The church in the first century was pure and what?
What is Orthodox?
100
The earliest narrative of the history of the church is in what book of the New Testament?
What is the book of Acts?
100
This man had the ultimate decision in Jesus' execution.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
100
This group of Jewish Christians name comes from the word "poor", and they believe in traditional Jewish values.
Who are the Ebionites?
100
This man was a lawyer and a orator and the origin of the trinitarian belief.
Who is Tertullian?
200
Many giants of Christianity lived and worked throughout what time period?
When is the Middle Ages?
200
This man is portrayed as Jesus' closest confidants. He is also referred to by Paul as "leader of the church in Jerusalem".
Who is Peter?
200
This is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.
What is LXX?
200
This group of Gentile Christians were on the other end of the theological spectrum from the Ebionites.
Who are the Docetists?
200
This man believed that all those who live according to reason are Christians.
Who is Justin Martyr?
300
Who legalized Christianity and was the first Christian Roman emperor?
Who is Constantine?
300
This man is listed by Paul as a "pillar" of the Jerusalem church along side Peter and John the son of Zebedee.
Who is James?
300
There was major conflict between Paul and these Jewish extremists.
Who are the Judaizers?
300
One development within Christianity that has little to do with doctrinal differences involved the organization of the church, referred to as this.
What is polity?
300
This man valued the Hebrew legacy of Christianity, but he valued Greek philosophy even more highly. He was the leader of a catechetical school in Alexandria.
Who is Clement?
400
Major heresies arose and threatened the orthodox church during which time period?
When is the second century?
400
The first important figure in first-century Christianity, after Jesus, was Saul, who also went by this name.
Who is Paul?
400
This is the name of the Jewish ruling council in Jerusalem
What is the Sanhedrin?
400
This was written in the first or second decade of the second century reflecting two tiers of clergy: elders and deacons.
What is The Pastoral Epistles?
400
This man was a Platonist and a contemporary of Jesus.
Who is Philo?
500
According to traditional Catholics during this time period. The Protestant Reformation had what kind of factor in the history of the church?
What is a negative factor?
500
This man saw Christianity as radically egalitarian.
Who is Paul?
500
Christian use of the LXX eventually led Greek-speaking Jews to abandon it in favor of recent Greek translations of this book.
What is the Tanakh?
500
This group completely denied the existence of Jesus' humanity.
Who are the Docetists?
500
This man succeeded Clement as head of the Alexandrian catechetical school in 203, at 18 years old.