Christianity Unit Guide 5/7/14 Flashcards
Greek word meaning anointed one
Christ messiah
Son of god, Christians believe in the teachings of a man who was called Christ a Jew, messiah
Jesus
How many followers are there?
Over one thousand million followers
Where was Jesus born?
Judae, a town called Bethlehem
An angel who visited a young woman named Mary and told her that she would be the mother of Jesus
Gabriel
Mother of Jesus virgin despite being a mother
Mary
Jesus was born here, where Mary and he fiancé Joseph had gone to pay their taxes
Bethlehem
3 gifts of the wise men were
Gold, good quality incense called frankincense, and bitter incense called myrrh
Occupation of Jesus
Carpenter
Who baptized Him?
John his cuz
Involves being immersed i water as a sign of starting a new spiritual life
Baptism
How long did Jesus go into the wilderness?
40 days
How many disciples did Jesus have?
12
Social outcasts, non Jews in which Jesus helped.
Gentiles
One of the most important talks that Jesus gave, described God’s law and love their enemies and not judge others, included the lords prayers
Sermon on the mount
Actions against gods laws
Sins
Stories which teach a spiritual lesson
Parables
When/why did people start turning against Jesus?
3 years after he began teaching because people thought he would overthrow the Romans and reestablish a Jewish kingdom
Last meal of Jesus before he was crucified shared bread and wine with his disciples bread symbolized his body, wine, his blood
Last supper
Treating God’s name with disrespect
Blasphemy
Roman governor who had the power to sentence people to death
Pontius Pilate
Fastened to a cross until death with nails
Crucifixion
Rise from the dead Jesus was this in 3 days
Resurrection
Going up to heaven to be reunited with god, ec Jesus
Ascension
Sacred Christian book, divided into two parts, old and New Testament
Bible
How many parts of the bible divided into?
2
Written in Hebrew, tells about the creation of the world, the history of Jews, and their relationship with God
Old Testament
Written in Greek life of Jesus and how through him, god could enter into a new relationship with the people, teaches salvation
New Testament
How do you attain salvation?
Comes through the belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus
Means good news written in 70 and 100 CE by 4 evangelists tells of the life, teaching death and resurrection of Jesus
Gospel
Name the four evangelist who wrote the gospels
Mathew, Mark, Luke, John
The final book of the New Testament described a vision of the end of time
Revelation
Who created the universe?
God
How many Days did it take god to make the world?
6 rested 7th
Why did Jesus sacrifice his life?
To make possible the forgiveness of human sin
Jesus will judge how people have behaved during their lives and decide where’re their soul goes to heaven or he’ll
Day of judgment
One of the disciples gave the first Christian sermon
Peter
Took the Christian message to Asia Minor, Greece, and even to Rome
Paul
Why did some roman emperors view Christian as rebels?
They refused to worship roman gods
Roman emperor who founded the city of Constantinople and made Christianity an official religion
Constantine
God as three persons: father son Holy Spirit
Trinity
Major split between the two branches of the church
Great schism
Church in the western empire became known as the
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern church became known as the
Orthodox
What started the reformation?
Criticism of the practices of the Catholic Church
German monk who attacked the authority of the pope and church leaders wrote ninety five complaints opposed sale of indulgences
Martin Luther
Frenchman who gave Protestantism it’s organized church structure shared Luther’s idea in predestination
John Calvin
Reforming movement within the Catholic Church
Counter-reformation
Challenged the supreme authority of the pope and declared himself the head of the church in England
King Henry VIII
Also known as the Anglican Church, a more catholic tradition known as a High church
Church of England
First nonconformist in England
Puritans
A group of people hwk fled Europe of the threat of persecution
Pilgrims
Main group to grow out of the early nonconformist movements
Methodist
Aims to unite all Christian groups into one single universal church
Ecumenicism
People dedicated to spring their beliefs to people in other places
Missionaries
Places of worship
Church, chapel
Led services in churches
Priests
A raised platform in which a sermon may be given
Pulpit
The way in which Christians talk to god
Prayer
Sacred songs that praise or worship God
Hymns
Men and women who have taken solemn vows dedicating their entire lives to god
Monks and nuns
Main service in many churches, means thanksgiving and reenacting of the last supper where Christians eat a small piece of bread and sip wine
Eucharist
It is called this for Catholic Churches, where the Eucharist practiced
Mass
Involves people having water poured on their head or being immersed, welcoming of people to the Christian faith
Baptism
Role of godparents
Promise to b ring the child up as a Christian after baptism
Ceremony at which a person becomes a priest or equivalent
Ordination
Ceremony in which a person becomes a full adult member of their church
Conformation
Death customs of different branches of Christianity
Orthodox, bury bodies never cremated
Other, having body cremated does not affect the soul, leaves decision to family
Begins the fourth Sunday before Christmas and marks the start of the Christian church’s year means coming, drawing near
Advent
Means Christ’s mass celebration of the birth of Jesus
Christmas
The period before Easter when Christians remember their sins
Lent
The day before lent
Mardi Gras
First day of Lent, where ash is marked on the forehand for sign of humbleness to god
Ash wedsday
Marks the beginning of the Holy Week
Palm Sunday
Remembrance of the events of the arrival of Jesus to his resurrection
Holy Week
Holiest day of the year, remembrance of Jesus’s resurrection
Easter
When people remember the death of Jesus
Good Friday
Reminds Christians of the ascension of Jesus into heaven
Ascension day
Also called Whitsun 7 Sundays after Easter, marks the day when god’s Holy Spirit is said to have come to the disciples in the form of wind and fire
Pentecost
Special days of remembrance for many saints usually on the date of their death
Saints’ days
