The Apostolic (30-100) and Persecuted Church (100-313)
This day marked the beginning of the church 50 days after the Resurrection of our Lord and 10 days after his Ascension. While one hundred and twenty followers gathered together in their place of meeting and prayer, the Holy Spirit came upon them in a marvelous way.
What is the Day of Pentecost?
He was the first Christian Emperor from 312 - 337 who issued an edict that put an official end to the persecutions.
Who is Constantine?
The rise of this powerful position in the Roman Church occurred because it was a power for righteousness on behalf of the people, it demanded good government, and it protected against tyranny. Secular rule was inconsistent and weak while church rule was constant and church leaders had strong allies.
What is the rise of Papal Power?
This two hundred year period began in Germany and spread over all northern Europe, resulting in the establishment of national churches owning no allegiance to Rome.
What is the Reformation?
This radical Protestant party acquired their name around 1654, they strongly opposed the Anglican system under Queen Elizabeth, and they were strong champions of popular rights. Out of their movement arose three churches, the Presbyterian, the Congregational, and the Baptist.
Who are the Puritans?
These two leaders in the church at Antioch were guided by the Holy Spirit and appointed by the elders to go forth on an evangelistic mission to other lands seeking both Jews and Gentiles with the gospel.
Who are Paul and Barnabas?
The influence of Christianity encouraged a sacredness to human life and ended this killing of babies that had been so prevalent in the Roman empire against babies that were unwelcome to its father.
What is infanticide?
This founder of his religious movement was born at Mecca in Arabia in 570 A.D. His religion is named Islam, meaning "submission", obedient to the will of God.
Who is Mohammed?
This literary movement became known as the awakening of Europe to new interests in literature, art and science; the change from medieval to modern aims and methods of thought. With this awakening came a new interest in Greek and Latin literature, in art--soon drawing apart from religion.
What is the Renaissance?
This movement was led by two brothers, John and Charles ______, and George Whitfield, during the first half of the 18th century when the church services in England had grown cold, had intellectual belief, and lacked moral power over the congregation. It resulted in the formation of Methodist churches in many lands.
What is the Wesleyan Revival?
This Roman emperor is known as the worst of all, and began the first imperial persecutions of Christians between 65 - 68. He accused Christians of starting fires that burned a large part of the city, and in return persecuted them by fire, burning them as "live torches" while he drove his chariot through them to watch.
Who is Nero?
This city was founded and established as the new capital city, replacing Rome because of it's close association with heathen worship. It is also named after its founder.
What is the founding of Constantinople?
These great movements occurred between 1095 - 1291 and originated because there arose a spirit throughout Europe to free the Holy Land from Mohammedan control.
What are the Seven Crusades?
This leader of the Great Reformation was a monk and a professor in the University of Wittenberg. He preached against the selling of sin pardons by rulers of the church, and against any doctrines and practices of the church that were not aligned with Holy Scriptures. He eventually renounced the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is Martin Luther?
This movement was an effort to restore the Church of England from Protestantism back to the doctrines and practices of the earlier centuries when the Christian Church was one, and needed no restoration. It had an inevitable tendency toward Rome, since its aim was to discredit the Reformation.
What is the Anglo-Catholic Movement?
This time period has its name partly because of the gloom of persecution over the church, but mostly because this is the period in history about which we know the least. However, during this age, the church membership grew to millions, its doctrinal system was established, and the institutions of baptism, the Lord's Day, The Lord's Supper, and Easter were also established.
What is the Age of Shadows?
This movement began as a result of worldliness creeping into the church. People began to grow dissatisfied with their surroundings and retired from the world to live in seclusion, seeking to cultivate a more spiritual life by meditation, prayer and ascetic habits.
What is Monasticism?
These four groups of Monastic Orders were developed during these Middle Ages and most were named after their founders who organized them and caused them to settle with some form of organization and government.
Who are the Benedictines, the Cistercians, the Franciscans, and the Dominicans?
This religion was born out of the division between the Roman branches and the Reformed branches of the German states. Lutheran princes began to formally "protest" a ruling that enabled the Catholics to freely practice their religion, and from then became known as the "______________".
Who are the Protestants?
Richard Hooker, Thomas Cartwright, Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and John Henry Newman are part of this same category of influencers of Christian thought and activity.
Who are the Leaders of the Modern Period?
These four sects and heresies were on the rise during the period of the Persecuted Church, and often taught corrupt doctrines among the Christian fold
Who are the Gnostics, Ebionites, Manicheans, and the Montanists?
This great event in history occurred as a result of tribes of "barbarians" coming across broken down barriers, pouring in upon helpless provinces, and seizing territory and establishing independent kingdoms. It occurred during a time when the Roman bishop or pope was regarded as the leading authority in the general church, more so than the Roman emperor.
What is the downfall of the Western Roman Empire?
Anselm, Peter Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Thomas Aquinas are four intellectual men apart of this category of influence during this age.
Who are the scholars and leaders of thought in this period?
This period between 1618 and 1648 was the effect of clashing interests between the Reformed and Catholic states in Germany. It involved nearly all the European nations, political rivalries, as well as religious, and at times those of the same faith found themselves on opposing sides. It ended with the fixing of boundaries of the Roman Catholic and Protestant states.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
This is the trend to reunion interdenominational cooperation with the hopes that all of this will not be merely organization, but that purity of doctrine, Christian fellowship in Christ, and loving service will be foremost.
What is Ecumenicalism?