Early Christianity
The statement of beliefs that formed the united foundation of the Christian faith
What is the Apostles' Creed?
The leader who divided the Roman Empire and wanted all Christians to die
Who is Emperor Diocletian?
The false prophet who started the Islamic religion
Who was Mohammed?
Someone well-rounded and skilled in many different things
What was a Renaissance man?
He was inspired to print books, failed repeatedly, then successfully invented the printing press, which spread knowledge of the Bible, the Reformation, and ancient writings.
Who was Gutenberg?
Underground burial sites cut out near rock quarries
What are catacombs?
He outlawed the persecution of Christians and won the Battle at the Milvian Bridge
What did Emperor Constantine do?
The Norsemen who went adventuring by sea to raid farms and monasteries, stealing food and treasure, and founded both Iceland and Greenland
Who were the Vikings?
People who made it possible for money to move across Europe, expanded merchant trade, and created the exchange of different forms of money
Who were bankers?
The doctrinal principles all Reformers agreed upon
What were the five pillars of the Reformation?
The Roman roads, the Coliseum, and the catacombs have in common
What Roman architectural structures affected the early Christians?
Who outlawed paganism and signed a peace treaty allowing the Visigoths to settle in Roman territory under their own king?
Emperor Theodosius
Ostrogoth king who took all of his people and their belongings across the Alps down into Italy, made a peace agreement with the Roman Emperor, killed him three days later, and became emperor of the Western Roman Empire
Who was Theodoric?
Countries built strong walls to protect themselves so people had time to think, read, and study. The Black Plague made peasants and farmers in demand, and the Turks took Constantinople causing the Christian scholars to flee west with their Greek and Latin scrolls.
What were the reasons feudalism fell and the Renaissance began?
The monk and Bible lecturer at the local university, who wanted to have a debate on doctrines and nailed a statement containing 95 disagreements to a door on the university
Who was Martin Luther?
Jerome’s Bible, which was translated into Latin
What is the Vulgate?
He wrote books to pour out his confessions to God and challenged the Romans’ accusations against the church
What did Augustine do?
The Visigoth who sacked Rome and sat on the throne watching Roman performers, while his men wrecked and pillaged
Who was Alaric?
The relearning of old ideas, the rise of the new art forms, the making of discoveries, the exploration of the world, the creation of new theories, and the translations of the Bible
What did the Renaissance inspire?
The Reformer martyred by being chained and burned, who is sometimes called “the goose” or “the morning-star” of the reformation, and who predicted that a Swan would come in 100 years that could not be silenced like him.
Who was Jan Hus?
The person put in prison so that we would have the letters of instruction to live our lives
Who was the Apostle Paul?
The Emperor most remembered for collecting and improving old Roman laws and creating a code that many European countries based their laws upon
Who was Justinian?
The barbarian who united England into one kingdom harmonized the different tribes, and named the country after the Angles
Who was Egbert the Saxon?
Great patrons of the arts who ruled Florence, influenced the church, and had popes come from them
Who were the Medici family?
The Reformer, who was martyred by being strangled and burned at the stake, translated the New Testament from Greek to English, preached against the Roman Catholic doctrine of the authority of the Pope, wanted every “plowboy” in England to be able to read the scriptures, and translated the Bible used as the King James Bible.
Who was William Tyndale?