Religion "We Believe" Chapter 7

During the persecution of the early ________about one thousand Christians accepted death rather than deny their faith

We read in the Gospel of _______ that about three thousand people were baptized on the day we now know as Pentecost

The ___________ , which took place around A.D. 49, was the first great council of the Catholic Church.

• Council of Jerusalem

• Council of Egypt

• Persecution of the early Church

• first persecution of the Church

THe most famous of the early Christians missionaries was ________

The Church relies on _________ as a book of faith and looks to Tradition as a living witness of faith,

The Gospel of ________ was the first account of Jesus' life and teachings to be written down, around A.D. 70.

At the conclusion of the Council of Jerusalem, Paul and ________ returned to Antioch with a letter describing the council's decision.

The _____________ of Christians began in Rome around A.D. 64 under the Emperor Nero.

The books of the New Testament that are said to be the oldest are ________, or letters, that were written by, or attributed to, Saint Paul.

• Saint Mark

• Gospel of John

• fourteen Epistles

• book of Revelation

The ________ to be written, the Gospel of John is similar to the first three Gospels, but also includes material not found in them.