Early Church 1
On March 15, 44 B.C., __________ was murdered by a group of Roman senators.
Who was Julius Caesar?
By A.D. ________ the New Testament had completed.
What is 100?
A Greek word for witness?
What is martyr?
During the first century A.D., persecution drove the early Christians to meet in the vast galleries (subterranean passages) beneath the city of Rome known as
What are the catacombs?
What was Sumerian writing Called?
What is cuneiform?
Many early Christian writers were known as this. They attempted to reasonably defend Christianity against Pagan defamations
What were apologists?
The apostle that was martyred on a cross with his head downward for he was not worthy to die as Yeshua had died.
Who was Peter?
What were the wars between Rome and Carthage?
What were the Punic Wars?
The Edict of______ ended the persecution and made Christianity a legal religion.
What is Milan?
The apostles who were martyred under the reign of Nero
Who were the apostles Paul and Peter?
The Christians experienced the first major persecution by the Romans. After a fire devastated Rome, Nero deceitfully blamed the Christian community; multitudes of Christians perished.
Who wrote the book of Revelation?
Who was the apostle John?
Initiated the tenth and greatest persecution
Who was Diocletian?
In 303, he outlawed Christianity and ordered a systematic search that swept away hundreds of biblical manuscripts in Asia Minor and Syria.
Non-Jews
What are Gentiles?
The first to use the term Trinity, coined the phrase…”The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church.” He also contended against the heresy of Monarchianaim, which denied the trinity doctrine.
Who was Tertullian?
The Nicene Creed was adopted by the council of Nicaea in A.D. 325 rejecting this teaching. It was a false doctrine that denied the deity of Christ.
What is Arianism?
Combined elements of Greek philosophy, Oriental religion, and Christain theology into a complex system of error that attacked the very foundations of Christianity.
What is Gnosticiam?
*Monarchianism - denies the doctrineof the trinity.
To combat the spread of heresies, the early Christians wrote statements of their beliefs In the form of creeds. (Latin, credo, ”I believe”) or confessions of faith. The earliest was developed between the second and fifth centuries from the questions asked of new converts at their baptism. What is this creed?
What is the Apostles Creed?
Known for his merciless law code in chapter 8?
Who was Draco?
aka…Draconian
A Jewish place of worship
What is a synagogue?
Who made ChriStianity the only legal religion of the Roman Empire?
Who was Theodosius I?
Granted toleration to Christians with the Edict of Milan
Who was Constantine?
Ten days after Christ’s ascension, the ________ descended upon Jerusalem.
What is the Holy Spirit?
The book of Acts records this event as the beginning of the New Testament church and of the worldwide expansion of Christianity.
The emperor that demanded to be worshipped and he is known for exiling the apostle John to the Isla of Patmos in the Aegean Sea, where he received and recorded the prophetic visions known as the apocalypse or Book of Revelation.
Who was Emperor Domitian?
Give the Hebrew word for “Anointed One.”
What is Messiah?
Mt. Edna erupted, burying Herculaneum and _____________ in volcanic ash.
What is Pompeii?