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Religious Studies
8th Grade
09/12/2012

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two signes of muturity
Definition
1. you stop and only think about the present
2. stop and think more about your past
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3 lesions why cathlics are interested in church history
Definition
1. the church is an old communty
2. our faith has roots in real events
3. knowing history helps us understand our faith
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fourms
Definition
where communty membors meet to discuss ideas it was the center of the public building
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5 things about what we study
Definition
1. we study people
2. we study events
3. we study places
4. we study ideas
5. we study buildings
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why our early church did not care about history
Definition
they thought that the 2nd comming whould happen in their life time
Term
what did the christians who started writing about our history
Definition
marders, bishops
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who is Enusbius
Definition
He wrote about church history
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What were the "Tools" Eusebius used when writeing down church history
Definition
1.building ruins told how dangrous life was before their time
2. Catticomes underground burrial chambers christans had deep respect for the dead showed that christans belived in the resurections
3. Doucments tell us what early christans thought & how they worshiped
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4 reasions why christianty could grow
Definition
1. pax romana they lived in a united empire so it was dangross for missionaryes until now because the roads were safe
2.cultural unity everyone understood greek so every missionary spoke it
3. spirtiual hunger many people felt empty so people were living to listion
4. christian example early missions by loveding each other and themself
Term
what were the greek speaking jews
Definition
Hellieonist
Term
what was the conflit between the palestinian jews and the Hellieonist
Definition
Hellienost were not from palistine and the palistain jews were and they practiced jewish differnetly
Term
who was the famious missionary
Definition
paul
Term
how fast did christanity spread at first
Definition
slow
Term
what does cathlic mean
Definition
Universial
Term
Who was st. Stephen
Definition
first christan marter
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why did the romans perscute christans
Definition
becausethey did not belive in there religion they did not worship the empor as a god they meet at night so they were suspicious of them
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who is Nero
Definition
began perscuting the christans
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who is ingatious of fantioch
Definition
he was a marter and a bishop
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Who was perpetual/ felicitas
Definition
they were a slave and a owner who both turned to christanty and they were martered
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who is Decius
Definition
tryed to get the whole empire to worship him and started the law of excuted the christantians.
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who is Gallienus
Definition
passed a law that tolerated the christans
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who is Dioc;etion
Definition
he started the Great perscution of christans
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who is constatine
Definition
made christanty the offical religion of rome
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Who is Edit Stiein
Definition
She was born jewish and converted to cathlic and died in a consintration camp
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who is Oscar Romero
Definition
Bishop in salavdor he spoke out agents the cival war he was assionated
Term
what does Gnostics mean
Definition
you know more than others
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where did Gnostics ideas come from
Definition
1. Came from greek phlosphy
2. came from Magi
3. came from jewism
4. came from other religions
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what does Gnostics mean
Definition
means all knowing
Term
3 ways that christans fought Gnostics ideas
Definition
1. wrote new testimate had basic tridition about Jesus but Belifs and writings
2. Rule of faith statment of the mail belifs
3.Apostic succession where bishops train their athority back to jesus aphlosicals creed is this garinteed that the church is passing on the teachings of Jesus
Term
Who was At. Ambrose
Definition
PAtran st. of learing
Term
What symble did he create
Definition
He beehive to symbolise Jesus& the church the beehive repesents the church& unified christans it also repsents christans who work hard stay faithful the hunny stands for Jusus' message& ministry
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