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Church History Chapter 4 Overview

The document provides notes on early church history from Mrs. Caruso's class. It discusses the marks of the Church, including that it is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. It describes major Christian centers and patriarchates in important cities, and tensions between the Eastern and Western Churches. It also outlines the liturgical calendar, sacraments, church buildings, music like Gregorian chant, and the role of missionaries in spreading Christianity.

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Church History Chapter 4 Overview

The document provides notes on early church history from Mrs. Caruso's class. It discusses the marks of the Church, including that it is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. It describes major Christian centers and patriarchates in important cities, and tensions between the Eastern and Western Churches. It also outlines the liturgical calendar, sacraments, church buildings, music like Gregorian chant, and the role of missionaries in spreading Christianity.

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Church History

Chapter 4 Notes
Mrs. Caruso’s Class

Vocabulary:
Marks of the Church:

Patriarch:

Grace:

Liturgical Calendar:

Baptistry:

Basilica:

Gregorian Chant:

Church Buildings:
• When persecutions ended, Christians built churches as
___________________ and ______________ representing their faith.
• Used __________________ to convey what Christianity at the time
stood for:
– .
– .
– .
– .

Marks of the Church:


• Converts from different regions brought with them different
perspectives.
• Church leaders felt the need to formalize beliefs and practices;
only a united Church could claim to be one, holy, catholic, and
apostolic…
• Marks of the Church:
– .
• ______
– It has one Lord, one Baptism, forms one Body enlivened by
the Spirit, and one Hope in salvation
• ________
– God, its author, is Holy, Christ died to make it Holy, its life
comes from the Holy Spirit
• ________________
– Proclaims the faith to people around the world, it is
universal
• __________________
– Founded on the Apostles, Christ governs through the
successors of Peter and the Apostles

Major Christian Centers:


• Largest cities became major ______________________, leaders of
which were called _______________.
• Patriarchates, cities with patriarchs:
– .
– .
– .
– .
– .
• Bishop of Rome continued to be viewed as the head of the
____________ Church, but the Patriarch of ____________________
held a place of prominence in the ________.
• From the 5th Century on, the gap between East and West
continued to grow:
– Eastern Churches used ________, Western Churches use
________.
– Over time, leaders could no longer understand each other.
– Differences in Church practices and spirituality also
created tension between East and West.
• Ex: differences in rules about fasting, about the kind
of bread used for the Eucharist, about priests
marrying, and even about priests having beards.

The Christian Experience:


• Most influential thinker in the West was
____________________________
– Wrote extensively on the topic of ________.
– “Grace is a participation in the life of God.” (CCC #1997)
• Christians of the time found grace everywhere. Their lives were
___________________ from birth to death. Seasons of the year were
Christianized into the ____________________________.
– Liturgical Calendar was divided into the seasons of
__________, ________________, _______, ______________,
__________, ______________________.

Developments in Church Practice:


• Though a set list of Sacraments did not exist until ________,
various sacramental celebrations were definitely viewed as
means of __________.
• ___________ and ________________ had buildings designed
exclusively for their celebration.
• Church design imitated that of public buildings popular at the
time.
• ________________________ was introduced and used in the Liturgy.
Missionaries:
• Were it not for missionaries, places like Ireland, England, and
Germany would not have become the strongholds of Christianity
that they did.
• Missionaries engaged in a contest: Christian God vs. other gods.

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