| A | B |
|---|
| Council of Jerusalem | decided that belief in Christ, not following Jewish law, was way to be Christian |
| Jewish Revolt | 66-77:act of defiance against Rome |
| Diocletian | Emperor-wanted to uproot Christianity from Empire66 |
| Gamaliel | tried to warn other Pharisee's to ignore Jesus |
| Marcion | heretic-denied that a good God could have created the material world |
| Novatian | taught that no bishop could absolve a person who rejected Jesus Christ, murdered or committed adultery. |
| Pope St. Cornelius | declared that mortal sins could be forgiven if sinners repented & performed |
| St. Justin Martyr | wrote "Dialogue w/Trypho-tried to explain to Jews that Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophesy re Messiah |
| St. Peter | had vision that the Gospel was meant not just for Jews but for all people |
| St. Stephen | first martyr-stoned to death |
| Tertullian | early Church Theologian/wrote in Latin |
| Domitian | Roman Emperor-required his people to worship him as God |
| Josephus | Jewish historian |
| Nero | Roman emperor-started fire & blamed it in Christians |
| Origen | taught 3 ways of interpreting scripture: literal, moral & allegorical |
| St. Irenaeus of Lyons | wrote:"Against Heresies" |
| St. Paul | prime missionary to Gentiles/used to be "Saul" |
| St. Polycarp of Smyrna | defender of faith-opposed heresies-was martyred by burning on a pyre |
| Tacitus | Roman writer-reported that Nero falsely accused Christians of starting fire in Rome |
| Trajan | Roman Emperor-suggested using caution when persecuting Christians |
| Apologist | christian writers-defended the Church |
| Apostle | one sent by Jesus to do his work |
| Apostolic Father | early Church writer(Clement/Ignatius/Polycarp)-personally knew Apostles |
| Didache | earliest known writing in Chrisitianity-means:teaching |
| Gnosticism | belief that secret, revealed knowledge of God was transmitted to Apostles |
| hierarchy | leadership of Church:Pope>Bishops>Priests>Deacons |
| orthodoxy | sticking to accepted & traditional teachings of Church |
| Pharisee | Jewish religious group: believed in resurrection, following God's laws & living virtuously |
| canon (of the Bible) | official list of the books of the Bible (46=OT/27=NT)) |
| episkopoi | Greek word for bishop or "overseer" |
| heresy | false teaching-denies laws of Church |
| martyr | person killed b/c of their faith "witness" |
| Pax Romana | Latin:"peace of Rome"/period in history around Christ's birth |
| Sadducee | aristocratic Jewish sect:controlled Temple worship in Jesus' time |
| Zealot | Jewish radicals-hated Roman rule & started revolution against Rome |
| Matthias | replacement apostle for Judas |
| year=AD 40 | first time "Christian" was used |
| 3000 | # of people baptized at first Pentecost |
| Gamaliel | famous Pharisee & member of the Sanhedrin |
| deacons | 7 men ordained to distribute food & perform other tasks in early community |
| laid hands | sign of ordination |
| witness | martyr |
| Stephen | first martyr; stoned to death |
| Antioch | missionary center for Gentile Christianity |
| Paul | Apostle to Gentiles |
| James the less | Led Jerusalem church until his martyrdom in AD 62 |
| original sin | baptism removes the stain of Origrinal Sin |
| Damascus | where Jesus appered to Saul |
| 67 AD | Paul was killed, crucified upside down |
| James' death | stoned in 62 |
| 70 AD | year Temple was destroyed |
| Decius | Emporer who required certificates as proof one had sacrificed to the Roman gods |
