RE Flashcards
What does Messiah Mean
The promised deliverer of the jewish nation
What does Gentiles Mean
A non jewish person
What does Martyr mean
who is prepared to witness to his or her faith in Jesus Christ even when this may result in suffering and death.
What does Persecution mean
hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs.
What does Conversion Mean
the fact of changing one’s religion or beliefs or the action of persuading someone else to change theirs.
What are the following historical events known for What did Galerius issue in 311CE?
Galerius ordered to persecution of all Christans
What are the following historical events known for Battle of Milvian Bridge
Constantine defeated the superior forces of his rival Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge. The vison of this was Christ told him he should use the sign of the cross against his enemies.
What are the following historical events known for What did Constitine do for Christians?
He made the persecution of Christians illegal by signing the Edict of Milan in 313 and helped spread the religion by bankrolling church-building projects, commissioning new copies of the Bible, and summoning councils of theologians to hammer out the religion’s doctrinal kinks
What are the following historical events known for what was Constantine’s famous vision?
he saw with his own eyes the trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing the inscription, ‘In Hoc Singo Vinces’ (‘with this sign, you shall win’)
What is the connection between the Holy Spirit, Pentecost and the early Church?
The pentecost is when the holy spirt when down to the deciples and they spread out. Peter then zcreated the church
Acts 7: 54-60. What did Stephen see?
St stephen saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
What happened to Paul on the road to Damascus?
On the road to Damascus, Saul/Paul was struck by a brilliant light, fell to the ground, heard a voice from heaven identified as the voice of Jesus asking, “Why are you using violence against me?”
How war the Eucharist celebrated in the first three centuries of Christianity?
For the first three centuries the Eucharist celebrated in houses, in homes and in secret. For the first three centuries the Eucharist was celebrated in the houses and homes of Christians. In times of persecution these celebrations would have been in secret, in catacombs and other hidden spots.
How did St Peter and St Paul help to establish the early Christian Church?
The call of St Pete
St peter and St paul both taught in rome about christanality
