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Church History Events and Concepts
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1
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What event occurred in 70 AD?
Answer
Destruction of Jerusalem.
2
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What significant event began in 303 AD?
Answer
Beginning of Diocletian Persecution.
3
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What happened in 325 AD?
Answer
Council of Nicaea.
4
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What was the Fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Answer
476 AD.
5
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What significant event occurred in 613 AD?
Answer
Rise of Islam.
6
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What happened in 800 AD?
Answer
Crowning of Charlemagne.
7
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What year did Martin Luther start the Protestant Reformation?
Answer
1517.
8
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What year did the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe occur?
Answer
1531.
9
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What year did the Trial of Galileo occur?
Answer
1633.
10
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What year marked the end of the Papal States?
Answer
1870.
11
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Define Apostolic Succession.
Answer
The handing on of Apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles to their successors, the bishops, through the laying on of hands, as a permanent office in the Church.
12
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What is Gnosticism?
Answer
The name given to a heresy of the early Church that taught, among other things, that Jesus was not fully human, the material world was evil, and salvation was achieved through secret knowledge, or gnosis.
13
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Who was Constantine?
Answer
Emperor of Rome AD 306-337, the first Christian emperor who issued the Edict of Milan in AD 313, guaranteed empire-wide freedom of religion for all religions, became an established religion, and presided over the Council of Nicaea.
14
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What does Theotokos mean?
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A Greek title for Mary meaning God bearer or Mother of God.
15
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Who was St. Augustine?
Answer
Bishop of Hippo and one of the best-known Christian writers of all time, especially for his books, The Confessions and The City of God. One of the four original doctors of the Church.
16
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What is the Nicene Creed?
Answer
The Profession of Faith set forth by the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, typically recited at Sunday Mass, affirming the essential tenets of the Christian Faith and belief in the Holy Trinity.
17
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What is Arianism?
Answer
Heresy of the early Church that taught that Jesus, the son of God, was created by God the Father and therefore not truly equal to Him or of the same substance.
18
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What is Nestorianism?
Answer
Heresy of the early Church that divided Jesus into two persons, eternal divine and created human person, closely connected but not one and the same.
19
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What was the Edict of Milan?
Answer
The official order by Emperor Constantine in AD 313 that guaranteed freedom of religion in the Roman Empire, granting Christianity the same status as other religious cults.
20
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What were the effects of persecution in the early Church?
Answer
Caused members of the Church to spread out in escape of persecution, thus spreading the religion further.
21
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What event is considered the birthday of the Church?
Answer
Pentecost.
22
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What was the decision of the Council of Jerusalem?
Answer
Peter decided we are saved through Jesus and not the law; therefore, you do not need to be Jewish to be baptized.
23
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How did the mass in the early Church compare to today?
Answer
Similarities include the use of liturgy of the word and Eucharist; differences include that the first Christians went to the Temple and celebrated the Eucharist in their homes.
24
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What were the covenants given by God?
Answer
Noah, Abraham, Moses, David were given covenants to build a foundation for Jesus to come and save us, revealing God to us little by little.
25
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Who was the last and worst persecution by which Roman emperor?
Answer
Emperor Diocletian.
26
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What was the purpose of councils in the early Church?
Answer
Ecumenical councils were called to settle theological questions and respond to heresies.
27
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What was the accomplishment of the First Council of Constantinople?
Answer
Settled the Arian question once and for all and revised the Nicene Creed into its final form.
28
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Who are the eight great Fathers of the Church?
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Athanasius, Basil, Gregory, John Chrysostom (Golden-Mouthed), Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, Pope Gregory.
29
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What languages did Jerome translate the Bible into?
Answer
Jerome's translation of the Bible was primarily into Latin.
30
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What are the Dark Ages?
Answer
The period described as Europe after the Fall of Rome until the beginning of the High Middle Ages.