Church History Ch 2 Ave Maria Press

are incorrect and otherwise errant understandings or teachings about certain doctrinal matters or dogmas.

Early Christians were persecuted by the _____for reasons related to the culture and politics of the time and region.

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

those men who personally knew the Apostles and helped preserve the faith of the early Church

The bishop of Rome was important in the early Church because:

A person holding religious beliefs other than those of one of the major world religions or being polytheistic

the cycle of the seasons of Advent, Christmas Ordinary Time, Lent, Triduum, and Easter

Once the persecutions began in Rome in the first century, they continued in the empire until the AD 313

Early on in Church history, there was little difference between bishops and deacons, also known as presbyters.

The physical remains or personal effects of a saint that area pproved by the Church for veneration

took the place of the Apostles as the pastors of the Church.

are people undergoing a period of study and spiritual preparation before receiving the Sacrament of Baptism

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

The name for the dispersion of Jews outside of Jerusalem

An early heresy which denied Jesus’ divinity

The ____ determined that Gentiles could be accepted into the Church.

men from the first through eighth centuries AD who were given this title based on their big contributions to the Church

Christianity was outlawed by the Roman government, the growth of the Church diminished in the first three centuries.

Martyrdom was seen as the ultimate price that Christians could pay for their fidelity to the Lord Jesus Christ.

The courage that Christians are called to embrace and rely on in order to evangelize and live their faith openly

early “teaching” document that mentions the Trinitarian formula, lists moral teachings, explains Baptism and Eucharist

responded, “Eighty-six years have I served him and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme the King who saved me?”

Lapsed Christians who abandoned their faith in order to save their lives

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

Deacons in the early Church helped the Apostles to carry out their work with the poor and sick.

The “Roman Peace” was a prosperous time in human history

Jewish Christians like St. Paul set out to preach the Gospel to Jews of the Diaspora,they used synagogues as a home base

Wrote the Apology where he attempted to show Roman authorities that Christian morality is reinforced on the basic ethics

Sacred leadership

It’s nearly miraculous that no Christians abandoned their faith during the persecutions.

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

were second-century writers who defended and explained Christianity to nonbelievers.

Jesus established the basic structure of the Church when he instituted the 12 Apostles in the structure of the assembly

Archbishop Warda (Iraq) responded to the bombings of his Church by doing this

a witness to the truth of faith, in which he or she even endures death to be faithful to Christ.

The Book of Revelation was written in coded language:

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

Famous work is his Against Heresies, where he described/condemned various heresies, Gnosticism, denying Jesus' divinity

Higher beings or gods based on the belief system of a particular religion

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