The church in the Roman years
A polytheistic person
What is a pagan?
The council of Jerusalem determined that ______ could be accepted into the church.
Why Gentiles?
Who's persecutions lasted from AD 81 - 86?
Emperor Domitian
Scattering of jews
what is Diaspora?
This saint was condemned to death due to his unrelenting promotion and defense of the Good News.
St.Ignatius of Antioch
Higher beings or gods in any religion
Who are the Deities?
In AD 64, what did the emperor blame the Christians for?
The fire through Rome.
In 313, what document legalized christianity?
Edict of Milan
A catechetical document written during AD 60.
Think about.... The Didache
Who was arrested and told to renounce his "atheistic" behavior because he refused to worship the emperor and other Roman gods?
St Polycarp of Smyrna
Who choose to stand up and fight for their faith? (also a Greek word for "witness")
Martyr
Peter and Paul were martyred under whom in about 64-67?
Nero
In 250, this emperor made a rule that every Roman citizen had to worship the Roman gods in a public display.
It was non other than Decius himself.
St. Luke concludes the Acts of Apostles with ______ in Rome (Who?)
Where was Paul.
Who after his conversion taught Christianity as "True philosophy" in 165?
St. Justin Martyr
They choose to run away from their faith
Lapsi
What lasted from AD 64 - 67?
Intense Christian Persecution
A peaceful period under who's rule persecutions was from 260 to 303 (Who?)
Diocletian
episkopai is a word for _______
presbyters is a word for _______
Bishops
Priests
Who was the first bishop of their town to receive the crown of martyrdom?
St. Cyprian of Carthage
Why were Christians killed in 295? (List any one out of all reasons)
1) Because they would not join the military or
2) secret meeting or
3)irrational/unsophisticated
4)Jesus' teaching were foreign to Romans
5)vocal against immoral practices
By witnessing the heroic sacrifice of martyrs, Christians had earned this (virtue)?
Fortitude
Who continued the ongoing persecutions of Christians in 305 to 311 after the previous emperors death?
Galerius
Who was a historian who had later found out and reported that it was actually Nero himself who started the fire?
Wasn't it Tacitus?
His most famous work is "Against Heresies". He also supported the unity of bishops in defending Orthodox teaching within the church.
Remember St. Irenaeus of Lyons?