The Pattern of Return

Question 1

What is the Christian churches founding vision?

Answer 1

The life, death and resurrection of Jesus as recorded in the Bible.

Question 2

Reason for Returning to Origins

Answer 2

It is an important process and it leads us to understand and rediscover the energy and commitment that was put into the group being established.

Reflection - may lead to seeing things in a new way

Question 3

Examples of Returning to Origins within Christian Communities

Answer 3

Local Bible study groups
Living in Christian Communities

Question 4

Reasons for Returning to Origins within Christian Communities

Answer 4

Christians throughout the world are drawn to living in small Christian communities in an* effort to live as the early Christians* lived and reconnect with the* foundational experience.*
Local Bible study groups learn and* follow the teachings of Jesus* as they seek to reflect. Leading to them* seeing things in a new way* or to challenging the church from within,

Question 5

Returning to Origins Definition

Answer 5

Getting back to basics

Returning to the Original visions/missions/purposes of a certain group.

Question 6

Does the Christian religious movement have a regular or irregular pattern of returning to origins?

Answer 6

Regular - Christianity was founded on the vision of Jesus Christ and has a regular pattern of returning to origins in order to rediscover this vision.

Question 7

Irish example of Returning to Origins within the Church

Answer 7

Céilí Dé

Question 8

When did the Céilí Dé emerge?

Answer 8

Around the second half of the 8th century. 800 years after the death of Jesus

Question 9

Who were the two leading figures of the Céilí Dé

Answer 9

Maelruain and Dudlittir

Both abbots of ministries in Tallaght and Finglas

Question 10

Why did the Céilí Dé emerge

Answer 10

It emerged out of a growing dissatisfaction with monastic life among some religions. It also reflected a disenchantment with the general practice of those calling themselves Christians at the time.

Question 11

What was the Céilí Dé’s primary focus

Answer 11

The primary focus of this movement was the renewal of the monastic tradition

Question 12

What did the Céilí Dé place special emphasis on?

Answer 12

The Céilí Dé placed special emphasis on the importance of study and hermitic life. They proposed that monastic reform would come about by re-emphasising the importance of prayer, labour, study.

Question 13

What were the “three profitable things of in the day” in relation to the Céilí Dé reformers

Answer 13

1. Prayer
2. Labour
3. Study

Question 14

How long did the Céilí Dé monks pray for each day?

Answer 14

8 hours

Question 15

How did the Céili Dé view Sundays?

Answer 15

They placed great emphasis on the observance of Sunday as a day of rest and prayer.

Question 16

Did the Céilí Day movement survive? Give reaons as to why/why not

Answer 16

The Céilí Dé movement was never highly structured and did not develop uniformaly, and so it has not survived as other reform movements have.

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Question 17

Examples of Communally Living Christian Communites

Answer 17

1. Religious Order Homes
2. Convents
3. Monasteries
4. L’Arche

Question 18

Who was a leading figure during the Reformation

Answer 18

Martin Luther

A German Augustine priest

Question 19

What did Martin Luther become conscious of?

Answer 19

He became conscious of the great gap between the life of the early Church which valued the vision of Jesus and the lifestyle displayed by the church leaders at the time, who were so called Christians.

Question 20

What did Martin Luther witness in Rome and when?

Answer 20

When he travalled to Rome in 1510 he was appalled at the levels of immorality, laziness and lack of religious commitment that he witnessed by the popes and hierarchy of the church

Question 21

What did Martin Luther believe so strongly about that was in contrast to the beliefs of the Church leaders at the time?

Answer 21

After returning to Germany, Luther came across a line in the Letters of St Paul in the New Testament which led him to believe that if you merely just believed in God, that alone was enough to send you to heaven. Despite our sins, belief in God will have you saved.

“The one who is righteous will live by faith”

Question 22

What implications did Luther’s revelations about “the one who is righteous” have at the time?

Answer 22

These revelations had a huge impact on the Medieval Church as they placed high importance on the selling of indulgences to save yourself and repent your sins, something Luther argued against.

Question 23

When did Martin Luther nail his 95 Theses to the door of the church?

Answer 23

1517

Question 24

What church did Martin Luther nail his 95 Theses to?

Answer 24

The door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany

Question 25

Why did he nail his 95 Theses to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg?

Answer 25

His intention was not to reform or rebel against the Church but to simply set up a theological debate on the matter.

Question 26

When did Pope Leo X condemn Luther’s views?

Answer 26

June 1520

Question 27

What did Pope Leo X tell Martin Luther?

Answer 27

He said that Luther had 2 months to retract his theories and burn his books or he would be guilty of heresy

Question 28

What did Martin Luther do at the Diet of Worms?

Answer 28

He refused to retract his statements and was ultimately excommunicated

Question 29

When was the Diet of Worms?

Answer 29

1521

Question 30

Define Heresy

Answer 30

Belief which is contrary to religious teaching

Question 31

What did the split between Luther and the Catholic Church result in?

Answer 31

The beginning of the Reformation

Question 32

Name examples of change throughout the world in the 1960s

Answer 32

Feminist movements, Civil Rights Movements, Space Exploration, Media expansion in the home, greater educational opportunities at the invention of the “teenager”

Question 33

What did the Catholic Church create to reform during this period of time?

Answer 33

The Second Vatican Council

Question 34

What name was giving to the term used to describe the Church updating their agenda to help Catholics live out their faith in the modern world?

Answer 34

“Aggiornamento”

Question 35

Name the Pope responsible for calling the Second Vatican Council

Answer 35

Pope John XXIII (23rd)

Question 36

How did the Second Vatican Council encourage the Church to see itself?

Answer 36

It encouraged the Catholic Church to think of itself as a community full of lay people and clergy rather than an institution that had a hierachy over regular people.
It called for a more active involvement of lay people and for the term “Church” to be used to refer to the people of God rather than the building itself.

Question 37

What changes were brought in under the Second Vatican Council?

Answer 37

1. Mass spoken in the vernacular, not Latin.
2. Priest faces audience, not with his back turned to the poeple
3. Rules regarding religious dress were relaxed.
4. Lay people would become more involved in the celebration of the sacraments

Question 38

What did the Second Vatican Council highlight in regards to other churches in particular?

Answer 38

The Second Vatican highlighted the need for reconciling with other faiths through ecumenism and inter faith dialogue

Question 39

What did the Second Vatican Council highlight in regards to the social aspect in particular?

Answer 39

It called upon Catholics to be more aware and involved in issues regarding human rights and social justice.