Ecumenical Councils
The concern of the Council of Trent
What is Protestantism and reform
These writings were part of the New Testament canon that Manichaeism borrowed heavily from.
What are St. Paul's writings?
The reason why the Coliseum is preserved as a testament in the modern day world.
What is the great sacrifices made by Christians during persecution?
These Christians were denied readmission because of offering sacrifices to pagan gods.
What are lapsi-Christians?
The study of the Church fathers and their many writings.
What is patristics?
The concern of the Council of Chalcedon
What is Monophysitism?
The great Christian thinker and father of Latin Theology who joined Montanism.
Who is Tertullian?
Because of this influence, gladiatorial combats were outlawed.
What is Christianity and its pilgrimage?
This willfull denunciation of the faith entirely wiped out many Christians, and a component of the Edict of Decius.
What is Apostasy?
St. John Chrysostom was named Patriarch of Costantinople against his wishes because of this criticizing component.
What is the prevailing moral laxity in Constantinople?
The concern of the council of Nicea II
What is Iconoclasm?
This could be found among some people in the created order.
What is a divine spark, belonging to the Divine Being?
The coliseum made efforts to ensure that the viewers were comfortable in the heat.
What is the cooling system made from large canopies and ropes?
The church faced a two-fold loss due to these tragedies Christians faced.
What is martyrdom and apostasy?
This Latin title granted by the pope to those whose development of theology and personal exemplary.
What is the Doctor Ecclesiae (Doctor of the Church)?
The concern of the Council of Ephesus
What is Nestorianism and Mary as Mother of God?
St Thomas Aquinas's definition of a heresy.
What is a species of unbelief, belonging to those who profess the Christian faith, but corrupt its dogmas?
Romans found entertainment through many events that took place in the Coliseum.
What are executions, fights between animals (and sometimes men), and the famous gladiatorial combats?
Decius composed an Edict with these elements to exterminate the Christians.
What is anyone who was suspected had present themselves and offer a simple sacrifice to prove they had given up the faith?
This church father's (who translated the Bible into latin) two enduring passions.
What were the ascetical life and scholarship?
The concern of the Council of Constantinople II
What is Netsorianism, Monophysitism, and imperial-papal relations
The place where St. Paul explained Christianity to intellectuals.
Where is Areopagus in Athens?
Construction began around AD 72 with this emperor and was completed under Emperor Domitian.
Who is Emperor Vespasian?
Decius believed that the survival of the empire depended on this in order to extirpate Christianity from the empire.
What is the restoration of the old pagan cults?
Church father, St. Ambrose of Milan, supported this decision.
What is the removal of the Altar of Victory?