Lesson 5 - The Story Continues Part 1

Question 1

What is lacking when church history is seen primarily through the lens of its development as an institution and/or the history of doctrine?

Answer 1

Viewing church history through the lens of the mission of God

Question 2

Which of the periods below is NOT one of Pierson’s 6 eras of church history?

Answer 2

The Counter-Reformation

Question 3

What are examples of a “modality” and a “sodality?”

Answer 3

Church and Parachurch

Question 4

What is meant by the key factor of “Theological Break-throughs?”

Answer 4

When the Church rediscovers forgotten truths

Question 5

What are two significant ways the Church grew in the first 500 years?

Answer 5

Formal and Informal

Question 6

What group of people have been significantly responsible for the spread of Christianity until recent times?

Answer 6

Monks

Question 7

What began in 622 AD that led to what are perhaps the greatest losses in the history of the Church?

Answer 7

Islam

Question 8

What segment of Christianity spread to China in 635AD?

Answer 8

Nestorianism

Question 9

After the breakup of Charlemagne’s empire in the 9th century AD, Viking invaders oppressed the Church in Western Europe. Afterward Celtic monks evangelized Scandinavia by what approach?

Answer 9

The powerless to the powerful