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Assignment:

Guided Reading Questions (Christianity)

1. What bible verse is on the dome of St. Peter's?
2. What are the three largest groups in Christianity?
3. How many different Christian groups are estimated to be present now?
4. What does Christ mean?
5. List the three types of crosses and their differences (see "A Closer Look").
6. What two ways does the author note the differences among Matthew, Luke, Mark and John concerning Jesus?
7. What term does Jesus use to describe himself in the gospels?
8. According to the author, for whom did Jesus think were the special objects of God's love?
9. What was the Christian group led by Stephen called?
10. Why did Paul break with many of the rabbinical tradition he formerly endorsed?
11. What is the significance of the Crucifixion for Paul?
12. Where was Peter buried?
13. When did the legacy of Christian anti-Semitism began?
14. According to the author, how did Christians challenge the Roman Empire?
15. Define Orthodoxy and heresy.
16. After Constantine, what was equated with martyrdom?

Guided Reading Questions

1. How long did the Byzantine Empire last?
2. What motivated the Byzantine emperors to purse iconoclasm?
3. When did the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church split?
4. Whose thoughts did Aquinas borrow?
5. How long did the Period of Crusades last?
6. According to the author, what is one of the main differences between Renaissance and Middle Ages?
7. Who began the Protestant reform?
8. What are indulgences?
9. List the three offshoots of Anabaptists and note how they differ.
10. What book became the most influential book of Protestantism?
11. Who began the reformation in England, and why?
12. Which group brought the Reformed movement to America?
13. Why was the Council of Trent called?
14. What gave rise to questioning the uniqueness and absoluteness of Christianity?
15. List few examples of Pope Pius IX's condemnation of Modernist movement.
16. List some social reform movement that arose out of Christianity during the 19th
17. What is fundamentalism?
18. What is Ecumenism?
19. List the significant reform that Vatican II brought to the Catholic Church.
20. What approach represents the mainstream Christian feminists?
21. Where did Liberation Theology began? And, apart and away from Christianity, to what/whom did they appeal?