Church History DRT and Final Study Guide
Name:_______________________
1. Who is the founder of the Church? In other words, who instituted the Church? _______________________.
a. *CCC 767 "When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was
accomplished, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost in order that he might continually sanctify the
Church." …the Church in her very nature is missionary, sent by Christ to all the nations to make disciples of
them.
2. What marks the birth of the Church and when was the Church first manifested?
3. List and briefly explain the four marks of the Church.
4. For the early Christians, ____________________and _____________________were days of fasting and penance.
5. Where was the liturgy celebrated in the early Church?
6. *Catechumenate: The formation of those in preparation for their Christian initiation that aims at bringing their
conversion and their faith to maturity within the ecclesial community.
What do we call the modern-day catechumenate?
7. When does the Apostolic era end?
8. Define “Apostolic Fathers”?
9. Define Martyr.
10. Who was the first martyr and what is another way of saying ‘the first martyr’?
11. What was the Council of Jerusalem and what was decided by this council?
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12. Define “Ichthys” (pg 70)
13. *Clement of Rome – third successor of Peter, letters from the Corinthians to Clement provide historical evidence of
papal primacy. (St. John the evangelist still alive, yet Corinthians go to Clement).
14. *St. Polycarp – Apostolic Father, bishop in the early Church, and martyred for his faith.
15. Who is known as the ‘Apostle and Missionary to the Gentiles’?
16. Why were the early Christians were persecuted for their faith?
17. Define Apologetics.
18. What was the name of the first Roman Emperor to begin the persecution of the Christians and around what time did
the persecutions begin?
19. What was Tertullian’s famous quote? Hint this quote spoke of the reason behind the growth of Christianity.
20. St. Ignatius of Antioch – Apostolic Father, bishop in the early Church, first to use the term, “_________________”.
21. List the person, the name of the law and the year that made it legal to practice Christianity.
22. Define Heresy.
23. Define Apostasy.
24.Who began Arianism and what was its main belief?
25. When was the ‘Council of Nicaea’ and what was decided there?
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26. What was the name of the Council that condemned Nestorianism and what was the major declaration that came from
this council?
27. What was the name of the council that condemned Monophysitism? *Know that this council defined the ‘Hypostatic
Union’.
Define Hypostatic Union.
28. Who is St. Augustine of Hippo. Where was he bishop of, he is known as the “Doctor of ____________”,
which two famous book did he write, the name of his mother, and the overall story of his life.
29. Rome was sacked by whom and when?
30. What role did monasteries have during this time, i.e. the time of the barbarian invasions on the West?
31. Who was St. Benedict of Nursia and what did he do?
32. * Know that Pope Gregory the Great worked to define papal primacy and to reform clerical, monastic and the liturgy.
He also was the one who sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to England and Boniface to Germany in order to
evangelize the barbarian tribes.
33. Who was the founder of Islam, when was it founded, and what was it?
34. Who were St. Cyril and Methodius? What was the official title granted to them by Pope John Paul II?
35. Define Schism.
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36. Explain the Filioque Controversy and the word ‘homoousios’.
37. What was the Eastern Schism?
38. What Feudalism is and its relationship with the Church.
39. Define Lay Investiture.
40. What was the Concordat of Worms?
41. Define Nepotism.
42. Define Simony.
43. What was Cluny?
44. What was the purpose of the Crusades?
45. What was the Inquisition?
46. Who was St. Thomas Aquinas?
47. What were the two main Mendicant orders during the High Middle Ages?
48. Define Scholasticism.
49. _________________ Cathedrals were an expression of Medieval faith and catechism in stone and glass.
50. How did the Catholic Church end up in Avignon, France and what is the name for this period of time?
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51. What was the Black Plague and how did it affect Europe?
52. Who was St. Catherine of Siena?
53. What was the Western Schism?
50. Who was Martin Luther, what did he disagree with and how did he expressed this disagreement, and what
was his ‘revolutionary thought?”
51. Define ’ ‘Sola Fidei’, ‘Sola Gratiae’, and ‘Sola Scriptura’.
52. Who is John Calvin and what were his main beliefs?
53. What was the name of the king of England during the English Reformation?
54. Who was St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher?
55. List the two main purpose of the Council of Trent and the main doctrinal issues addressed at the council.
56. Who is the founder of the Jesuits? And what were the Jesuits?
57. Who was St. Francis Xavier?
58. What is the story behind Our Lady of Guadalupe?
59. Briefly explain Enlightenment Philosophy.
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60. Who was Galileo?
61. Who is St. Frances Cabrini?
62. Who was St. Katherine Drexel?
63. Who did Mary appear to and asked her to assist in the production of the ‘Miraculous Medal’?
64. What is the name of the saint who Mary appeared to at Lourdes, France? What name did Mary go by during
this apparition and what was significant about this name?
65. Know about Our Lady of Fatima and what happened one week before the first apparition of OLOF?
66. What was the main focus of the Second Vatican Council, aka, Vatican II?
67. What were the two main points of the first Vatican Council?
68. Who called/began the second Vatican Council?
69. What are the names of the four constitutions of the Second Vatican Council (both Latin and English) and what was
the main issue of each constitution?
70. How is a cardinal elected pope?
71. Pope John Paul II…
- What is Theology of the Body?
- What are World Youth Days?
- *He was involved with the fall of the Soviet Communist Empire 1989.
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72. Define Ecumenism.
73. *The Church in America grows…in 1850 2 million Catholics and in 1865 there are 4 million Catholics.
74. *St. Rose Philippine Duchesne. A member of the Society of the Sacred Heart, opens a school
for girls in Kansas. The Pottawatomi Indians named her “the woman who prays always”.
1841.
75. *Fr. Emil Kapaun 1951. Died as a prisoner of war in Chinese Communist Hospital in Korea.
Due to his heroism both as a priest and a chaplain to the prisoners of war in the Korean prison
camp, the Diocese of Wichita and the US Military are seeing his canonization.
76. *Bishop Eugene Gerber (1982-2000) developed the structural model for stewardship way of life
for Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Wichita – the first diocese in the United States to do so.
77. What is the name of the bishop of our diocese?
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