Exam 12: Christianity

Who founded the convent of St. Joseph?

How did the Protestant Reformation change the Catholic Church? Use examples in your discussion.

What does the following Key Term mean: -apocalypse

What was the Great Schism, and why is it a significant turning point in Christian history?

Which book offers a meditation on the "divine word" in the form of a poem?

During the Reformation, invention of the printing press made it easier to disseminate translations of the Bible from _________ into vernacular languages.

Augustine converted to Christianity in 386 at age thirty-one and was baptized by St. Ambrose on Easter Day.

After baptism Jesus began two or three years of preaching, and mingling with outcasts and those deemed sinners.

Both Eastern and Western Churches use the Nicene Creed.

In what year did Roman Emperor Constantine enact a policy of tolerance for Christians?

Written three to five years after Jesus' death, the four Gospels give varying accounts of Jesus' birth, message, interactions with others, crucifixion, and resurrection.

Early Christians who were called the Marcionites believed in multiple Gods.

The study of philosophy as it relates to religion, which became the dominant method in the European middle ages, is called ___________.

Christian monotheism clashed with the prevailing ________ of the Greco-Roman world.

Which of these was not a Gnostic belief?

What are the Synoptic Gospels? Why are they important in terms of the historical Jesus?

Martin Luther posted his theses in 1240.

Which of these books is labeled as Apocrypha because it is associated with the official canon but not included in it?

In Augustine's autobiography ________, he describes an idle youth spent in an uninhibited romp through sensuality.

Neoplatonism is a blend of Plato's metaphysics and other nonmaterialist or religious ideas.