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honors church history unit one test
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09/24/2009

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Ambrose
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convinced Augustine to become Christian
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Anthony of Egypt
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first Christian monk
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Apologist
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Christians defending their beliefs
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Apostolic See
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said popes are successors to saint peter
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Arius
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began arianism. Was a heresy
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Ascension
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risen Christ enters into heavenly glory
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Assumption of Mary
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Mary taken body and soul into heaven
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Attila the Hun
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leader of the Huns.
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Augustine of Hippo
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became a Christian. Greatest theologian. Got caught up in Manichean
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Babylonian Captivity
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587-539 B.C. Jews did not exist and the leaders were exiled to Babylon
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Barbarian
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unshaven. Could not speak Greek
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Basil
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made monastic system and convent for woman (east)
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Benedict
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helped balance work and prayer in the monasteries (west)
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Byzantium
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Constantine rebuilt the city ad renamed it Constantinople
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Canon
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the sacred books of the bible
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Constantine
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first Christian emperor
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Council of Jerusalem
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must be circumcised and gentiles were welcome
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Council of Nicaea
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325 condemned Aryanism
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Diaspora
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scatterings of Jewish people from their homeland
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Edict of Milan
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granted religious freedom in the Roman Empire
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Episcopos
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bishops
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Exodus
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gods saving intervention helping the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt
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Fathers of the Church
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early church leaders
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Gentile
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non-Jewish faith origin
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God-Fearers
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gentiles who adopted the Jewish faith but not fully and not circumcised
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Hades
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hell in Greek
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Helena
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Constantine’s mother. Found the cross
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Hellenization
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spread of Greek culture
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Heretic
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faith conflicts with the church’s teaching
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Jerome
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made the Greek and Latin translation of the bible
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Julian the Apostate
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361-363 unsuccessfully tried to stop Christianity and revive paganism
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Lawrence
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was burned to death and died for his faith
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Leo the great
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said the popes are successors of peter and convinced Attila to spare the city
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Macrina
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with Basil in making the convent for woman (east)
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Manicheans
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religious cult who struggled with spirit in good vs. evil
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Messiah
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one who saves; Jesus son of god
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Monica
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Saint Augustine’s mother. Prayed constantly for her son
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Monophysitism
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Jesus is one nature
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Nero
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burned down the city then when people were upset he blamed the Christians
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Nonna
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married to saint Gregory who is a Christian convert. Had three children all saints. Influental
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Orthodoxy
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teaching that is consistent with the church
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Passover
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Jewish feast that is commemorating the deliverance of Jesus’ death
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Pentecost
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50 days after Passover; coming of the holy spirit
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Ponifex Maximus
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greatest bridge builder (pope)
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Presbyters
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elders or priests
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Sanhedrin
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Jewish high court
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Scholastica
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worked with Benedict (west)
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Sheol
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hell in Hebrew
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Stephen
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first Christian martyr
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Tarcisius
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young boy took Eucharist to prisoners and was beat to death by other boys
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Vandals
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destructive tribe who chose Aryanism
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Visigoths
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Germanic tribe (Spain)
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Tradition
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transmission of Jesus’ teaching
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Theodosius
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380 A.D. Christianity becomes official religion in Roman Empire
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Vulgate
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Jerome’s Latin translation of the bible
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Catholic
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general or universal
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Monasticism
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living alone (monk)
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Pachomies
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started the first monastery
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