Vocab Quiz #3

Question 1

Sanhedrin

Answer 1

jewish senate

charged with enforcing laws pertaining to the Jewish people

Question 2

sadducees

Answer 2

the priestly class associated with the temple

Question 3

pharisees

Answer 3

a group associated with the synagogues

rabbis

teachers and scholars

Question 4

High Priest

Answer 4

chief priest

head of jewish temple clergy

Question 5

deacons

Answer 5

were established in the christian community to distribute the community’s gods fairly among those in need

Question 6

stephen

Answer 6

the first decon

the first martyr

Question 7

saul/paul

Answer 7

went from persecuting christians through a conversion to becoming the greatest christian missionary

Question 8

martyr

Answer 8

one who gives his or her life for a cause

Question 9

damascus

Answer 9

the city where paul/saul was going when he encountered jesus

Question 10

ananias

Answer 10

gave saul/paul back his sight

Question 11

cornelius

Answer 11

roman soldier who peter converted

Question 12

antioch

Answer 12

the city and place where followers of jesus are first referred to as christians

Question 13

barnabas

Answer 13

one of pauls traveling companions

Question 14

presbyters

Answer 14

elders

root word for priests in the christian tradition

Question 15

council of jerusalem

Answer 15

the first meeting of the apostles and elders to deal with church policies

opened Christianity to gentiles
all that was required to be christian was faith in jesus and baptism

Question 16

timothy

Answer 16

another traveling companion of paul

Question 17

malta

Answer 17

the island where paul was shipwrecked on the way to rome

Question 18

rome

Answer 18

pauls final destination

he died there by beheading

the capital of the empire often referred to as “the end of the earth” or “the end of the world”

Question 19

philip

Answer 19

apostle

he converted the Ethiopian official of the court

Question 20

lydia

Answer 20

wealthy merchant lady who dealt in purple cloth and aided in financing and helping the missionary journeys of paul and the early christians

Question 21

james

Answer 21

traditionally an apostle and the leader of the early christian community of jerusalem

Question 22

judaizers

Answer 22

jewish christians who wanted all gentiles to become jewish first before they could be baptized as Christians

centered in the jerusalem community/church

Question 23

atheism

Answer 23

today: the denial of god’s existence
ancient: referred to those who did not worship the emperor as ‘dominus et deus’ lord and god

Question 24

agnostic

Answer 24

not certain whether there is a god or not

Question 25

apology

Answer 25

any explanation

Question 26

apologidtd

Answer 26

those who offered an explanation of christianity we call them the church fathers

Question 27

chi-rho

Answer 27

a symbol for christ it looks like a p superimposed over an x

Question 28

edict of milan

Answer 28

313 AD/CE recognized tolerance for all religions

Question 29

orthodoxy

Answer 29

is a doctrine, belief, attitude, or teaching that is consistent with the revealed truth and the church's doctrine of faith

Question 30

Heresy

Answer 30

a belief or attitude contrary to orthodoxy

Question 31

heresy

Answer 31

those who follow a heresy