Early Church
What topic did Jesus teach and preach about more than any other topic?
what is the Kingdom of Heaven?
What was an official in charge of a province called in the Roman Empire?
What is a procurator?
what terms means “money for a man” or the value of a person in money, a fine paid by the wrongdoer to the family of a person he or she injured or killed.
what is Wergild?
Who is generally considered to be the first king of France?
Who is king Clovis I?
What is the modern-day name for the city Constantine made the seat of the easter Roman empire in Turkey?
What is Istanbul?
How many converts did the early church get from Peter's sermon in the Temple court on the day of Pentecost?
what is 1,000?
What is a term that incudes all church leaders?
what is clergy?
What is the term that means pictures or religious images?
what is an Icon?
Who was the most powerful ruler in Europe during the dark ages?
who is the pope?
What was the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church called?
What is the Pratriarch?
why did Rome fear the rise of Christianity in their kingdom?
What is they were losing soldiers?
What is the term for church members that are not part of the church leadership?
what is laity?
What is the worship of religious images called?
what is idolatry?
During the decline of Rome, how did the emperors get and maintain power?
what is By controlling the strongest army?
What did Pope Leo the IX head of the wester Roman Catholic Church and Patriarch Michael Cerularius head of the esatern Orthodox Church do to each other?
What is they excommunicated each other? (kicked each other out of the church and claimed they were in rebellion against God)
What did Emperor Nero use to light his garden in the evenings near his palace?
What is burning Christians that he dipped in wax?
What is an epidemic disease called?
what is a plague?
what is a man who separates himself from ordinary human society to dedicate himself to God called?
what is a monk?
Who was the last Roman Emperor?
Who was Romulus Augustus?
What huge church with the largest dome at the time (and for almost 1,000 years) was built in Constantinople and still stands there today?
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Although there were many theological disputes in the early church, what was the one topic that they all agreed on?
What is non-violence?
what is the practice of living the life of a monk called?
What is monasticism?
what is a group of Christian communities or parishes under the authority of a bishop called?
what is a Bishopric?
Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor crowned by the pope in the year 800?
Who is Charlemagne?
What eastern Roman emperor codified Roman law in the Byzantine empire?
Who was Justinian?