LESSON 2

Question 1

Polity means

Answer 1

The government of the Church

Question 2

True or False: The polity is disregarded.

Answer 2

False, it is important.

Question 3

Why is the persecution of the Church important?

Answer 3

It is usually during or after these times that the Church makes great advancements

Question 4

True or False: The propagation of the Church through missions cannot be ignored.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or False: There is no joining of the Church and state.

Answer 5

False, political elements involve relations between the Church and the state / secular environment,

Question 6

What is polemics?

Answer 6

The Church’s struggle against heresy and analysis of its own position

Question 7

What is the praxis of the Church?

Answer 7

The practical outworking in life of the Christian faith

Question 8

True or False: The presentation of the truth by the Church is also important to Church history.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The 3 Main Periods in Church History

Answer 9

1. Ancient
2. Medieval
3. Modern to Contemporary

Question 10

Ancient Church History

Answer 10

a. The Spread of Christianity to 100 AD
b. The Struggle of the Old Catholic Imperial Church for Survival (100-313 AD)
c. The Supremacy of the Old Catholic Imperial Church (315-500 AD)

Question 11

Medieval Church History

Answer 11

a. The Rise of the Empire and Latin-Teutonic Christianity (590-800 AD)
b. Changes in Relationship Between the Church and the State (800-1054 AD)
c. The Supremacy of the Papacy (1054-1305 AD)
d. Medieval Sunset and Modern Sunrise (1305-1517 AD)

Question 12

Modern Church History

Answer 12

a. Reformation and Counter Reformation (1517-1648 AD)
b. Rationalism, Revivalism, and Denominationalism (1648-1789 AD)
c. Revivalism, Missions, and Modernism (1789-1914 AD)
d, Tension (1914-Vatican II)