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This Apostolic Father was Bishop of Smyrna and is traditionally said to have been a disciple of St. John.
Who is St. Polycarp of Smyrna?
This city is where the saints were first called “Christians.”
Where is Antioch?
This early Christian text is often called “The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles.”
What is the Didache?
The Emperor who executed St. Peter and St. Paul.
Who is Nero?
This bishop of Antioch wrote letters on his way to martyrdom in Rome and strongly emphasized unity with the bishop.
Who is St. Ignatius of Antioch?
This city became famous for its Catechetical School and teachers like Clement and Origen.
Where is Alexandria?
This work by St. Irenaeus argues that true teaching is preserved through the churches founded by the apostles and the succession of bishops. Hint: was a big inspiration for Tertullian and St. Athanasius.
What is Against Heresies?
What is Pentecost?
This Father argued against heresies by appealing to the public succession of bishops from the apostles.
Who is St. Irenaeus of Lyons?
The parish of St. Polycarp.
Where is Smyrna?
This writing gives one of the earliest detailed descriptions of Christian Sunday worship and the Eucharist.
What is Justin Martyr’s First Apology?
This council in Acts 15 decided that Gentile converts did not need to convert to Judaism before Christianity.
What is the council of Judaism.
Who were the teacher(s) of 1. St. Polycarp, 2. St. Ignatius, and 3. St. Irenaeus? Bonus: St. Clement?
1. St. John, 2. St. John and St. Peter 3. St. Polycarp Bonus: St. Peter & St. Paul
Where is Rome?
This writing confirmed an oral/tradition teaching on fasting Mondays and Wednesdays.
What is the Didache?
Where was St. John exiled at?
Where is Patmos?
This 2nd-century Christian apologist wrote defenses of Christianity to Roman emperors and a Jewish guy named Trypho.
Who is St. Justin Martyr?
St. Clement of Rome wrote to this city, telling them to stop with divisions in the church and to obey their leaders.
Where is Corinth?
This beautiful apologetic writing, addressed to pagans, explains Christian life, morality, and our "heavenly citizenship" by an unknown author.
What is the Epistle to Diognetus?
Emperor who executed St. Justin Martyr.
Who is Marcus Aurelius ~ 165 AD.