Exam 9: Christianity

The majority of the world's Christians today are found in Europe and North America.

The Transfiguration was when Jesus climbed a mountain and Moses and Elijah appeared.

Jesus' two great commandments were to love __________ and __________.

Jesus died by __________.

Liberation theology stresses the need for concrete political action to help the poor.

The four books of the New Testament that tell about the life of Jesus are called the gospels, meaning __________.

During the life of Jesus, many Jewish people were expecting a messiah who would save them from foreign oppression.

Lent is the name for the Christian celebration of Jesus' Resurrection.

One of the central themes of Jesus' teaching was love. Today, this teaching finds concrete expression in Christian charities and social justice initiatives. Citing specific examples from the reading, please describe some of these initiatives today. How do your examples illustrate the contemporary Christian effort to live practically Jesus' teachings?

Jesus taught spiritual lessons by telling stories called __________.

The first witnesses at Jesus' empty tomb were James and Peter.

Contemporary feminist scholarship has undertaken the task of investigating how women are regarded in the Christian tradition. Although the historical tradition has been dominated by men, strong evidence suggests that women were very active with Jesus and in the early years of church development. How does or should this new evidence reshape women's roles in Christianity today?

In the gospel stories, Jesus baptizes John when he is about thirty years old.

A distinctive feature of Orthodox Christianity is the veneration of __________.

Christians believe in the __________, the doctrine that Jesus is risen from the dead.

The Christian doctrine that Jesus is the divine Son of God is called the __________.

In the history of Christianity, the year 1054 is important because it was the year in which __________.

Relics are body parts or clothes of saints that are felt to radiate the holiness of the saints' communion with God.

A Christian ritual of public worship is called __________.

The belief that God is three equal persons in one divine being is called the doctrine of the __________.