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First liturgical season
Consists of the four Sundays preceding Christmas
Color is purple |
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"Lamb of God"
Portion of the Latin mass said shortly before communion |
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To put oil on during a religious ceremony, often as a sign or sanctification or purification
Often used when a person is ill |
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Books written between Malachi and the Gospels
Part of the Greek version of the Old Testament, but not included in the Hebrew Bible
Catholics include these as part of their canon, while Protestants normally exclude them |
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Stated used only in the western catholic church
Three sections concerned with the Father, Jesus Christ, and Holy Ghost
We basically agree with its statements |
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| Humanity's reconciliation with God through the sacrificial suffering and death of Christ |
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Sacramental rite
Either through sprinkling or immersion, admits a person to the Christian church |
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Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 AD made Christianity the official religion of the empire
In 330 moved his capital to Byzantium (Constantinople) |
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Literally "I believe"
The title of the portion of the Latin mass which contains the Nicene confession of faith |
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| A model of the cross bearing an image of the crucified Lord |
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Season on the liturgical calendar
Begins January 6
Color is Green
Celebrates:
- Baptism of Christ (Orthodox)
- Christ's manifestation to the non-Jewish world through the Magi (Catholic) |
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| System of Church government overseen by bishops |
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Greek "Thanksgiving"
Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper, LDS Sacrament
Culmination of the mass service |
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Latin: "and from the Son"
A creedal statement that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father (Catholic, not Orthodox) |
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Portion of the Latin mass
Gives praise to God
"Glory to God in the highest" |
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Ordination or acceptance of the full time religious life
the 7th Sacrament of Roman Catholicism |
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"Of Like Substance"
Term used by Arius and his followers (Arians)
NOT Catholic or orthodox doctrine |
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"Of ONE Substance"
Term used in early Christian creedal statements to describe the trinity |
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A portion of the Latin Mass
Greek: "Lord have mercy" (the only portion of the mass that's in greek)
Sinner asking for help |
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The forty days before easter, excluding Sundays
Color is purple
Abstaining from festivals; almsgiving, devoting more time than usual to religious exercises |
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1. Advent
2. Christmas
3. Epiphany
4. Lent
5. Easter
6. Pentecost
7. Trinity |
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Mother of Jesus
Especially honored by Roman Catholics, the chief Saint
-Immaculate conception
-Virgin birth
-Perpetual virginity
-Bodily assumption |
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Philosophical system of Plotinus, 200 CE
Ideas from Plato, applied to Christianity
Spirit is superior to matter; God is immaterial |
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Private act between priest and parishioner:
- Confession
- Absolution
-Formal penance
Is considered a sacrament |
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50 days after Easter, celebrates the coming of the Holy Ghost to the Church
Color is red |
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Part of the mass
"Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts"
Praise |
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| The catholic doctrine that the bread and wine of the eucharist literally become the body and blood of Christ in their essence |
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| Doctrine that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one God of the same substance, yet in three manifestations that cannon be explained by mortals |
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| Beginning of the Reformation: When and with What? |
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1517 AD
Luther's 95 These nailed to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany |
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French reformer and theologian, worked mostly in Geneva, Switzerland
Wrote "Institutes of the Christian Religion" |
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Christ didn't want the church to be fractured
Efforts in the 20th century to unite denominations into one church, but doctrine and authority have been large stumbling blocks |
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Founder of the German reformation
Catholic priest, professor of moral philosophy and scripture at University of Wittenberg |
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Denominations that are structured with bishops and priests that mediate
Examples:
The Church of England
Methodists |
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No need for people to mediate between you and Christ, scriptures are the ultimate authority
Examples:
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Congregational/United Church of Christ |
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Many believe in adult baptism by immersion, pacifism, simple worship buildings
Examples:
Mennonites
Unitarian
Baptists |
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| Key dates for Eastern Orthodoxy |
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| 1054- Delegate from the Pope (Rome) and the Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicate each other; the split of eastern and western Christianity |
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| Key dates for Eastern Orthodoxy |
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1054- Delegate from the Pope (Rome) and the Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicate each other; the split of eastern and western Christianity
1204- Constantinople sacked by Crusaders; the actual, official split of eastern and western |
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| Bread blessed and distributed to the non-orthodox at the end of the liturgy |
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| Apophatic Theology (Orth) |
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| Theology that defines things by what they are not |
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"Having its own head"
A group with a leader who is subordinate to no superior authority.
Patriarchs, archbishops, metropolitans
Russia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece |
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| Orthodox churches that make most of their own decisions, but are smaller than Autocephalous groups |
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Anointing with oil (Chrism) on specific parts of an infants body
Immediately following baptism |
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Called by Constantine in 325 CE
Developed the Nicene Creed |
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Evidences of God's influence in the world
People can know Him through these, but cannot know His essence |
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| A partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the actual sanctuary from the main part of the church |
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Two dimensional pictures of Christian persons or events which become spiritual windows
Teaching tools for the illiterate |
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| Head of an ecclesiastical province (Orth) |
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| National head of an Eastern Orthodox church |
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| Greek version of the old testament, said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II |
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Cooperation with God
Salvation through grace AND our best effort
Implies a belief in Agency, no original sin, and some confidence in human nature |
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| Three simultaneously co-existing persons in the Godhead, one in essence |
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| One god who wears three different masks |
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| Three distinct beings who are one in love, will, and purpose |
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325 CE
One, Three, visible and invisible, unknowable |
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| Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father |
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| Father and Son have separate wills |
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Are icons acceptable?
Docetism: Christ only seemed to be human |
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| Response to the Reformation |
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