Apostles/Acts
St. Peter was martyred by being _______________.
St. Paul was ____________.
crucified upside down
beheaded because he was a Roman citizen
Emperor __________ blamed the Christians for the _______________ in 64 AD.
Nero
Great Fire of Rome
Constantine was born in __________ to his mother ____________.
280 AD
St. Helena
Arianism
approx. 4 BC
Birth of Christ
St. Andrew was martyred by _______________.
crucifixion on an X-shaped cross
Emperor ___________'s persecution began in 249 AD. Christians had to prove their allegiance to Rome by ________________ or faced execution.
Decius
offering sacrifice to the pagan gods
Constantine saw a vision of ____________ at the Battle of the __________ Bridge. He ordered his soldiers to put the symbol on their _________.
the Chi-Rho ☧ (or Cross)
Milvian Bridge
shields
Heresy that said serious sinners could not re-enter the Church; sinful priests could not offer valid sacraments
Donatism
14 AD
Death of Caesar Augustus
St. Stephen was appointed as one the first 7 _____________.
He was martyred by _______________.
Deacons
stoning
___________ and ___________ were two Christian women who were martyred in 203 AD for refusing to worship the Roman gods. They were forced into the arena with wild beasts before dying by the sword.
Perpetua
Felicity
Constantine assembled the first worldwide council of Bishops in 325 AD called the _______________ which addressed the errors of ___________.
Council of Nicaea
Arius
Heresy that denied original sin; taught that we could be saved with our good works apart from God's grace
Pelagianism
approx. 31 AD
Martyrdom of St. Stephen
St. Paul was on the road to ____________ when he saw ___________. Jesus said "________________." He was blinded for ________ days before something like _____ fell from his eyes.
Damascus
Jesus
"Saul, Saul why do you persecute Me?"
three
scales
Emperor __________ ordered the last great persecution of Christians. He ordered the burning of ___________ and ____________.
Diocletian
Churches
Sacred Scriptures
Constantine built a new capital city in modern day ___________called ____________, later called ______________.
Turkey
Nova Roma (New Rome)
Constantinople
Heresy that taught of an Old Testament God and New Testament God that were opposed to each other
Marcionism
44 AD
Death of Herod Agrippa
Name all 12 Apostles (excluding Judas Iscariot)
Peter
Bartholomew
James the Greater
James the Lesser
John
Jude Thaddeus
Simon the Zealot
Thomas
Andrew
Matthew
Matthias
Philip
Constantine
Roman
Edict of Milan
Constantine delayed his ________________ because he wanted to ________________.
baptism until his deathbed
wash away all his sins before death.
This heresy taught the material world was evil and one needed to learn secret knowledge and their soul needed to escape their body
Gnosticism
96 AD
Death of John the Evangelist