Unit 4

Question 1

What are the three chronological touchstones derived from

Answer 1

1) story
2) an experience of salvation
3) conviction that in Jesus, God’s presence in the world has taken hold in an unprecedented way

Question 2

Arianism

Answer 2

heresy that Jesus is human and not dive; based on the argument that he is created and cannot also be the creation

Question 3

Arius

Answer 3

a priest that taught a heresy in 317 AD which led to the Council of Nicea

Question 4

Blasphemy

Answer 4

claiming to be God; Jesus was arrested & found guilty by the Sanhedrin

Question 5

Christ

Answer 5

Title given to Jesus after resurrection = meaning messiah or anointed one

Question 6

Christology

Answer 6

Christos, Logos => the study of Christ/Jesus of Nazareth=> how he is the Christ

Question 7

Council of Nicea (AD 325)

Answer 7

1) discuss Arianism; that Jesus was human not divine
2) declared that Jesus was both human and diving
3) Nicene Creed

Question 8

Eschatology

Answer 8

the study of the last things => the second coming => Jesus will return at the end of the world

Question 9

Heresy

Answer 9

false teaching

Question 10

Nicene Creed

Answer 10

the formal confession of faith formulated in response to Arius’ heresy at the council of Nicea; Trinitarian formula in which the Church prays to God as a trinity

Question 11

Proclamation of the Kingdom of God/Heaven

Answer 11

Jesus’ major message was that this Kingdom was already upon us and he is coming in the future

Question 12

What was the Greek word that cam from the Council of Nicea, what is the literal translation, how is it expressed in the Nicene creed today

Answer 12

homo ousious,
of the same substance
consubstantial

Question 13

What do we call someone that disagrees with the findings of the Nicene Creed

Answer 13

Heretic

Question 14

What does is the Latin word for a person who does not believe in the Nicene Creed, what is its literal meaning.

Answer 14

Anathema Sit

Let them be separated

Question 15

High Christology

Answer 15

begins with an understanding of Jesus as in the beginning with God when the world was created, he was the divine word, we work toward an understanding of Jesus as a human being

Question 16

Low Christology

Answer 16

studying Jesus Christ as a first century Palestinian Jewish man and working toward an understanding of his divinity

Question 17

At the end of the world, what will happen

Answer 17

Jesus will return

Question 18

What do we call the big event that we are waiting for at the end of the world (English and Latin)

Answer 18

The second coming

Parovsia

Question 19

Why call the Kingdom of Heaven a kingdom

Answer 19

The people could relate to what a kingdom was

Question 20

What kind of king should they expect

Answer 20

A King at least as good as David had been

Question 21

Jesus demonstrated in three way hoe the KoH was already upon us and a future event - explain how this was done

Answer 21

1) Parables
2) Companions
3) Deeds/Miracles
4) Resurrection

Question 22

Where is heaven or what is heaven like

Answer 22

A sate of mind/being

Question 23

Where did the Catholic Church stand at the end of the 15th century

Answer 23

All services provided, i.e. mass, baptism, visiting relic had to be paid for.

Question 24

Define Protestant Reformation

Answer 24

A 16th century schism that resulted in several new branches of Christianity

Question 25

What brought it on and by whom

Answer 25

Luthers issues with indulgences

Question 26

What is humanism

Answer 26

A philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value of human beings individually and collectively and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence over established doctrine of fath

Question 27

What was the role of the Black Death

Answer 27

1) Killed as many as one-third of the population of Europe
2) Forced people to dwell more on life on earth than spirituality
3) Killed many of the ruling class causing political upheaval
4) Destroyed economy because of demographic decline

Question 28

What was the big deal about the 95 Theses

Answer 28

The definitive start of the reformation

Only intended to get papacy attention to take action against corruption and sale of indulgences

Question 29

What was the Deit of Worms

Answer 29

an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire that is most memorable for the Edict of Worms which addressed Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation

Question 30

What are Luther’s greatest accomplishmetns

Answer 30

Translated NT to German, Wrote German mass along with numerous hymns

Question 31

What are the solas and why are they important to non-Catholic Christian?

Answer 31

Salvation is obtained by Scripture, Grace and Faith alone

Question 32

How are they opposed to the Catholic Church teaching?

Answer 32

Catholic - Salvation based on works (works come first)

Protestant - works come from practicing scripture, grace and faith

Question 33

What are some other major reforms from the reformers

Answer 33

1) Number of sacraments - Baptism and Eucharist - vs 7 sacraments of Catholics which also include Holy Orders, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick, Penance and Matrimony

Question 34

Who is John Calvin?

Answer 34

Helped Luther form some consensus withing Switzerland, Germany and Hungary

Question 35

Who was Henry VIII

Answer 35

King of England, began church of England because he wanted divorce