Mid Term Flashcards
Define Hellenistic
Greek Language, Culture, and History after the time of
Alexander the Great.
What was Augustine’s Concept of the two cities?
The Church is the city of God
and the state is the city of the world
What doctrine created by Augustine led to the pradctice of infant baptism?
Original Sin; that every person is born with a sin nature and inherits Adam’s original sin
What was Augustine’s view of predestination?
He believed in irresistible grace, and that those are predistinated by God.
What overriding claim makes biblical Christianity differnt from all other religions in the world?
That man cannot himself he needs a savior
Why were the Anabaptists persecuted in Europe?
They rejected the union of church and state and they disagreed with infant baptism
Who ordered the arrest of Michael Sevetus in Genevus in 1553?
John Calvin
When and were was a final Nicean Creed established?
Council of Constantinople in 381 A.D.
Invariably, a cult will reveal itself as a lie in____________________________________.
how it views the Bible. The Bible alone is never enough for a false religion.
What does Sybiotic mean?
Equally beneficial
Define Byzantine
The Eastern Orthodox Chruch
What is the Athanasian Creed?
It declared the coequality and consubstantiality of three persons.
What significant event in the history of Catholicism take place in 1054 A.D.
The division of the Catholic Church (east and west)
When did Constatinople fall to Islam?
1453
In the Orthodox world, why is Moscow called the “third Rome”
Because the seat of orthodoxy found a new home in Moscow, It started in Rome, then Constantinople and then Moscow.
