Vocab
Church Fathers
saintly men who were leaders in the early church
authority given by Christ an excersice by Peter and his sucessors
Petrine Ministry
a pope, church father who governed the church, saved Rome from being sacked by the Huns
St Leo the Great
The era of the Church Fathers
lasts roughly between 100 AD until the death of St. John Damascene in the late 8th century.
apolostic fathers
church fathers who knew the apostles and were taught by them
orthodoxy
correct belief
Arianism is addressed, said at Mass, used in Christian liturgy, it teaches that the father and the son share the same substance
Nicene Creed
Roma locuta est, causa finita est (Rome has spoken, the cause is finished!)
This refers to the authority of the Church of Rome. The Church of Rome settles all disputes.
was ordained by St. John the Evangelist and was a bishop in Asia Minor. He was also a apostolic father
St. Polycarp
incorrect belief
heresy
Council of Niccea
The Nicene Creed was formed here, its a council of Christian bishops in the Bithynian city of Nicaea by the Roman Emperor Constantine I
St Augustine of Hippo
He was a great theologist. A church father who wrote an autobiography called the confessions which is the first biography in history.
taught by St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles and was an apostolic father
St. Ignatious
Tome of Leo
St. Leo the Great was a pope of the fourth century and a Church Father. He is famous for defending the doctrine that Christ is both fully God, fully man and one divine Person in this famous letter.
an important church
patriarchies
Didache
an early text that instructs catholics how to worship and mass and to celebrate the sacraments
arianism
a heresy that claims that Jesus does not share the same substance with the Father. Jesus is not equal to the Father, does not share the Father’s divinity. It denies the Incarnation and the Trinity.
A rebuke to Arianism within the Nicene Creed, the same substance
Consubstatial