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Term
APOSTOLIC AGE
Definition
30 A.D. - 100A.D.
Term
ACTS
Definition
HISTORICAL BOOK
SEQUEL TO GOSPEL OF LUKE
Term
JESUS BORN AROUND
Definition
4 BC
Term
PHARISEES
Definition
SEPARATED ONES
PRIDED THEMSELVES ON STRICT OBSERVANCE OF JEWISH LAW
Term
SADDUCEES
Definition
POLITICAL GROUP
CONTROLLED JEWISH COUNCIL OR SANHEDRIN
WORKED IN THE TEMPLE
Term
II PETER 1:17
Definition
FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOUR AND GLORY, WHEN THERE CAME SUCH A VOICE TO HIM FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.
Term
II PETER 1:18
Definition
AND THIS VOICE WHICH CAME FROM HEAVEN WE HEARD, WHEN WE WERE WITH HIM IN THE HOLY MOUNT
Term
II PETER 1:19
Definition
WE HAVE A MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY: WHERUNTO YE DO WELL THAT YE TAKE HEED, AS UNTO A LIGHT THAT SHINETH IN A DARK PLACE, UNTIL THE DAY DAWN, AND THE DAY STAR ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS:
Term
II PETER 1:20
Definition
KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURES IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION.
Term
II PETER 1:21
Definition
FOR THE PROPHECY CAME NOT IN OLD TIME BY THE WILL OF MAN: BUT HOLY MEN OF GOD SPAKE AS THEY WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST.
Term
the 12 disciples
Definition
PETER, PAUL, JAMES, ANDREW, PHILIP, THOMAS, BARTHOLOMEW, MATHEW, JAMES THE SON OF ALHAEUS, SIMON ZELOTES, JUDAS THE BROTHER OF JAMES, JUDAS THE BETRAYER, MATHESIS WHOM LOTS WAS CAST FOR.
Term
• How was Peter martyred?
Definition
CRUCIFIXION UPSIDE DOWN
Term
Saint Anselm of Canterbury
Definition
the father of Scholasticism
as the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God (based on the idea of an absolutely perfect being, the fact of the idea being in itself a demonstration of existence) and the satisfaction theory of the atonement or redemption (based on the feudal theory of making satisfaction
Term
ZEALOTS
Definition
ARMED RESISTAMCE TO ALL ROMANS IN THE LAND. GUERILLA WARFARE TO REVOLT OR DESTROY SOME SYMBOL OF ROMAN AUTHORITY
Term
ESSENES
Definition
MONKS
Term
• How was Paul martyred?
Definition
BEHEADED BY NERO
Term
• How was Stephen martyred?
Definition
STONED
Term
• Why did Rome persecute Christians?
Definition
CHRISTIANS REFUSED TO WORSHIP EMEROR AS A LIVING god.

SEX AND SLANDER
CANNIBALISM
ATHEIM
Term
APOSTLES TO NICEAN CREED
Definition
• The early Apostolic fathers
Term
o Clement of Rome –
how he was martyred
Definition
CASTED INTO THE SEA TIED TO AN ANCHOR
Term
o Ignatius of Antioch – known as Theodorus = GOD BEARER
Definition
appointed by the Apostle John
Term
 Polycarp
 Polycarp – bishop of Smyrna – his infamous words at death
Definition
EIGHTY AND SIX YEARS HAVE I SERVED HIM, HE HATH DONE ME NO WRONG.
I CANNOT DENY HIM
Term
o Tertullian
Definition
EARLY CHRISTIAN APOLOGIST
NORTH AFRICA
Term
o Irenaeus
Definition
studied under Polycarp who studied under the Apostle John
Term
o Marcion
Definition
taught that the God of the OT was not the true God of the NT
Term
ACTS 1 - 7
Definition
THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL
Term
ACTS 3. 4
Definition
PERSECUTION
1ST MARTYED STEPHEN
Term
ACTS 8 - 12
Definition
PHILLIP FIRST DEACON WENT ON TO EVANGELISM
Term
ACTS 13 - 28
Definition
SPREAD THE GOSPEL UNTO THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE WORLD
Term
o Clement of Alexandria
Definition
A GREEK THEOLIGIAN
ALEXANDRIA IS IN AFRICA
Term
o Origen
Definition
writings as the first serious intellectual attempt to describe Christianity.
Term
o Cyprian
Definition
- one of the major theologians of the early North African Church.
Term
• o Didache
Definition
MEANING: teaching, the teaching of the 12 apostles
Term
o Epistle of Barnabas
Definition
has a very negative view of Judaism; believes the Jews were punished for crucifying Jesus
Term
o Letters of Ignatius
Definition
writes against a group that denied the humanity of Jesus.
Term
• False Doctrines
o Ebionites
Definition
TAUGHT THAT JESUS WAS A MERE MAN
Term
• False Doctrines
o
o Docetism
Definition
TEACHING JESUS WAS NOT REALLY A MAN, HE WAS A PHANTOM APPEARENCE.
APOSTLE JOHN REFUTED IN 1 JOHN 4:2,3
Term
• Gnosticism
Definition
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE DUALISM
Term
• Apostle’s Creed
Definition
DEVELOED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS FALSE DOCTRINES
I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH....
Term
• Cappadocian Fathers
best known for the stance against Arianism
Definition
o Basil the Great (330–379), bishop of Caesarea;
o Basil’s younger brother Gregory of Nyssa (c. 332–395), bishop of Nyssa;
o Their friend Gregory of Nazianzus (329–389), Patriarch of Constantinople.
Term
o Basil the Great (
Definition
330–379), bishop of Caesarea;
Term
• Arianism
Definition
named after Arius of Alexandria. The Word (Logos) who assumed flesh in Jesus Christ was not the true God and that he had an entirely different nature.
Term
• Athanasius
Definition
known as the “Black Dwarf”. Argued against Arianism at the Council of Nicea.
Term
• The Council of Nicea, 325
Definition
o The bishops at Nicea voted to make the full deity of Christ the accepted position of the church, that is, Jesus was not of a different substance (heteroousios), but of the same substance (homoousios) of the Father. The Council of Nicea upheld the doctrine of Christ’s true divinity, rejecting Arius’s heresy.
Term
• First Council of Constantinople, 381
Definition
o Included the Holy Spirit in the full divinity of God
Term
• Council of Carthage (397)
Definition
o The foremost result of this convention was a list of the biblical canon, or the “accepted” books of the Bible. The Council of Carthage listed the 27 books of the New Testament, as well as the 39 books of the Old Testament,
Term
HOMOOUIOUS
Definition
CHRIST HAD A SIGLE DIVINE NATURE
AFFIRM THAT CHRIST IS PERFECT IN GODHEAD AND PERFECT IN MANHOOD
Term
HYPOSTATIC
Definition
THE DIVINE AND HUMAN NATURES OF CHRIST ARE DTSTINCT YET UNITED IN ONE PERSON
Term
THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON 451
Definition
CLARIFYING THE NATURE OF CHRIST AND THE ORTHODOX DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY.
Term
BOETHIUS
Definition
of the Roman philosophers and the first of the Scholastics, and his final work, the "Consolation of Philosophy",
Term
St. Francis of Assisi
Definition
abandoned a life of luxury for a life devoted to Christianity after hearing the voice of God, who commanded him to rebuild the Christian church and live in poverty. He is the patron saint of animals and the environment.reportedly
Term
Four Greek Doctors or teachers
Definition
Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzen, Basil the Great, and John Chrysostom
Term
Gregory the great
Definition
. His treatise, On Pastoral Care, while not a work of creative imagination, shows a dedication to duty, and an understanding of what is required of a minister in charge of a Christian congregation.
His influence on the forms of public worship throughout Western Europe was enormous
Term
St. Thomas Aquinas
Definition
Scholasticism and the father of the Thomistic school of theology. Italian Dominican theologian
Term
John Wycliffe
Definition
English theologian, philosopher, church reformer,
promoter of the first complete translation of the Bible into English.
He was one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation.
developed required the church to give up its worldly possessions, and in 1378 he began a systematic attack on the beliefs and practices of the church.
Term
JOHN HUSS
Definition
PREACHED TO PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE
Term
GREAT SCHISM
Definition
two major events in the history of Christianity: the division between the Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Roman) churches, and the period (1378 - 1417) during which the Western church had first two, and later three, lines of popes
Term
SCHOLASTICISM
Definition
) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
2. narrow adherence to traditional teachings, doctrines, or methods.
Term
The Five Pillars OF ISLAM
1
Definition
• Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith.
Term
The Five Pillars OF ISLAM
2
Definition
• Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day.
Term
The Five Pillars OF ISLAM
3
Definition
• Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy.
Term
The Five Pillars OF ISLAM
4
Definition
• Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan
Term
The Five Pillars OF ISLAM
5
Definition
• Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
Term
The Seven Sacraments
Definition
In baptism, God's saving grace, His very presence, enters into the human soul
Confirmation provides a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit
reconciliation, which is also called 'confession' or 'penance,'
Anointing of the sick offers the comfort of God's grace to those who are ill
Marriage
In holy orders, men are ordained as bishops, priests, and deacons through a bishop's laying on of hands and prayer.
Term
Pope Gregory
Definition
ran off, drug back did not want to be pope
Term
The Lord's Supper
transubstantiation
Definition
bread / wine transformed into physical body and blood of Christ
Term
The Lord's Supper
Consubstantiation
Definition
after prayer Spiritual presence
Martin Luther
Term
The Lord's Supper
Zwingli (Memorial)
Definition
saw The Lord's supper as a memorial
Term
the rise of Islam
When did it take place?
Definition
year 610
Term
the rise of Islam
why did it take place?
Definition
Mohammed experience a series of mystical visions, including revelations from the angel Gabriel. he returned from the desert with a spiritual mission to transform the pagan society around him
Term
the rise of Islam
Islam relation to the crusades.
Definition
Christians and Muslims were fighting over land. campaigns in the holy land sponsored by the papacy against muslim forces.
Term
St. Anselm and the definition of Theology
Definition
faith, thinking, understanding.
Term
the great schism
name 3 issues regarding the schism
Definition
1.papal authority
2. insertion of the filioque clause
3. disputes over whether west or east church had jurisdiction
4. drsignation of the patiach of Constantinople as ecumenical patriarch
5. disputes over whether patriarch of rome, the pope, should be considered higher authority than other patriarchs
liturgical practices - communion
Term
anselm of canterbury
Definition
the first scholarly philosopher of Christian theology.
Term
Protestantism
Definition
a modification of Catholicism
catholic problems remain but different solutions are given.
Term
martin Luther and the 95 thesis
Definition
1. Only GOD can give can forgive
2. Canon law applies only to the alive
3.the pope must act according to cannon law.
4. purgatory = hell , heaven = assurance
5. an indulgence will not save a man.
Term
four questions Protestantism answered in a new way
Definition
1. how is a person saved?
2. where does the religious authority lie?
3. what is the church?
4. what is the essence of christan living?
Term
three basic themes of the reformation
Definition
sola fide = faith alone

sola scriptura = scripture alone
priesthood of believers = we are all priest
Term
john knox
Definition
Scottish religious reformer
became a galley slave for 19 months
Term
luther,s greatest contribution
Definition
how is a person saved?
not by works but by faith alone.
where does religious authority lie?
not in the roman church, but in the word of GOD found in the bible.
what is the church?
the whole community of believers.
what is the essence of Christian living?
serving GOD in any useful calling whether ordained oy lay.
Term
john calvin
Definition
French theologian during the protestant reformation
Term
john calvin
tulip
Definition
T = TOTAL DEPRIVITY
U - UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
L = LIMITED ATONEMENT
I = IRRESISTIBLE GRACE
P = PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
Term
john calvin
institutes of Christian religion
Definition
hell and heaven regardless of
foreknowledge

= no free will
Term
Jacob Arminius - dutch reformer Jacob hermansen
Definition
founder of anti - Calvinistic school
arminianism
Term
five articles of the synod of dort 1618 - 19
Definition
1. salvation
2' the atonement
3. man has not saving grace of himself
4. Christian grace og GOD is the beginning, continuance, and accomplishment of any good, yet man may resist the HOLY GHOST
5. believers are able to resist sin through grace
Term
difference between Calvinism and arminianism?
Definition
no free will

free will
Term
anabaptist
Definition
rebaptize
Term
four principals of schleitheim confession
Definition
1. discipleship
2. love ethic
3. congregational view of church authority
4. separation of church and state
Term
Westminster confession
Definition
confession of faith the church of England presbyterian
Term
the enlightment age
Definition
the age of reason
when man began to use his reason to discover the world
examined the rational basis of all beliefs process rejected the authority of church and state
Term
Protestantism
Definition
a modification of Catholicism
catholic problems remain but different solutions are given.
Term
martin Luther and the 95 thesis
Definition
1. Only GOD can give can forgive
2. Canon law applies only to the alive
3.the pope must act according to cannon law.
4. purgatory = hell , heaven = assurance
5. an indulgence will not save a man.
Term
four questions Protestantism answered in a new way
Definition
1. how is a person saved?
2. where does the religious authority lie?
3. what is the church?
4. what is the essence of christan living?
Term
three basic themes of the reformation
Definition
sola fide = faith alone

sola scriptura = scripture alone
priesthood of believers = we are all priest
Term
john knox
Definition
Scottish religious reformer
became a galley slave for 19 months
Term
luther,s greatest contribution
Definition
how is a person saved?
not by works but by faith alone.
where does religious authority lie?
not in the roman church, but in the word of GOD found in the bible.
what is the church?
the whole community of believers.
what is the essence of Christian living?
serving GOD in any useful calling whether ordained oy lay.
Term
john calvin
Definition
French theologian during the protestant reformation
Term
john calvin
tulip
Definition
T = TOTAL DEPRIVITY
U - UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
L = LIMITED ATONEMENT
I = IRRESISTIBLE GRACE
P = PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
Term
john calvin
institutes of Christian religion
Definition
hell and heaven regardless of
foreknowledge

= no free will
Term
Jacob Arminius - dutch reformer Jacob hermansen
Definition
founder of anti - Calvinistic school
arminianism
Term
five articles of the synod of dort 1618 - 19
Definition
1. salvation
2' the atonement
3. man has not saving grace of himself
4. Christian grace og GOD is the beginning, continuance, and accomplishment of any good, yet man may resist the HOLY GHOST
5. believers are able to resist sin through grace
Term
difference between Calvinism and arminianism?
Definition
no free will

free will
Term
anabaptist
Definition
rebaptize
Term
four principals of schleitheim confession
Definition
1. discipleship
2. love ethic
3. congregational view of church authority
4. separation of church and state
Term
Westminster confession
Definition
confession of faith the church of England presbyterian
Term
the enlightment age
Definition
the age of reason
when man began to use his reason to discover the world
examined the rational basis of all beliefs process rejected the authority of church and state
Term
Johnathan edwaeds
Definition
revivalist preacher, new light, protestant - puritan
critical role in shaping the first great awakening
sermon = sinners in the hands of a angry GOD
followed George whitfield
Term
George whitfield
Definition
founder of Methodism and the evangelical movement
preacher and evangelist
traveled to America preaching became known as the great awakening
Term
john Wesley

Charles wesley
Definition
founded Methodism
led the holy club
abraced Arminian

leader in Methodist
his brother Charles published the words to over 600 hymns
Term
George fox
Definition
founder of the religious society of friends, = quakers or friends
Term
3 the great awakening
Definition
1. 1st pastoral style = theological argument or interpretation = create a demand for religious freedom - northeast and Midwest
2. moved to those less weathy and less educated
temperance, abolition, women,s right
3. 2 new denomination, active missionaty work. chautauquas , the social approach to social issues
moody, sanitary commission


2'
Term
purpose of studying history
Definition
to understand how we got to this point so we don't repeat the same misakes.
Term
African proverb
Definition
when an elder dies a library burns to the ground
Term
purgatory
Definition
purging souls of their sins by fire
Term
indulgences
Definition
pay for prayer to go to heaven
Term
great awakening
Definition
1. pockets of revivial
2. American revelation
3. when blacks became Christians in large numders
Term
westminter confession 1646
Definition
confession of faith
the chief end of man is to worship GOD and enjoy HIM forever
mediation draw us closer to GOD
Term
enlightenment
Definition
discovered the earth was not the center but the sun

question Christianity
secular humanism = man is center and not GOD and belief in ultimate truth, the bible is not ultimate truth, no need for GOD.
Term
the council voted to accept the full humanity and the full divinity of JESUS CHRIST
Definition
council of nicea
Term
this council considered whether gentiles could receive salvation apart from doing the works of the law of moses
Definition
Jerusalem council
Term
the council that accepted the new testament canon of scripture
Definition
council of carthage
Term
which emperor called together the council of nicea
Definition
constantine
Term
what was one of the reasons rome persecuted the chrisians?
Definition
they were guilty of :
cannibalism
atheism
sex orgies
refused to worship the emperor
Term
pharisees
Definition
separated ones
Term
Stephen
Definition
stoned because of his belief in christ
Term
Gnosticism
Definition
knowledge
Term
sadduccees
Definition
political group of wealthy, pedigreed jewish aristocracy
Term
didache
Definition
the teaching of the apostles
Term
constantine
Definition
roman emperor who converted to christianity
Term
arianism
Definition
false teaching that claimed Jesus to be a created beung
Term
paul
Definition
beheaded by nero
Term
zealots
Definition
armed resistance against all romans
Term
origen
Definition
wrote first serious intellectual attempt to describe christianity
Term
essenses
Definition
group lived in monastic communities
Term
peter
Definition
crucified upside down
Term
polycarp
Definition
bishop of Smyrna, knew the apostle john
Term
athanasius
Definition
black dwarf
Term
Ignatius of antioch
Definition
theophorus by friends
Term
clement of rome
Definition
bishop of rome in latter part of the first century, roman catholics called pope
Term
epistle of barnabas
Definition
held a negative view toward judaism
Term
ebionites
Definition
believe JESUS was a mere man who thur obedience to the law became the Messiah
Term
docetism
Definition
JESUS only seemed to suffer for humanity,s sin
Term
irenacus
Definition
studied under polycarp
Term
the 12 apostles
Definition
peter, james. john, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, matthew, james son of alphaeus,
simon zelotes, jude - thebrother of JESUS, jadas betrayed JESUS, MATHIES CAST LOTS REPLCE JUDAS
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