Dates
In this year, the fulfillment of a prophecy of Jesus found in Matthew 24 came to pass with the destruction of the Jewish Temple.
What is AD 70?
This is the first Catholic Catechism ever written.
What is the Didache?
Who is Maxentius?
This Church Father translated the Old and the New Testament (and had a lion BFF).
Who is Jerome?
This mentally unstable Emperor reigned as the first Emperor after the Pax Romana ended. He spent much of his time fighting in the Colosseum and was assassinated.
Who is Commodus?
This Emperor made Christianity the state religion.
Who is Emperor Theodosius I (also called Theodosius the Great)?
Pax Romana ended this year (with the death of Marcus Aurelius).
What is AD 180?
The Church Universal is divided into these three parts.
What are the Church Triumphant, The Church Suffering, and the Church Militant?
The tetrarch who beheaded John the Baptist.
Who is Herod Antipas?
This Church Father and Bishop of Milan refused communion to an Emperor who committed a grave sin.
Who is Ambrose?
This Roman Emperor reigned during Christ's arrest and death. Although he was a great military leader, he eventually became a complete recluse (as well as tyrannical) and was assassinated by his Praetorian Guard.
Who is Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus)?
This Emperor gained the throne by being the victor in the civil war of the "Year of Five Emperors." He turned Rome into a military dictatorship (autocracy) but was nonetheless popular for restoring order.
Who is Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus)?
The Edict of Milan was issued in this year.
What is AD 313?
These are the three states of the people of God.
What are the laity, clergy, and religious?
This client king upgraded the Temple of Jerusalem.
Who is Herod the Great?
This important Church Father was a disciple of Saint Polycarp.
Who is Saint Irenaeus?
This emperor was the first to persecute Christians by accusing them of setting fire to the city of Rome. HE eventually committed suicide when an angry mob tried to storm his palace.
Who is Nero ((Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)?
This Emperor was the last Emperor of the Pax Romana, having fought many wars against the Parthians and Germanic tribes. He was also one of the most important Stoic philosophers, perhaps a true Philosopher King.
Who is Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)?
The Council of Nicaea happened in what year?
What is AD 325?
This is the name for an adult who has chosen to become a Catholic and is preparing for baptism.
What is a catechumen?
This Gothic leader led the sack of Rome in AD 410.
Who is Alaric?
This Eastern Church Father was an important figure at the Council of Nicaea.
Who is Athanasius?
Was an Emperor who was mocked for slobbering and stuttering qualities, but who proved to be a competent ruler. He was assassinated by his wife to hasten her son's ascension to the throne.
Who is Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)?
This Emperor reigned during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He was also the Roman General who destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem.
Who is Titus (Titus Flavius Vespasianus)?
This date signifies the end of the Hellenistic Era and the beginning of Pax Romana.
What is 31 BC?
These were the people from whom Herod the Great descended.
Who are the Idumeans?
This Hasmonean ruler conquered Edom and converted the Edomites to Judaism,
Who is John Hyrcanus?
This Church father is credited with saying, "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church." At the end of his life, he became a Montanist heretic.
Who is Tertullian?
Was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, having defeated the rebellious Antony and Cleopatra, and established what became known as Pax Romana. HE was also the Emperor who reigned during Christ's birth.
Who is Octavius (Gaius Octavius Thurinus)?
This Emperor founded the short-lived but effective Tetrarchy. He was also the one under whom the persecutions of Christians were the bloodiest.
Who is Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus)?