Roman Emperors
Cruel, paranoid emperor who murdered his own mother and killed Christians in unusually cruel ways while declaring Christiani non sint.
He is best known for translating the Bible into the Latin common language.
Who is St. Jerome?
The refusal to accept one or more truths of the Faith which are required for Catholic belief
What is a heresy?
Constantine founded this city on the site of the Greek city Byzantium in 330.
What is Constantinople?
This Alexandrian priest founded the Arian heresy.
Who is Arius?
A response to Pliny the Younger written in AD 112, this offered a definite policy for handling Christians that said Christianity was still a crime but could only be prosecuted under certain conditions.
What is Trajan's Rescript?
A fearless and persistent opponent of Arianism, his life's work was the Nicene Creed, which was originally instated at the Council of Nicaea.
Who is St. Athanasius?
A multi-faceted heresy which held that salvation could be obtained through knowledge and that the Redeemer Jesus Christ was not human, as the material world is inherently corrupt and evil
What is Gnosticism?
The name for the first translation of the Bible from its original languages meaning "common language"
What is the Vulgate?
This is the willful renunciation of the Faith in its entirety.
What is apostasy?
After rising through the ranks of the army, he became emperor and issued four edicts that led to the very worst of all the persecutions the Christians faced at the hands of the Romans.
Who is Diocletian?
The Bishop of Antioch and the first to use the term "Catholic Church." He was martyred in Rome in AD 107.
Who is St. Ignatius?
Third and fourth century heresy denying Jesus' divinity, claiming that Jesus is neither God nor equal to the Father.
What is Arianism?
Nero's infamous Latin phrase which means "Let the Christians be exterminated."
What is Christiani non sint?
Convened in 325, this very first council addressed Arianism and gave us a creed that is recited as the Profession of Faith on Sundays at Mass.
Issued by Constantine and Licinius in AD 313, this granted Christians the freedom to practice their religion and legitimized Christianity in the eyes of the empire.
What is the Edict of Milan?
One of the most famous martyrs during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, he was an important Catholic apologist who was born pagan and studied philosophy before converting to Catholicism at age 30.
St. Justin Martyr
The Gnostic creator god of the material world
What is the Demiurge?
The word "Gnosticism" is derived from the Greek word gnosis which means this.
What is knowledge?
Constantine met with him in Milan in 313, and they issued the Edict of Milan together.
Who is Licinius?
This emperor's decree declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire in 391.
Who is Theodosius I the Great?
A disciple of St. Polycarp and the bishop of Lyon, he wrote systematically against heresies including Gnosticism and was martyred during the reign of Emperor Septimus Severus.
Who is St. Irenaeus?
This word, meaning "one in being" was included in the Nicene Creed to combat the Arian heresy that Jesus was separate from God the Father
What is consubstantial?
What is homoiousion?
What is libellatici?