Early Challenges
The refusal to worship Roman gods and being seen as a threat to Roman society.
What are two reasons for Christian persecution in the early church?
This collection of books was deemed authoritative by early Christians.
What is the canon?
This is the end of state persecution and increased spread of Christianity.
What were the positives of legalizing Christianity?
This is Augustine living for pleasure and joining a cult.
What was Augustine's life like before he became a Christian?
This group of leaders gained power through the ability to forgive people of serious sins by penance.
Who are the bishops?
This inspired faith in others and often led to conversions during the early Christian period.
What is martyrdom?
Apostolic origin, consistency with the Old Testament, early date.
How was the canon determined?
This is entanglement with political power and insincere conversions.
What were the negatives of legalizing Christianity?
This controversy involved a group that claimed that sinful priests were invalid.
What was the Donatist controversy?
These people sought separation from the world to demonstrate their true dedication to Christ.
What are monks?
This term refers to a belief that contradicts a central Christian belief about salvation.
What is heresy?
This was developed among the clergy to protect the church from Gnostic teachers.
What is apostolic succession?
This man was a priest who believed that Jesus was the first and greatest being created by God.
Who was Arius?
This controversy centered on original sin and divine grace.
What is the Pelagian controversy?
This office claims to have the "keys of the kingdom" given to Peter.
What is the office of the Pope?
This group believed that salvation came through secret knowledge and saw the material world as evil.
Who were the Gnostics?
This event involved a vision of a cross before a major battle, leading to the ruler’s acceptance of Christianity.
What is the vision Constantine had before the Battle of Milvian Bridge?
This council affirmed that Jesus was fully divine and of the same substance as God the Father.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
This is Augustine's famous autobiographical work about his journey to Christianity.
What is "Confessions?"
This intellectual movement aimed to reconcile faith and reason in Christian thought.
What is scholasticism?
This is a formal statement of Christian belief used to combat heresies.
What is a creed?
This decree legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire, ending its persecution.
What is the Edict of Milan?
This is what happened to Arius and his followers after the Council of Nicaea.
What is exile?
This is Augustine's major political & theological work about the history of the world.
What is "City of God?"
This theologian integrated Aristotle's philosophy with Christian teaching.
Who is Thomas Aquinas?