Unit 2.2: Jesus Establishes His Church (Apostles/Early Church)

Question 1

Apostle

Answer 1

Greek for “one who is sent”

Question 2

Bishops

Answer 2

Are the successors to the apostles
Christ’s authority is passed down from bishop to bishop throughout history

Question 3

St. Peter

Answer 3

The ‘Fisher of Men’
The rock of the church
Christ gave peter the keys to the kingdom

Question 4

Gentile

Answer 4

A Non-Jewish person

Question 5

St. Paul

Answer 5

Apostle to the gentiles
Saul Becomes Paul
3 Missionary Journeys
Focused on Old Testament

Question 6

Areopagus

Answer 6

The alter of the ‘Unknown God’

Question 7

Blasphemy

Answer 7

Speaking, acting, or thinking about God in a way that is irrelevant, mocking, or offensive

Question 8

Describe Saul
(Before he became St. Paul)

Answer 8

A tent maker from tarsus
Roman citizen
Educated in Hebrew Scriptures
Arrested and tortured Christians

Question 9

What happened to St. Paul on the way to Damascus?

Answer 9

He was blinded and asked:
“Saul, why are you persecuting me”

Question 10

What happened when St. Paul got to Damascus?

Answer 10

He was healed and baptized by an elder of the church
Apostles accepted him as ‘one who is sent’
Becomes greatest missionary in church history

Question 11

What did Nero blame St. Paul for doing

Answer 11

Starting the fires that destroyed Rome

Question 12

Who started the fires in Rome?

Answer 12

Nero

Question 13

Acts 13:16

Answer 13

Paul preaches in a synagogue in Antioch

Question 14

What philosophies did St. Paul use

Answer 14

Pagan Philosophies

Question 15

Martyrdom

Answer 15

Greek word for ‘Witness’
To die rather than deny faith in Christ

Question 16

Tertullian (155-200 AD)

Answer 16

“The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christianity”

Question 17

3 Roman persecutions of the Early Church

Answer 17

1.) Religious
2.) Political
3.) Economic

Question 18

Religious Persecution

Answer 18

Christinas refused to participate in idolatry of pagan worship

Question 19

Political Persecution

Answer 19

Refusal of the civic worship of the emperor as the son of God was treasonous and punishable by death

Question 20

Economic Persecution

Answer 20

St. Paul taught that idols were futile and worthless, undermining temple commerce and derailing the empires economic system

Question 21

Red Martyrdom

Answer 21

Physical torture and death

Question 22

White Martyrdom

Answer 22

A life of heroic devotion to God, enduring mocking, hatred, and persecution

Question 23

St. Stephen

Answer 23

1st Christian Martyr
Stoned to death

Question 24

What was the Council of Jerusalem and what did it decide?

Answer 24

For the sake of melding the Jewish and Gentile cultures within the Antioch church
Decided that Gentiles converting to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the rules prescribed to the Jews by the Mosaic Law

Question 25

How did St. Paul continue to lead the Churches he started?

Answer 25

He tried to keep up his converts’ spirits, answer their questions, and resolve their problems by letter and by sending one or more of his assistants