Christianity

Question 1

What is baptism?

Answer 1

ritual of initation, one of the 2 key sacraments

Question 2

What is mysticism?

Answer 2

the pursuit of intensely experienced spiritual union with the divine

Question 3

What is the New Testament?

Answer 3

collection of 27 books (the bible)written by various authors in the first and second centuries

Question 4

Who was/is Jesus?

Answer 4

• Mom = Virgin Mary
• Jewish: vision while fasting - healing/teaching career
• critized jewish leadership - jews didn’t like him -> crucified
• > resurrected 3 days later

Question 5

What are the 2 foundation rituals?

Answer 5

1) Baptism
2) Euchrist - communion - shared meal (cracker and wine) which models the last supper - bread represents his body and wine is his blood (physical body of jesus)

Question 6

What is the Edict of Milan?

Answer 6

• Happened in 313 CE
• Decreed by Emperor Constantine
• Leaglized Christanity in Rome
• 10 yrs later it offically became the religion of the Roman Empire
• Christians no longer matyred for showing faith in Christ

Question 7

What does Martyr mean?

Answer 7

Christians who have died for their faith

Question 8

What does Trinity mean?

Answer 8

God exists in 3 people father, son and holy spirit

Question 9

What are the key holidays?

Answer 9

• Christmas (jesus birth)
• Easter (main celebration, resurrection, end of lent (40 days)

Question 10

What are the branches of christanity?

Answer 10

• Eastern Orthodox
• Roman Catholic
• Protestant

Question 11

What does reformation mean?

Answer 11

People made about:
- abuse of indulgences
- popes abuse of power
- latin was for smart people
John Wycliffe: translate latin bible
Martin Luther: worte 95 thesises about what was wrong with Catholic church - requested reforms
John Calvin: believed in predestination
ulrich Zwingli: didn’t like people eating “body and blood” of Christ
King Henry 8th - founded church of england - mostly bc he wanted to dump mary (cuz divorce was a sin in Catholic church)

Question 12

What is counter reformation?

Answer 12

• response to the reformation to regain churches authority
• effort to internally refomr Catholic church

Question 13

What is the council of trent?

Answer 13

• focused on reform and led to early modern catholicism
• ended protestant reform

Question 14

What are monastics?

Answer 14

lay people (non-priests) who dedicate their lives to god - vows of poverty or celibacy

Question 15

What are Quakers?

Answer 15

Shake when speaking to the spirits

Question 16

What is baptists?

Answer 16

believe in adult baptism

Question 17

What is modernism?

Answer 17

Reading the bible as a historical and literory document - 19th c

Question 18

What is evangelicalism?

Answer 18

Personal conversation, sancification - supiority of preating and scripture

Question 19

What is fundementalism?

Answer 19

Attemopt to stand up against modern intellectual movements -> evolution cirtical biblical schaloship

Question 20

What is pentcostalism?

Answer 20

Focus on third of the holy trinity (holy spirit)

Question 21

What is Vation II?

Answer 21

council -> radical reforms replaced latin with vernocular decentred popacy