SUMMARY OF KEY TERMS FOR QUIZ #2

SECTION 2, CHRISTIANITY

KEY TERMS, Oct 5^th

Messianism, Apocalypticism, Eschatology

Christ (“Christos” = Greek for “messiah”)

Christology

John the Baptist

Jesus of Nazareth

Synoptic Gospels (= Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke)

“Q”

Parables

New Testament Canon

KEY TERMS, OCT 9^th and 12^th

Peter, James, Jerusalem Church

Saul of Tarsus, Paul the Apostle

Pauline Epistles

Deutero-Pauline Epistles

Pastoral Epistles

Septuagint, Old Testament

Apocrypha

“God-fearers”

Marcion

"High Christology" vs. "Low Christology"

Jewish-Christians

Gnostics

Gospel of Thomas

Arians

Logos

Docetists

KEY TERMS, October 16^th

Persecution

Martyrdom

Baptism

Fixed Feasts vs. Movable Feasts

Eucharist

Easter

Pentecost

Christmas

Imitatio Christi

Christian Apologists (e.g., Justin Martyr)

KEY TERMS, October 19^th

Constantine, Edict of Milan

Eusebius

Athanasius

Augustine

Jerome

Vulgate

Manichees

Nag Hammadi Library

Council of Nicea, Nicean Creed

Council of Ephesus

Council of Chalcedon

Trinity, Holy Spirit

Nestorians

Monophysite Churches (Coptic, Ethiopic/Abyssinian, Syrian, Armenian)

Theotokos vs. Christotokos

“catholic,” Latin West, Catholic Church

“orthodox,” Greek East, Orthodox Church, Byzantine Empire

Bishop, Patriarch, Pope

KEY TERMS, October 23^rd

Original Sin

Adam vs. Christ

Eve vs. Mary 

Asceticism

Celibacy

Monasticism

Mendicant

Crusades