Church History Chapter 2
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Miss Ward's Church History Class Semester 2 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adults seeking admission into the church | catechumens |
| catechumens met for 3 to 4 years before being | baptized |
| catechumen means to be | instructed |
| catechumens would be baptized when | at Easter vigil or on the Sunday before Pentecost |
| when is the second Vatican Council and what did it re-institute | 1965, cateshumenate |
| when did infant baptism become more common | third century |
| what was common in the early church before infant baptisms | adults would wait until they were on their deathbeds before being baptized |
| what did the first church rituals involve | scripture readings, singing psalms and hymns, common prayers, and a collection for the poor |
| what does the Eucharist mean | thanksgiving |
| what was the central act of Catholic worship in the early church | Eucharist |
| where was the church early on | in peoples homes |
| what were the days of fasting and penance for early church | Friday, and Wednesdays |
| why was Sunday seen as the holiest of days | Because it represented the day both when Jesus died and when Pentecost occurred |
| what is the greek term for fish | ichtys |
| what does the fish symbolize | Jesus Christ, Son or God, Savior |
| what stood as a visible creed | the fish |
| what is the term given to the early church writers. these men came right after the apostles, and some had direct links to the apostles or communities established by them | Apostolic fathers |
| who were some Apostolic fathers | St. Clement of Rome, St. Polycarp of Smyrna, St. Ignatius of Antioch |
| what is the Greek root of apologetics | apologia meaning defense |
| what is apologetics | the defense of ones faith |
| who did the early Christians have to defend their faith from | Jews, and pagans |
| when was Tertullian born | 160 ad |
| Tertullian converted from _________ to ___________ | Roman Paganism to Christianity |
| what did Tertullian say that Christians were to the Roman Empire | an asset |
| Tertullians Quote | the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church |
| what is the Greek word for martyr and what does it mean | martyros, witness |
| what is a martyr | one who dies for his faith |
| how did Christians understand martyrdom | as a privilege that they got to participate in the sufferings of Christ |
| why where Christians killed | Jewish rejection of Christianity, misunderstanding of christian mysteries, division of families, christian as convenient scapegoat, refusal of military service |
| results of the persecutions | courage and heroism of christians, best arguments in defense of christian faith, christian unity and charity |
| what would happen if christians refused to sacrifice to their gods | they would be killed |
| what was wrong with pretending to sacrifice to their gods | many faction of the church said you could not be readmitted back into the church while many popes said they could after severe penance |
| what was a person called if the committed apostasy | lapsi |
| classify Nero | lived from 64 to 311 book end dates and was the first persecution of the christians |
| when was the eastern schism | 1054 |
| when was christian mean roman catholic | 1517 |
| Vicar of Christ | Christ's representative on earth, only pope |
| epsicopacy | bishop |
| presbyter | priest, presbyteros |
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