Christianity Flashcards

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Inspired word of God

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The Bible

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Also known as the truth, the living word, and the holy Scriptures

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The Bible

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Contains 27 books in five different genres

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The New Testament

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Five genres of the New Testament

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The Gospels, history, Pauline epistles, general epistles, prophecy

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The story of the life of Jesus is written in the first four books of the New Testament and is also known as

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The covenants or the Gospels

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Defined as the Good news

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Gospels

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BC stands for

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Before Christ

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A D stands for

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Anno domini

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9
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Anno Domini is Latin for what?

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The year of the Lord

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Birth year of Jesus

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4 BC

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For testimonies to the life of Christ

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The Gospels of Matthew Mark Luke and John

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12
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Jesus grew up where and began ministry at what age?

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Galilee, 29-30

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13
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Who insisted on the death of Christ

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Jewish religious leaders

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14
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The day that Jesus was crucified on is not celebrated as

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Friday

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Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday and it is now celebrated as what

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Easter

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16
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Jesus ascended into heaven how many days after the resurrection

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40

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17
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Teachings of Christ can be summed up in what question?

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What is the greatest commandment?

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The message of Christ

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Love

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Gods decision to not give man what he deserves

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Mercy

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Gods decision to give man what he does not deserve

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Grace

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John 3:16 gives us 3 pieces of info

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1 God loves the world
2 eternal life to believers
3 Jesus is God’s so

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Christ is both God and human aka God in flesh

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The incarnation

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14 of the 27 books in the New Testament are credited to who

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The apostle Paul

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Members of Jesus’ inner circle

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Peter James and John

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The book of Revelation can be roughly translated into what

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Apocalypse or disclosure

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The worlds largest religion with over 2.2 billion followers and has an influence on every continent

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Christianity

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Early Christians initially followed what

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Jewish Tanakh

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The breakdown of the Bibles books

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66 books in total, 39 Old Testament, 27 New Testament

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How was Christianity ruled initially

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Monarchical style

30
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Church members that were in charge of churches in larger cities

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Bishops

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The bishops of Rome, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem became known as what which also means father source

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Patriarchs

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The patriarch of Rome emerged as a leader of the church and was known as

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The pope, Papa, father

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The first Christian martyr

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A deacon named Stephen

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Emperor who made Christianity legal

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Constantine

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Emperor who made Christianity the state religion

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Theodosius

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Person who change the face of Christianity and was considered the authority on Christian thought

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Augustine

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Person who built monasteries and made Christianity include mission work

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Benedict

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Word that means correct belief

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Orthodox

39
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The bishops of Rome and Constantinople excommunicated each other forever separating the two and what year?

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1054

40
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Controversy in the Eastern Church about the nature of Christ led to the creation of what?

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Nicene creed

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Military attempts by the Europeans to take back the holy land became known as what?

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The Crusades

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Martin Luther’s concerns about the errors he observed in the Roman church led to the creation of this document

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95 theses