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What were the 4 sects of Judaism?

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  1. Pharisees
  2. Sadducees
  3. Essenes
  4. Zealots
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Were Jews and Christians friendly with one another in the early church?

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  • The men and woman who made up the church at this time considered themselves good Jews
  • The Bulk of the Christians in the ancient church at its beginning were Jews as well
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What were the 3 important items the church needed to settle after the apostles died?

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  1. Codified the cannon
  2. Created the creeds
  3. Began the episcopacy
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What is a creed?

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Short statements of beliefs summarizing Christian teaching and introduce inquirers to the faith

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What is the canon?

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  • comes from a Greek term that means “rod or ruler” both items used in ancient times to measure things
  • the books of the Bible were used as rules or norms for people to live by
  • authoritative scripture
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What is apostolic succession?

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The uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority from the Apostles through successive popes and bishops

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Who finalized the canon in 376 AD?

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Athanasius

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Was there a hierarchy in the early church?

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No, it was fluid and flexible without a complex hierarchy

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When did the hierarchy evolve? What was the 112AD saying that was used about this hierarchy?

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The hierarchy began around 60AD

The saying was “follow the bishops as Christ followed the Father”

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What were the 4 offices of the early church?

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  1. Bishops
  2. Deacons
  3. Presiding Officers
  4. Elders
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What did the Pax Romana do for the Christians?

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Made travel around the empire safely and helped to spread Christianity

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What is Arianism?

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Only God is eternal, Christ is a created being and not one with the father. Jesus is subject to change and could potentially sin. He was created out of nothing before time began and could not comprehend the mind of God.

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What is Marcion’s heresy?

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OT God is evil. Jesus’ God is not the same, but God the Father. Jesus was not born of Mary, he just appeared one day.

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How did the church feel about being martyrs?

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It was an honor

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What were the 3 responses to persecution?

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  1. Fold
  2. Die
  3. Fake
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What were the 3 charges leveled against Christians by the Roman government?

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  1. Cannibalism
  2. Incest
  3. Atheism
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Who was martyred?

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  1. Ignatius of Antioch
  2. Polycarp of Smyrna
  3. Perpetua
  4. Felicitas
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How did the fall of Jerusalem affect the Christians?

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Forced them to flee to surrounding areas, which ultimately helped spread their religion and is why Christianity became a world religion.

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What were the capitals for Christianity?

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Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Rome

20
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Who started Monasteries? Who ran them?

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St. Benedict and Abbots ran them

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Who was Constantine and how did he effect Christianity?

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Emperor of Rome and had a vision from God of a trophy of a cross of light “conquer by this”. Legalized Christianity, called to synods to deal with cases of internal church strife.

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What were the effects of the Crusades?

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  • they weakened the Pope and nobles but strengthened the monarchs
  • Left bitterness among Christians, Jews and Muslims
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How did heresies effect the church?

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met together in councils to discuss how they would defend the faith.

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What was the Feudal system hierarchy?

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Kings, Nobles, Knights, Peasants

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What was chivalry?

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a code of ethics followed by knight, It taught honesty, fairness in battle, loyal, proper treatment of women.

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What did the Scholasticism movement bring to the world?

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Cathedral school established which allowed more scholarship

  • Systematic theology was split apart from biblical study
  • theology went up, bible study went down
  • Commentaries replaced the study of the word
  • universities sprouted up all over
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Why did the Mysticism start?

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As a response to scholasticism which urged direct contact with God in the act of worshp instead of passively participating in the coldly formal acts of worship performed by clergymen and scholars

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What was the final straw the split the church into eastern orthodoxy and roman catholic?

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The Great Schism of 1054

Excommunication between the Pope and the Patriarch

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What did Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy churches have in common?

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  • They base their faith on the gospel of Jesus and the Bible
  • They use sacrements such as Baptism
  • Their religious leaders are priests and bishops
  • They seek to convert people
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What did Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy do differently?

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Roman: Services in Latin, the pope has authority over all other bishops, the pope claims authority over all kings and emperors, priests may not marry, divorce is not permitted.
Orthodoxy: Services are conducted in Greek/local languages, the patriarch and other bishops head the church as a group, the emperor claims authority over the patriarch and other bishops of the empire, priests may marry, divorce allowed under certain conditions.

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How did the Church deal with those who denied Christ and wanted entrance into the Church after persecution ended?

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The Donatists didn’t want to let them back in, wanted a pure church of saints, not sinners. The rest of the church wanted to allow them back.

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