Experiencing the World’s Religions Ch.9-Christianity

The belief that the world will soon come to an end; this belief usually includes the notion of a great battle, final judgement, and reward of the good

One of Jesus's twelve disciples; also, any early preacher of Christianity

The Christian rite of initiation, involving immersion in water or sprinkling with water

The scriptures sacred to Christians, consisting of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament

"Overseer"; a priest and church leader who is in charge of a large geographical area called a diocese

"Measure," "rule"; a list of authoritative books or documents

Dialogue between Christian denominations

"Good gift"; the Lord's Supper

Emphasizing the authority of scripture; an adjective used to identify certain Protestant groups

"Good news person"; one of the four "authors" of the Gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

"And from the Son"; a Latin word added to the creeds in Western Church to state that the Holy Spirit arises from both Father and Son. The notion, which was not accepted by Orthodox Christianity, contributed to the separation between the Western and Eastern churches

"Good news"; an account of the life of Jesus

"In flesh"; a belief that God came visible to Jesus

"Kindness-toward"; remission of the period spent in purgatory; an aspect of Catholic belief and practice

A state of temporary punishment in the afterlife

"Lengthening day," "spring"; the preparatory period before Easter, lasting forty days

"Anointed"; a special messenger sent by God, foretold in Hebrew scriptures and believed by Christians to be Jesus

An inclination toward evil, inherited by human beings as a result of Adam's disobedience

"Straight opinion"; correct belief

The major Eastern branch of Christianity

"Father source"; the bishop of one of the major ancient sites of Christianity (Jerusalem, Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, and Moscow)

"Father"; the bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church; the term is also used for the Coptic patriarch of Alexandria

The belief that because God is all-knowing, a human being's ultimate reward or punishment is already decreed by God; a notion emphasized in Calvinism

The right of each believer to radically rethink and interpret the ideas and values of Christianity, apart from any church authority

"Buy again" "buy back"; the belief that the death of Jesus has paid the price of justice for all human wrongdoing

Being sinless in the sight of God; also called justification

"Sacred action"; one of the essential rituals of Christianity

Wrongdoing, seen as disobedience to God

"Contract"; the Old Testament and New Testament constitute the Christian scriptures

The three "Persons" in God

What three "Persons" are within the Trinity?

Christianity grew out of ________.

The Two Great Commandments of Jesus combine two elements:

________ is occasionally called the cofounder of Christianity because of the way that Jesus's teachings and his interpretation of them blended to form a viable religion with widespread appeal.

In the Gospel of John, the portrayal of Jesus is full of mystery. He is the _______ of God, the divine made visible in human form.

When ________ became emperor, he saw in Christianity a glue that could cement the fragments of his entire empire.

________ was the dominant authority in Christian theology from the fifth century until the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century.

________, a Dominican priest, blended the philosophical thoughts of Aristotle with Christian scripture through writings such as the Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles.

________, a German priest of the late Middle Ages, was the first reformer of Western Christianity to gain a large following and to survive. The movement he founded ultimately created the Protestant branch of Christianity.

In 1962, Pope John XXIII convened a council of bishops that proceeded to make the first major changes in Catholicism since the Council of Trent. The ____ allowed the use of the living languages of the people in ordinary church services.