Origin of the Church

Question 1

What is the Church?

Answer 1

It’s a Christian concept, an institution
It’s not the Church OF the UK, because it’s nothing else than a concept, we talk about the Church in the UK.

Question 2

“Christianisme” en anglais

Answer 2

Christianity

Question 3

“Chrétienté” en anglais

Answer 3

Christian dom

Question 4

What is the Scots word for Church

Answer 4

Kirk

Question 5

During the 4th Century, what language was used by Christians?

Answer 5

Greek

Question 6

What is the Greek word for Church?

Answer 6

Ecclesia

(Root of “Eglise”)

Question 7

Ecclesia meaning

Answer 7

It’s the word for Church, but it also means “of the Lord”, refers to an assembly of citizens
its meaning passend through Celtic and Latin langnuages, and then from Latin to Romanic languages

Question 8

Epistle

Answer 8

• a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter.
• The letters in the New Testament from Apostles to Christians are usually referred to as epistles

Question 9

St Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians

Answer 9

originally written in Greek, it was translated to those Gaelic tribes.

it’s about the relation of Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians in the church & the justification through faith

Question 10

What is the Old Irish word for Church

Answer 10

Eclais (Eaglais today)

Question 11

What does “Kuriakon” mean?

Answer 11

“belonging to a lord.”
The Greek root of the word Church

Question 12

The Septuagint

Answer 12

The Greek Old Testament, translated from Hebrew in 72days by 72 interpreters, hence its name.

It talks about the Kingas the man (Kurios?) guaranteeing Justice, the man that makes right again, a man that offers shelter in a hostile environment.

“Kurios” = “Lord” refers to God in the New Testament, adapted by the Saxon = Church, which explains the shade of meaning behind it, different from Ecclesia.

Question 13

The different “bodies” in the English Church

Answer 13

The Church of England
The Church of Scotland (Kirk)
The Roman Church (The Roman Catholic Church, its headquarter is in Vatican City = The UK is outside Roman jurisdiction, but is present in the UK.)

Question 14

Archbishops

Answer 14

There are : 4 Roman catholic provinces in England, one in Scotland, one in Wales and one in Northern Ireland.
Each of these provinces is under the management of an archbishop.

Question 15

The Archbishop of Westminster

Answer 15

He is a cardinal. He supervises the Roman Church in the UK with the Duke of Norfolk, a lay member (who is not in Church orders)

Question 16

diocese

Answer 16

• a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church
• 30 in the UK, divided in parishes (3000)

Question 17

Which Church is the largest, in term of active membership?

Answer 17

The Roman Church = 2 million active participants
mostly urban working class, Irish decent and the Hammiltons in Scoltand (almost a dynasty).
Roman catholicism is greatly present in England and Ireland and has been given complete freedom of worship since the Victorian era.

Question 18

Free Churches

Answer 18

• “Dissenters”, “Levellers”, Non conformists, Christian Protestant groups that broke away from the Lutheran Reform. ==> Puritans
• They broke away from the Established Churches of England and Scotland sometimes found new opportunities of the life of Godliness in foreign land, such as America.
• They came from the Anabaptist movement in the 60’s

Question 19

About the Puritans, their view on religion

Answer 19

• They all value their origins and independence very much
• Their levelling or egalitarian beliefs have political and social overtones which played a part in the formation of the Labour party and dthe Lib Dem.
• Taste for simplicity reflected in their buildings and ways of life
• Mostly Northern, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland working class

Question 20

Archbishops

Answer 20

There are : 4 Roman catholic provinces in England, one in Scotland, one in Wales and one in Northern Ireland.
Each of these provinces is under the management of an archbishop.

Question 21

The main free Churches

Answer 21

The Methodists, The Baptists, the United Reformed Church and the Salvation Army.

Question 22

Evangelical Churches

Answer 22

• Enthusiastic Christians whith a hint of fundamentalism.
• A literal understanding of the words in the Bible.
• They enjoy colourful worships → dancing and singing.

Question 23

the Assemblies of God and the Pentecostal Church

Answer 23

emphasizing the miraculous, marvellous, and spiritual side of the New Testament rather than doctrinal tenets/elements about sin and salvation.
> mostly people of West Indian descent (afro Caribbean origins)

Question 24

The Church of the latter-day Saints

Answer 24

The Mormons

Question 25

The religious society of Friends

Answer 25

• the Quakers
• founded in the 17th century by Georges Fox & William Penne
  William Penne who founded Pennsylvania, and he had the Declaration of Indulgence (religious toleration) passed.
• A religious society and not a Chruch because no ministers/organised services, only members gathering.

Question 26

The Methodist Chruch

Answer 26

• the largest of the free Churches
• worldwide membership of several million

Question 27

The Baptists

Answer 27

• association of Churches “the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland”
• Originally formed into a Church (early 17th) after they had broken away from the Brownists
• Started with English Puritanism

Question 28

The Brownists

Answer 28

a radical protestant group who wanted to overthrow the Established Church (Anglican Church)
- Considered close to Anabaptists by the English government

Question 29

The Anabatists

Answer 29

• Started from the Radical Reformation
• They rejected infant baptism and propelled a confidence in pacifism. They don’t recognize the Baptist statute of justification by faith alone rather they emphasize a “life of good works.”

Question 29

The Anabatists

Answer 29

• Started from the Radical Reformation
• They rejected infant baptism and propelled a confidence in pacifism. They don’t recognize the Baptist statute of justification by faith alone rather they emphasize a “life of good works.”

Question 30

John Smith

Answer 30

Baptised himself and formed the first English Baptised Church in Holland.
from that local Baptist Churches appeared.