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28 of the first 31 Popes were...
Martyred
Historically, they are known as "The Five Good Emperors": But for three centuries, Domitian, Hadrian, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Decius oversaw the persecution thousands of...
Christians
St. Justin the Martyr was murdered during the reign of Marcus Aurelius after
Speaking to the Roman Senate
In Christian Theology an "apology" is used as an explanation for why the faith holds...
A certain belief
Gnosticism is a heresy that believed Jesus Could not...
Be both God and man
The first Christian persecution was led by Roman Emperor…
Nero
This Roman Emperor, whose reign began in 81 AD, severely taxed Christians, was determined to keep Christianity from the ruling class and even murdered his cousin when he became a Christian...
Domitian
This Saint was the Bishop of Antioch and arrested after an earthquake for "angering Roman Gods"....
St. Ignatius of Antiocj
St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon fought his entire adult life against all...
Heresies
Marcionism believed Jesus came into the world to bring about the demise of...
Demiurge
The event that triggered the first Christian persecution and which lasted for nine days occurred in this city...
Rome
Trajan was one of the Five Good Emperors. His Rescript proclaimed that if Christians were to deny Jesus and __________they could live
Worship Roman gods
On the way to Rome after his arrest, St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote...
Seven letters
Constantine replaced the last Roman Emperor to persecute Christians on a large scale. His name was...
Diocletian
Montanism is a heresy that believed that Christians cannot be Redeemed and that the__________was near...
Apocolypse
The event that triggered the first Christian persecution and which lasted for nine days occurred was a...
Fire
Hadrian was one of the Five Good Emperors as well and Hadrian's Rescript...
Prevented murderous mobs from legally killing Christians
St. Ignatius' letters had great appeal, especially among the...
The poor
Almost immediately after the Edict of Milan in 313 AD________began, continuing to spread through the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries
Heresies
A Christological heresy denies Jesus is...
Both God and Man
Nero blamed the Christians for the catastrophe in Rome and had large numbers arrested and charged with...
Hating the human race
Hadrian's Rescript. also allowed_________accusations to be made against Christians without penalty to the accuser
False
Shortly after Ignatius' death, there are about forty thousand Christians in the Roman Empire. One hundred fifty years later, when Emperor Constantine converts there are about..
Six million
One year before issuing the Edict of Milan, Roman Emperor Constantine became this...
A Christian
The Arian heresy was a Christological heresy that denied Jesus was both God and man and was conceived by a priest named...
Arius