Finding God - Session 3

During Nero's time, Christians were considered atheists because they did not ________________________.

• celebrate the festivals of the local gods

• vote in elections

• attend church

• venerate the martyrs

Discrimination of Christians caused conditions that led to the first Christian ___________________.

• saints

• scapegoats

• martyrs

• priests

The Greek word for martyr means _____________________.

• "put to death"

• "remembered"

• "witness"

• "loyal"

A special gift of the Holy Spirit given for the service of others, the good of the world, and particularly for the building up of the Church is known as _______________________.

• a charism

• martyrdom

• faithfulness

• a sacrament

Martyrs have direct access to God because they live in ________________________ Christ.

• opposition to

• Heaven with

• communion with

The community of all those living and dead, including martyrs, who believe in Jesus and follow his teachings is the _____________________.

• Communion of Saints

• Communion of Martyrs

• Mediators of Heaven

• Mediators of Christians

Martyrs’ locks of hair or bone fragments taken from their original burial sites and housed in churches or basilicas are known as ________________________.

• Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• artifacts

• relics

• shrines

Martyrs' grave sites _______________________ by early Christians.

• were destroyed

• moved

• were turned into churches

• became shrines

The Apostles appointed _______________________ to serve as one of the first deacons.

• St. Paul

• St. Stephen

• St. Perpetua

• St. Polycarp

Witnesses falsely testified that Stephen had defied or disrespected God, which is known as __________________.

• distributing alms

• sinfulness

• preaching the Gospel

• blasphemy