Final Exam Flashcards
What are the five pillars of epistemology
Experience, Holy Spirit, Scripture, Tradition, Reason.
By pendulum swing we mean…
Swing between Scripture and Tradition
Very early Christian worship and gathering was structured around the practice of the?
Eucharist
The Didache was?
-Dated to the 1st century
-teaching from the disciples for church
*16 chapters
*Virtuous way of life
*The Lord’s Prayer in its full current version
*Instructions for fasting
*Some church organization
*Instructions for baptism
*Refence to Abortion
Councils and Synods are the same thing?
-Councils are legally conviened assemblies of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts for the purpose of discussing and regulating matters of church doctrine and discipline.
-Synods are held locally, within various regions of the world, to deal with local disciplinary issues. Discuss byt nor resolve
The first empire-wide persecution was:
Decius (249–251)
The “lapsi” are:
Those who compromised and renounced their faith to avoid persecution
Constantine made Christianity legal by the Edict of Milan in the year:
313 CE
In the late fourth century, there was concern about music in worship because:
Pagan influence
Sensuality of the arts
Certain instruments forbidden
All 27 books of the New Testament were finally agreed on by:
All 27 NT books – finally confirmed by councils of Hippo (393 CE) and Carthage (397 CE)
An important issue discussed at the Council of Nicaea in the early 4th century was:
-Arianism
*Consubstantial unity
*Date of Easter
*Supress the Melitian sect
*Did address the Trinity, the
biblical Canon
An important issue discussed at the Council of Nicaea in the late 9th century was:
Iconoclasm
Veneration and Adoration
Monasticism was about:
Perfection and Maryrtdom
Apostolic succession was:
The idea that all the popes succeed from Peter, who was given the keys to heaven and hell
Christendom is:
The “Christian world”
*where Christianity dominates
imperium (political authority)
Sacerdotium (church authority)
Studium (intellectual authority )
Liturgy is best defined as:
-to edify the congregation
-a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted
-what the people do
The Eastern Orthodox cross has this characteristic:
The sign above Jesus and the cross on the bottom, where he is standing (focuses on the victory of Jesus,
not suffering)
The most correct order of the church year is:
The Church Year
*Advent – 4 Sundays
*Christmas – 12 days
*Epiphany – Mission
*Shrove Tuesday
*Lent – Ash Wednesday
*Passion days
-Palm Sunday
-Maundy Thursday
-Good Friday
*Easter
-Resurrection
-Ascension
-Pentecost
The four-fold model of worship is:
-Entrance/Gathering
-Service of the Word
-Service of the Table
-Sending out/Dismissa
The Great Schism of the 11th century was between:
-The East and the West
-Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
The term “filioque” relates to:
“and the Son” at the end of the Nicene creed, added by the Catholic pope without the calling of a council
A Papal Bull is:
Public Decree that the Pope uses, and when he does, he is supposedly infallible. (edict)
The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches both believe this about the infallibility of the
Pope:
They are equal authority, bit rome wanted to be more equal
The Crusades around the 11th to 14th centuries CE were:
to kick the Muslim “infidels” out of the Holy Land
-Officially sanctioned war efforts
The first major Crusade was in the year:
1096 CE
Frederick Barbarossa’s crusade:
-Well Organized
-Drowned before he got to the Holy Land