Story of the early church Flashcards
How did the apostles spend their days after Christ’s Ascension into Heaven
They were afraid, and gathered in the upper room with Mary for ten days waiting for the Holy Spirit.
What is the Great Commission
Jesus’ final instruction to go and baptize all nations and spread the church to the ends of the earth or all over the world
What did St. Peter establish as the requirement for a man to be a candidate to replace Judas in his Apostleship
they had to be baptized and be with jesus since the beginning
who did st peter choose as judas’ replacement
st matthias
What are the signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Mighty wind and tounges of fire
What immideate effect did the spirit have on the apostles
they became like new men and spoke boldly proclaiming the gospel in many languages
how effective was the apostles preaching on pentecost
very effective, three thousand people converted on that day alone
What does the word petecost mean and what jewish feast did it commemorate
it means fifty weeks and commemorates the petecost in passover
If jesus is the head of the mystical body of christ what is the holy spirit
the soul
what are the six ways the holy spirit continues to work through the church today
-Assisting the Pope and Bishops
-Sacred Scripture
-Sacraments
-Gifts of the Holy spirit
-Friuits of the holy spirit
-special graces “charisms”
What is the symbol of peter
the keys
peter has - over the disciples
primacy
“The blood of martyers is the seed of Christians” explain.
their sacrifice gave wittness to the ressureted christ
Why was there a question of if gentiles needed to be jews first
the jewish people had a special relationship with god because he fufilled the laws, spoke to abraham, and og christians were jewish. Old law says you need to be crcumcised.
What two things convinced peter of the importance of taking the gospels to the gentiles without them being jewish
he had a vision that god made all fruits clean and met with st corenellius
what was decided at the council of jerusalem
gentiles could become christian without having to be circumcized or following kosher
how was the primacy of peter apparant at the council of jerusalem
his vision and speaking. His final say on the matter
How was the ministry aspect apparent to the first apostles peter andrew james john
he told them they would become fishers of men
who converted the first gentile
st philip
