Unit 3 Flashcards
How did the first believers in Jerusalem see their possessions?
They did not see them as their own property
What happened to the money the early Christians brought to the apostles from the sale of their homes and land?
It was distributed to believers who needed it
The fellowship of Christians in Jerusalem oversaw a daily distribution of food to whom?
Widows
Acts 11 tells us about Christians from which city who collected money to be used to meet the needs of Christians in Judea?
Antioch
Paul said that he had learned to be content in what kinds of circumstances?
any kind - rich or poor
How did Paul tell slaves to serve their masters?
As though they were serving God
In 2 Thessalonians 3, what did Paul command and exhort the Christians in Thessalonica who were acting like busybodies to do?
To work in a quiet fashion and eat their own bread
In James 2, James wrote that God had chosen the poor to be what?
rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom
In light of the fact that we do not know what our lives will be like tomorrow, James compares us to what in James 4?
a vapor
According to 2 Corinthians 8:9, why did Jesus become poor?
for our sake so we might become rich
What is the meaning of the Greek word monos?
one or alone
What is the term used to describe the movement in which believers sold or gave away their possessions and lived largely separated from ordinary contact with the world?
monasticism
What were 2 ways in which some members of the monastic movement had contact with the communities around them?
By serving and teaching in the communities
During the Middle Ages, what was the richest institution in Europe?
The Roman Catholic Church
To whom did European kinds sometimes appeal to receive financial support for military undertakings?
the Pope
Who led a movement that rejected traditional Roman Catholic teachings and practices, including the idea that poverty was especially meritorious in God’s eyes?
Martin Luther
