The Church

• When was the great schism?

  1054
• What was the filoque controversy?

  Controversy over the addition of the phrase 'and the son' to the nicene creed
• When was the Protestant reformation?

  16th century
• Who started the reformation?

  Martin Luther
• What were causes of the reformation?

  Sale of indulgences and Luther's 95 theses
• Start of the ancient church

  Roman Empire. First member of the British church was St Alban; who was martyred for his faith. British church was a missionary church
• Start of the English church

  Came together as a result of synods like the Synod of Whitby. English church led by archbishops of Canterbury and York. Accepted authority of the pope until 16th century
• Start of the reformed church / Protestantism

  Western church divided between those that accepted papal authority and Protestant churches that did not. Church of England broke with Rome.
• Start of the established church

  17th century tensions continued with the Church of England led to the English civil war. During the period of commonwealth, its bishops were abolished and its prayer book was banned. Reversed in 1660
• Start of the comprehensive church

  Evangelical, Catholic and liberal beliefs
• Start of the Methodist church

  Began in mid 18th century in Britain. John Wesley - founder. Known as a travelling priest and pioneer, travelled thousands of miles to preach the gospel and invited people into the church
• What is the Jesus and Simon Peter story?

  Peter answered 'you are the messiah, the son of the living God'. Jesus replied, 'blessed you are, Simon Peter... i tell you that you are peter, and on this rock i will build my church and the gates of hell will not overcome it.' Matthew chapter 16
• What do catholics believe about the story?

  Jesus spoke directly to peter and said that he (peter) would be the rock on which the church would be built. From peter we can trace the unbroken chain from present day pope back to Peter the disciple (the first pope)
• What do other denominations believe about the story?

  Jesus pointed to the rock and said he will build the church upon the rock, a metaphor for Jerusalem where he was standing being the starting place for this universal message he had preached. Or was Jesus viewing the disciples as a body of people who were being handed the authority
• What did Jesus confirm?

  That authority is being passed on from him to the disciples
• What do Catholics believe about the authority of the church?

  - apostolic tradition and succession are equally important

  - tradition and scripture are connected
• Apostolic tradition and succession are equally important

  Apostolic tradition is important because it includes the apostles, their teachings and messages passed down. It also includes constitutions of faith, the church sacrament and more. It is how the church and Jesus' teachings were spread. Apostolic succession is important because it continues the tradition and is the basis for the church's claim to authority. Succeed from apostles so many recognise their importance
• Tradition and scripture are connected

  Connected through the Holy Spirit. Rule in Catholicism is to embrace scripture and tradition because the church has the authority to interpret scripture correctly. The pope and the magisterium council continue to interpret the Bible today
• What do Protestants believe about the church?

  - sola scriptura

  - the church is the creation of the word

  - priesthood of all believers
• Sola scriptura

  Sole authority of scripture. Sola Fide - justification by faith alone. The church is a servant to the scripture. Doctrine developed primarily by Martin Luther during the Protestant reformation. Luther claimed the only true authority is the word of God. Luther believed people should not pass judgement on God's word or try to claim parts of it is true or false. We have no right to tamper with the text because to do that is to become a teacher of the Holy Spirit who wrote scripture. Everyone subject to the authority of scripture
• The church is the creation of the word

  Without scripture there would be no word so the church cannot be the judge of scripture
• Priesthood of all believers

  All believers are priests and all stand equally before God. All believers have equal access to God through prayers without the need to be an ordained priest