CH Chapter 2

Lapsi means a Christian who denounces their Faith.

While Baptism cannot wipe away all sin, the Sacrament of Penance can remove all sins.

The Book of Revelation was written in coded language...

Because Christianity was outlawed by the Romans, the growth of the Church diminished in the first three centuries.

The Bishop of Rome was important in the early Church because

The bishop of Smyrna who, when told to renounce his faith responded, “Eighty-six years have I served him .

Jesus established the organizational structure of the Church when he instituted the Twelve Apostles

The courage to live the Christian Faith openly is called

Christian Apologists apologized for Christians bad behavior

The “secret meetings” Christians were accused of holding were actually celebrations of the Lord’s Supper.

Which of these statements about the great fire that swept through Rome in AD 64 is incorrect?

Which of these Roman emperors instigated a persecution of Christians during the first three centuries of the Church?

Early heresy that denied Jesus' divinity

Idol worship wasn't expected of Roman Citizens.

A controversy erupted at the end of the third century in which Church leaders began to teach that

Which of these is not one of the reasons Christianity enjoyed growth during the first centuries of the Church?

An early Christian teaching document that mentions tha Trinitarian Formula

He wrote the famous Apology

The name of dispered Jews is Diaspora

When Jewish Christians set out to preach to the Diaspora, they were able to use synagogues as a home base.

A person holding religious beliefs other than major world religions is called a Pagan

Catechumens are people studying and preparing to receive Baptism.

St. Peter was beheaded.

His most famous work is his Against Heresies, in which he described and condemned various heresies.

This Council decided that Gentiles could be accepted into the Church.