Vocab

Question 1

Apologetics

Answer 1

defending the faith

Question 2

Chatechesis

Answer 2

instruction of the faith

Question 3

Dogmatic

Answer 3

rules of the faith

Question 4

sic et non

Answer 4

yes and no

Question 5

Teleology

Answer 5

telos-“end”
everything has an end/purpose
ex: every human wants happiness

Question 6

Patristic Age

Answer 6

Latin-“pater”

age of Church Fathers

Question 7

Apostolic

Answer 7

• teaching
• tradition
• succession (traced back to Apostles)

Question 8

Tactile succession

Answer 8

laying on of hands for consecration of ppl who spread the Word

Question 9

Apostolic Fathers (directly consecrated by….)

Answer 9

Apostles

Question 10

classification of Apostles

Answer 10

• Apostolic Fathers
• Ante-Nicene (Nicaea)
• Nicene (325 AD)
• Post-Nicene

Question 11

Gospel

Answer 11

Good News

Question 12

Canon

Answer 12

Greek-“measuring stick”

Question 13

Eucharist

Answer 13

Greek-“give thanks”

Question 14

Martyr

Answer 14

witness

someone who dies for the faith (witness to value of eternal life)

Question 15

white martyrdom

Answer 15

not dying, but giving up stuff for God

Question 16

Apostasy

Answer 16

renunciation of Christian faith by a baptized Christian

Question 17

heresy

Answer 17

Greek-“choice” (Regula Fidei)

the willful acceptance of incorrect doctrine, by a baptized Christian

Question 18

schism

Answer 18

the attempt to maintain orthodoxy while breaking from the church & the papacy

Question 19

Docetism

Answer 19

Greek-“seeming”

Question 20

Gnosticism

Answer 20

Greek-gnosis-“knowledge”

Question 21

Regula Fidei

Answer 21

rule of the faith

Question 22

creed

Answer 22

formula

Question 23

ecumenical

Answer 23

oikos-“household”

Greek

Question 24

Theotokos

Answer 24

God-bearer