Religion chapter 4

A strong and formal condemnation promulgated by official church authority that sometimes carries with it the pain of excommunication

Anathema

Two greatest works that were written by st Augustine were

Confessions and city of God

All the church fathers were also doctors of the church

False

Arius taught that Christ was a creature of the father

False

Julian the apostate did more than any other emperor to root out paganism

False

St Ambrose of milian translated the Latin vulgate

False

The apostles creed was written by st jerome

False

Theotokos is the title given to Mary as one born without original sin

False

The difference between a heresy and an apostasy is

Heretics corrupt some of the dogmas of the faith apostates completely deny the faith

The heresy of Arianism falsely teaches

Jesus Christ is not really God

The Greek word gnosis means

Knowledge

Common characteristics of the church fathers

Orthodox in doctrine, holy, had notoriety,lived in early centuries

Who were the two greatest minds of the church ever known

St Augustine of hippo and st Thomas aquinas

Who were the three cappadocians

St basil st Gregory of nazianzus st Gregory of nyssa

Why were the first heresies that the church had to correct particularly dangerous

These heresies struck right at the heart of Christianity

St jeromes greatest contribution to the church was his translation of old and new testaments to Latin

True

The most recent saints to be named doctors of the church have all been women

True

There are currently over 30 doctors of the church

True

Two key players in the council of Nicea were the emperor Constantine and

st anthanasius