Christianization of Europe (A.D. 500-1200) – Flashcards
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franks gradually spread across northern _____
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Gaul
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Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invaded
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Britain
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today, we can see that the germanic invasions were not as ____________ as men once thought
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cataclysmic
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why during the period from approximately 400 A.D. to 800 A.D. would the victor adopt the _____ of the vanquished?
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religion
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at least two _____ factors facilitated the acceptance of Christianity by the barbarians
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cultural
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one of the factors that facilitated the acceptance of Christian by the barbarians is the __________ of the barbarian groups
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tribal composition
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when the chiefs or key elders embraced Christianity __________________ within that tribe soon followed
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mass conversions
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so it was that when a germanic tribe did become christian it did so in
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mass
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people brought their ________________ with them into the church
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superstitions and behavior
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another cultural factor that facilitated the acceptance of Christianity by the barbarians is the ____________ of those cultures that occurred up on impact with the graeco-roman civilization
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disintegration
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corruption of the church began with
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Constantine
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after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Roman Church relied upon what to support temporal rulers
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military
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Christian religion became a __________ which kings and popes used to subjugate the masses
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political weapon
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the 700's saw the fierce raiding parties of the _________ pillaging and plundering much of Western Europe
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vikings
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the first aspect of the pattern for evangelization of the viking people was that in almost all viking lands, "conversion was accomplished as a ________________ by a kind of mass movement"
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community affair
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the second feature of the pattern in which the vikings were won to Jesus Christ was that in almost all areas " the eventual triumph of Christianity through..."
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royal initiative
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the third feature of efforts to evangelize the vikings was that instruction, baptism, and discipleship training were carried on largely by missionaries from where
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England
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had a missionary zeal
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Irish Church
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founded monasteries
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Irish Church
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kept the lamp of learning alive
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Irish Church
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twofold influence of Christianity
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Celtic and Roman
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Irish missionary; makes Britain the first foreign mission church from the Irish
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Columba
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reluctant missionary; reached Gaul and came back, but later does go back
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Augustine
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christian queen who wanted to convert her husband; king was impressed by Augustine and allowed him to establish a monastery at Canterbury
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Birtha
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was largely responsible for the creation of the medieval papacy
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Gregory the Great
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Gregory the Great transformed bishopric of Rome into a ______ that endured throughout the Middle Ages
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Papal System
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established the Roman Catholic theology
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Gregory the Great
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promoted asceticism and possessed great missionary zeal
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Gregory the Great
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medieval catholic missions closely tied to _________________________ exploits
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political and military
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followed principle of accommodation and christianizing pagan traditions
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roman catholic missions
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roman church already had trained and dedicated ________ for service
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members
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roman catholic missionary monks had two desirable qualities for missionary work stemming from vows of obedience and celibacy
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servility and mobility
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ascetic lifestyle prepared them for _________ of the mission field
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deprivations
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papacy could deploy monks anywhere with a
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command
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tip of the spear; shock troops; pioneers; devoted, loyalty to the pope
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Jesuits
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became the virtually uncontested faith in most of the West and spread elsewhere
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Roman Catholicism
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creation of Christendom in Europe with
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Charlemagne
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greatly expanded to include Bohemia, Moravia, Poland, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Russia from 800 to 1073
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Christendom
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during this time period, the Roman Church expanded through the overseas empires of Portugal and Spain
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Age of Exploration
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twofold influence of Christianity in Britain
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Celtic and Roman
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established churches in Ireland and Iona
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Columba
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Roman monk; brought Romanism to Southern England
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Augustine
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the greatest of all missionaries of the Dark Ages
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Boniface
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accused of emphasizing church more than Christ, Sacrament more than Scripture
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Boniface
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what country was Boniface an apostle to
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Germany
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Boniface focused on what social group of people
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upper class
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established monastic mission outpost
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Boniface
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created missionary nuns
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Boniface
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devised the Slavic alphabet and translated the Gospels and liturgy
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Cyril
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Cyril began the use of what in worship
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vernacular
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precursor to translators of the modern mission era
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Cyril
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believed muslims should be converted not by force of arms but by love and prayers, and the pouring out of tears and blood
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Raymond Lull
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Raymond Lull used this three pronged approach:
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apologetical, educational, and evangelistic
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became the New World's most vocal advocate for the Indians; great humanitarian missionary
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Bartholomew de las Casas
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charter member of the Jesuit order established during the Counter-Reformation of the Catholic Church
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Francis Xavier
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ordered to Inida as a missionary with less than a 24 hour notice
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Francis Xavier
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Xavier was known as _______ that others would follow establishing more substantial ministries
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Catholic Trailblazer
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an Italian Jesuit who received a secular education that aided his endeavors
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Matthew Ricci
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Once while Ricci was in China, he shaved his head and dressed like a
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Confucian scholar
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Ricci later changed appearance to that of a _______ as he attempted to win the intelligentsia
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buddhist monk
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fastest growing religion in the world; second only to christianity in numbers
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Islam
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founded Islam in Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed
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Mohammed had a vision of the angel
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Gabriel
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stopped Islam from entering at the Battle of Tours
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Charles Martel
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later in the 15th century the Ottoman Turks conquered the
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Byzantine Empire
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the roman church sponsored seven of these
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crusades
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chief motive was religious ---freeing the Holy Land
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crusades
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effects from the crusades
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failed miserably
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most resistant of all non-christian religions
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Muslims
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T or F: Islam is younger than Christianity
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true
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denies the deity and the death of Christ
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Islam
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won more converts in foreign lands between 1500-1700 than it lost to Protestantism in Europe
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RC Church
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theology of the reformers
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Protestantism
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protestant churches were focused on
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survival
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protestants lacked opportunities for missions due to limited access to the
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oceans and seas
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protestants lacked __________ similar to the RC monastic orders
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missionary force
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early attempts at protestant missions were __________ and minimal participation
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short-lived
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modern missions were the direct outcome of
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pietist movement
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was a revolt against the cold, dead formalism and orthodoxy of Protestant Europe
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pietism
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"father of Pietism"
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Philip Spener
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genuine conversion leads to personal piety. piety lead to evangelize and vision; religion is of the heart, not head
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Pietism
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religion is of the ______, not head
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heart
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the first protestant mission
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Danish-Halle Mission
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the king of Denmark who asked for Halle to provide missionaries to his colony at Tranquebar, India
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King Ferdinand IV
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go as missionaries to King Ferdinand IV's colony of Tranquebar, India
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Ziegenbalg and Plutschau
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influenced a young von Zinzendorf
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Plutschau
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united brethren centered here and it became the source of a missionary movement that would reach around the world
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Hernhut
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Leader of the United Brethren
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Nicolas Ludwig Zinzendorf
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from ____________, mission works were started in Virgin Islands, Greenland, North America, South America, Labrador
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Hernhut
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later, the united brethren (moravian missions) established missionary ________ to spread the gospel
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societies
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arose out of the Great Awakening in Britain
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British missionary movement
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preachers of the Great Awakening in England
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John Wesley and George Whitefield
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preachers of the Great Awakening in America
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Jonathan Edwards and Whitefield
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laid the foundation for the Methodist Church and the groundwork for modern missions under William Carey
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John Wesley
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society for the propagation of the gospel in New England; evangelize the indians
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Elliot
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society for promoting christian knowledge (SPCK); strengthen christians through literature
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Brea
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society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts (SPG)
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evangelize indians and english settlers
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became the center for evangelism and foreign missions at the beginning of the 18th century
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University of Halle
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this movement was an outgrowth of pietism
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Moravian
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led the Moravian Advance
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Count Nicholas Zinzendorf
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paved the way for the great era of modern missions
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Moravian Movement
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were consumed by their passion to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth
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Moravians
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proportion of Moravian missionaries to laypeople
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1:60
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Moravian missionaries were expected to be
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self-supporting
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moravian missions founded on the message of the
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love of Christ
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born into wealth and nobility; reared by pietist grandmother and aunt
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Count Nicholas Zinzendorf
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Zinzendorf attended what university?
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Halle
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society founded by Zinzendorf; no man lives for himself
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Order of the Grain of Mustard Seed
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painting that inspired Zinzendorf
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Ecce Homo (Behold, the Man)
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allowed a group of bohemian refugees to form a christian community called
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Hernhut
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became the leader of the Hernhuts in 1727
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Zinzendorf
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a revival broke out among the hernhuts in August 1727, leading to a passion for
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missions
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On August 27, 1727, 24 men and 24 women covenanted to spend an hour each day in scheduled prayer, praying in sequence around the clock
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100 year prayer meeting
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undoubtedly this prayer chain helped birth
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Protestant missions
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first missionaries from the 100 year prayer meeting
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Dober and Nitschmann
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date in which the first missionaries, Dober and Nitschmann, were commissioned during an unforgettable service during which one hundred hymns were sung
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August 18, 1732
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the 100 year prayer meeting began the "_________" of Moravian Missions 1732-1742
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Golden Decade
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the moravian fervor spared the conversions of whom?
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John and Charles Wesley
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