Emperors
His wife, Helena, converted to Christianity around the same time as their son. He was Augustus of the West when he died.
Who is Constantius Chlorus?
This battle occurred on this date. (be very specific).
What is Oct. 28th, AD 312.
After the Milvian Bridge victory, Constantine converted to the Christian faith, though he did not receive this sacrament.
What is baptism?
"A species of unbelief, belonging to those who profess the Christian faith, but corrupt its dogmas." (St. Thomas Aquinas)
What is Heresy?
___________________ was the heresy that believed that, in addition to there being a good god and a badgod, that such people as Jesus, the Old Testament prophets, and Buddha had freed themselves successfully fromevil matter and that we could do the same by means of rigorous penances.
What is Manichaeism?
______________________ was the heresy that believed that God was one person and that the "Father" and"Son" and "Holy Spirit" were just different "modes" of God ... not separate persons.
What is Sabellianism (or Modalistic Monarchianism)?
He was the Eastern Caesar under Galerius, and for a brief time Augustus of the East, but was forced out by Constantine and Licinius.
Who is Maximinius Daza?
The Milvian Bridge spanned this river.
What is the Tiber?
The Edict of Milan was signed in this year.
What is AD 313.
This type of heresy is not intrinsically sinful, but it can mess you up.
What is Material Heresy?
_____________________ was the heresy that believed that mortal sins were unforgivable.
What is Montanism?
This was the heresy that believed that Jesus was not divine when he was born, but became so at his baptism.
What is Adoptionism (or Dynamic Monarchianism)?
He ruled with Domitian and came out of retirement after his son defeated Flavius Severus and declared himself Emperor of Rome.
Who is Maximian?
The day before the battle, while marching, Constantine beheld a vision in the sky of a Chi-Rho symbol with these Latin words.
The Edict of Milan allowed for complete religious toleration, the legalization of Christianity, and this.
What is the restoration of confiscated church property?
This type of heresy involves believing in a view that one knows the Church has condemned.
What is Formal Heresy?
_____________________ was the heresy that believed that, in addition to the god of the Old Testament being evil and the god of the New Testament being good, that "law" and "love" were intrinsically opposed to each other.
What is Marcionism?
The heresy is the only one to originate in the West. It denies original sin and claims one does not need God's grace for salvation, sanctification, or sainthood.
What is Pelagianism?
The Emperor who Constantine defeated in a civil war, at the Battle of Milvian Bridge.
Who is Maxentius?
After his vision, Constantine had a dream in which Jesus appeared and told him to put the Chi-Rho on shields and standards. This afterwards came to be known as...
What is the "Labarum"?
In this battle, Constantine wars against his former co-ruler and wins. This makes him the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.
What is the Battle of Adrianople?
This man is known as the Father of Heresies.
Who is Simon Magus?
. _____________________ was the heresy that believed the sacraments were only valid if the minister wasfree from mortal sin
What is Donatism?
This heresy claimed that Jesus was a created being, and, albeit the highest of all creation, was not of a divine nature.
What is Arianism?
The Emperor who co-ruled with Constantine until they had a falling out.
Who is Licinius?
Constantine won a decisive victory while Maxentius suffered this fate...
What is being drowned in the Tiber River?
In honor of this victory, Constantine establishes the new city of Constantinople along what body of water?
What is the Bosphorus?
_____________________ was the name for the general heresy that claimed to possess a "secret knowledge" and believed that a good god had created our souls and a bad god had trapped our souls in evil matter.
What is Gnosticism?
The heresy that believed that, in addition to there being a good god and an evil god, Christ was not human but only divine, and that he faked his death by miraculously teleporting the body of either Judas Iscariot or Simon of Cyrene on the cross to die instead.
What is Docetism?
This document, which we only have in fragments now, contains "drinking songs" that promoted heresy to the common people.
What is the Thalia?