Exam 12: Christianity

Describe the beliefs of some of the early sects of Christians mentioned in the chapter. Remember to use specific examples from the text.

Which of these is a central theme of the "Sermon on the Mount"?

Which of these is not one of the larger denominations of Protestant Christianity?

Which of these people was not a reformer active during the Protestant Reformation?

Christianity, like most religions, features a diversity of beliefs.

In the eleventh century, the great divide between Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity was resolved and they became one Church again.

In what year was Herod made the king of the Jews by Rome?

Rejecting reason, Augustine found that in his search for wisdom there was a place only for faith.

In the Eastern Church the sacrament of ________ is not associated with the idea of justification but with the idea of the Christian's education to a life of sanctity

What does the following Key Term mean: -scholasticism

For Augustine, the soul was symbolized by a castle, and the soul's spiritual development was symbolized by what he called mansions.

Which of these was not one the critiques made by the Western Church about the Eastern Church?

In the firsew centuries, some Christians believed that Jesus was 100 percent human.

What does the following Key Term mean: -Neoplatonism

What does the following Key Term mean: -the Trinity

Apocalyptic ideas-beliefs that God would soon destroy all evil forces and usher in a new earthly kingdom of justice and righteousness-were uncommon among Jews.

In what century did the Protestant Reformation come about?

The New Testament consists of how many books?

As Christians see it, the Old Testament belongs in their canon because it describes an ancient covenant, or testament, between God and humans.

Jesus' parable called "The Good Samaritan" says that we have moral obligations not just to our own ethnic group but also to those outside our group.