Christianity Flashcards
Inspired word of God
The Bible
Also known as the truth, the living word, and the holy Scriptures
The Bible
Contains 27 books in five different genres
The New Testament
Five genres of the New Testament
The Gospels, history, Pauline epistles, general epistles, prophecy
The story of the life of Jesus is written in the first four books of the New Testament and is also known as
The covenants or the Gospels
Defined as the Good news
Gospels
BC stands for
Before Christ
A D stands for
Anno domini
Anno Domini is Latin for what?
The year of the Lord
Birth year of Jesus
4 BC
For testimonies to the life of Christ
The Gospels of Matthew Mark Luke and John
Jesus grew up where and began ministry at what age?
Galilee, 29-30
Who insisted on the death of Christ
Jewish religious leaders
The day that Jesus was crucified on is not celebrated as
Friday
Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday and it is now celebrated as what
Easter
Jesus ascended into heaven how many days after the resurrection
40
Teachings of Christ can be summed up in what question?
What is the greatest commandment?
The message of Christ
Love
Gods decision to not give man what he deserves
Mercy
Gods decision to give man what he does not deserve
Grace
John 3:16 gives us 3 pieces of info
1 God loves the world
2 eternal life to believers
3 Jesus is God’s so
Christ is both God and human aka God in flesh
The incarnation
14 of the 27 books in the New Testament are credited to who
The apostle Paul
Members of Jesus’ inner circle
Peter James and John
The book of Revelation can be roughly translated into what
Apocalypse or disclosure
The worlds largest religion with over 2.2 billion followers and has an influence on every continent
Christianity
Early Christians initially followed what
Jewish Tanakh
The breakdown of the Bibles books
66 books in total, 39 Old Testament, 27 New Testament
How was Christianity ruled initially
Monarchical style
Church members that were in charge of churches in larger cities
Bishops
The bishops of Rome, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem became known as what which also means father source
Patriarchs
The patriarch of Rome emerged as a leader of the church and was known as
The pope, Papa, father
The first Christian martyr
A deacon named Stephen
Emperor who made Christianity legal
Constantine
Emperor who made Christianity the state religion
Theodosius
Person who change the face of Christianity and was considered the authority on Christian thought
Augustine
Person who built monasteries and made Christianity include mission work
Benedict
Word that means correct belief
Orthodox
The bishops of Rome and Constantinople excommunicated each other forever separating the two and what year?
1054
Controversy in the Eastern Church about the nature of Christ led to the creation of what?
Nicene creed
Military attempts by the Europeans to take back the holy land became known as what?
The Crusades
Martin Luther’s concerns about the errors he observed in the Roman church led to the creation of this document
95 theses
