Founding of the Church | Early Church Practices | Periods of Persecution & Heresy | Fall of Rome, Rise of Monasticism | Crusades and Inquisition |
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Who is Jesus?
The mediator of the final covenant
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Who is St. Paul?
The "Apostle to the Gentiles"
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What is Arianism?
The Nicene Creed defended against this heresy.
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What is the Edict of Milan?
Christianity was legalized in the Roman Empire with this document.
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Who is Pope Urban II?
The Pope who called for the First Crusade.
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What is the Eucharist?
The sign of the final covenant.
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What is the Acts of the Apostles?
The book of Scripture which shares accounts of early Church practices and missionary activities.
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Who is St. Athanasius?
A prominent defender against Arianism, instrumental to the Council of Nicaea and author of "On the Incarnation"
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What are meals and sleep?
In addition to time for prayer and labor, the Rule of Benedict outlined time for these two activities.
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What is the Great Schism of 1054?
A major event with the Eastern Church which influenced the beginning of the Crusades.
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What is the Church?
The unit of the final covenant.
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What is the Roman Empire?
Christian morality opposed circus events, infanticide, and brothels commonly practiced here.
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Who is Nero?
This emperor had Christians sewn into animal skins and hunted down by dogs as an act of persecution.
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Who are the Germanic tribes?
The peoples threatening to invade the Roman Empire throughout the 5th century
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What is Albigensianism?
The heresy which influenced the implementation of inquisitorial systems.
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Who is Jesus?
The founder of the Catholic Church.
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What is a basilica?
The Roman civic structure adopted by Christians to worship in after Christianity was legalized.
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What are Apostolic, Ante-Nicene, Post-Nicene?
The three categories of Church Fathers
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Who is St. Benedict (of Nursia)
The Father of Western Monasticism
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What are the Dominicans and Franciscans?
Friars from these two mendicant orders were called on to be inquisitors.
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What is Pentecost?
This feast day is celebrated as the birthday of the Church.
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What is celebration of the Eucharist?
The Christian practice which followed reading Scriptures, prayers for the community, and a collection for the poor.
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What is the defeat of Maxentius' army at Milvian Bridge?
Which event prompted Constantine to legalize Christianity?
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What is evangelization?
After the fall of Rome, monasteries acted as centers for this.
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What is an act of penance?
For many Christian Knights, responding to the call to crusade was seen as this.
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