Church History General
What empire was in power at the birth of the Christian Church
Roman Empire
Why did the Romans say the Christian religion was illegal when they did allow many other religions?
1. Their refusal to worship the gods and emperor broke laws (which Jews were allowed to ignore).
2. Their gathering at night seemed suspicious.
3. Many Christians would not fight for Rome.
4. They didn't use Roman courts.
5. Romans thought they were cannibals.
The most well known symbol used for Christianity during the early Roman Empire
The Fish
This emperor was the first to persecute Christians in A.D. 64 in Rome.
Who was Nero?
This group thought the human body was bad.
Gnostics
This became an official day of rest.
Sunday
Name the languages of the western empire and the eastern part of the empire.
west -- Latin
east -- Greek
Bethlehem was a town in what land?
Judea
Who was the first Roman emperor to allow wide-spread persecution of Christians?
Decius
Under Emperor Constantine, these began to include Christian symbols.
Coins
He said that the Christians in the eastern half of the empire could meet and worship in peace
Galerius
This term refers to right or true teaching.
These were some changes in the master/slave relationship
1. Masters could no longer kill their slaves.
2. Slave families could not be broken up.
He was one of the great Greek fathers of the Church and was a strong defender against Arianism.
Athanasius
This was the outcome of the first ecumenical council of the Church in the year 325.
Nicene Creed
Many Christians died in Roman Games held here.
Colosseum
The oldest known monogram for Jesus Christ, includes the first three letters of Christ in Greek.
Chi-Rho
He did more than anyone else to prepare for Christianity to become the official religion of the Roman Empire`
Constantine
He was responsible, with the bishops, for showing how heresies were wrong and for teaching the true Faith.
bishop of Rome--the pope
Pagan Romans believed that these people invaded Rome because the Romans had abandoned the old Gods and become Christian
Visigoths
A Greek father who wrote a book about the Holy Spirit which showed that the Spirit is God, equal to the Father and the Son.
Basil, the bishiop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
The difference between a monk and a hermit
a hermit lives alone and a monk lives in a religious community
Famous noblewoman and her slave who refused to deny Christ and became martyrs
Perpetua and Felicity?
The symbol that is most commonly used today to identify Christians, first used after Constantine
The cross
Constantine founded this new capital in the eastern part of the empire.
Nova Roma (New Rome) later called Constantinople
They believed that Jesus was not fully God.
Arians
These were important because they helped preserve Roman and Greek culture in western Europe and helped civilize the barbarian kingdoms.
Benedictine monasteries
His greatest work was the translation of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. This was known as the Vulgate.
Jerome
Although Ireland had never been conquered by the Romans, this man won it for the Church
St. Patrick
The greatest Roman persecution of the early Church was carried out by this emperor.
Diocletian
The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet symbolizing the names of Jesus
Alpha and Omega
He decreed that the Christian Faith would be the only official and recognized religion of the Roman Empire.
Theodosius
They believed that Christians who had denied their faith and sacrificed to idols should be kept out of the Church forever.
the Donatists
This was an opportunity for the Church made possible by the defeat of Rome by the Germanic barbarians.
spread the Gospel all over Western Europe
One of greatest doctors of the Latin Church, known as the Doctor of Grace
Augustine