code for Christians on eapr chrisnianiy
What is the idea of radical table fellowship
Ones who are overlooked sit first and everyone gets a seat at the table
What is hypostatic union
Jesus is fully human and divinity in union
What does it mean to be martyerd
Killed for faith
What is the chi-rho
First two letters of Christos in Greek. Ceasar saw these letters and used them in battle to win
Difference between St Peter and St paul
Paul wanted Christianity to be for gentiles but Peter thoutlght it was just for jews
What is the significance between Jesus and king david
Jesus is his direct descendant just as the profocy of the messiah said he would be
What is the great schism?
Separation of the church into east and west
What is the role of iconography
Icons were used to worship until council of nice a stopped it
What was the result of the great schism
Orthodox Christians and there supreme pontiff
How were relics used in early christoanity
Relics of saints were seen as sacred and would give u favour in war so they were fought over legit piece of like eyeball or something
Who was Mary Magdalene
Lady nobilest desicle of Jesus cool dude
What is the Avignon papacy
Pope#1 moves to France and it sucks so he goes back but then pope#2 is elected and uh oh there’s 2 popes so they fire both and elect Pope #3 but then the first two popes don’t just leave so now there’s 3 popes until all three are fired properly this time
What is the role of Martin Luther
In 1517 he posted 95 issues with the current church and this created a huge movement called protostan revolution that created a bunch of denominations like protestant. After the council of Trent was made to prevent future abuse of church offices
