Records what the apostles did after the Ascension...
What is ... Acts of the Apostles?
100
This heresy said that Jesus is just a man...
What is... the Arian Heresy?
100
The first Church Council that stated that new Christian converts did not have to become Jewish before being baptized as Christians...
What is... the Council of Jerusalem?
100
The first pope...
Who is... Peter?
200
This person was sought as the leader of the apostles and the early Church...
Who is... Peter?
200
Letters written by Paul to the Church in Corinth, Ephesus, Rome, and elsewhere...
What are... epistles?
200
This heresy stated that Jesus was only human while on earth, so Mary is just the mother of the human Jesus...
What is... the Nestorian Heresy?
200
The first ecumenical council, called by Constantine, to answer the Arian Heresy about Jesus' humanity and divinity...
What is... the Council of Nicea?
200
The fourth pope, on his way to his martyrdom in Rome, he wrote seven letters to the the Christians there...
What is... Clement?
300
The first Christian martyr
Who is ... Stephen?
300
St. Jerome's translation of Sacred Scripture from Greek and Aramaic into Latin...
What is... the Vulgate?
300
This heresy of the early Church stated that some people received special revelations from God that others did not, stated the Old Testament was of no use, and that Jesus did not really die when He was on the cross...
What is... Gnosticism?
300
Church Council that answered the Nestorian heresy and declared that Mary is the Theotokos...
What is... the Council of Ephesus?
300
Apologist who was so gifted in preaching that he has the nickname "golden-mouthed"...
Who is... John Chrysostom?
400
Name of the persecutor of the Church who underwent a dramatic conversion and became an apostle to the Gentiles...
Who is ... Saul/Paul?
400
Developed through three separate Councils, this document stated what we as Catholics believe...
What is ... the Nicene Creed?
400
This heresy stated that the Holy Spirit was just a power of God, not a Person of the Trinity...
What is... the Arian Heresy?
400
The Church Council that added the teachings about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed...
What is... the Council of Constantinople?
400
Father of the Eastern Church who began one of the first monasteries and was one of the first to issue a rule of living...
Who is... Basil?
500
The first community to call themselves Christians...
What is ... Antioch?
500
Written by St. Augustine, this autobiography records his conversion from sinner into one who seeks the Lord's will...
What is... the "Confessions"?
500
This heresy stated that Jesus was a mixture of two natures and that His weaker (human) nature was dissolved into the stronger (divine) nature...
What is... Monophysticism?
500
The Council that finally put to rest the questions about the hypostatic union within Jesus. He is one person, with two natures-human and divine...
What is... the Council of Chalcedon?
500
The four Fathers of the Western Church...
Who are... Gregory, Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome?