Rome
The Roman Emperor who ended the Empire's persecution of Christians with the "Edict of Milan" in 313 A.D., which granted Christians freedom to worship God.
Who was, the Emperor Constantine?
A false teaching that rejects a truth that has been revealed by God and taught by the Church.
What is, heresy?
The Council convened in 325 A.D. by the Emperor Constantine, which confirmed Jesus' divinity against the Arian heresy (which taught that Jesus was only human, not divine, a created being who existed before the world was created) and gave us the Creed we still say at every Mass.
What is, the Council of Nicea?
Bonus: We recite the Nicene Creed at Mass
Tertullian famously said, in response to Rome's violent persecution of Christians, "The blood of the martyrs is the _ _ _ _ of the Church."
What is, the "seed" of the Church?
What the phrase, "consubstantial with the Father" means.
What is, "of the same substance" or "one in being" with the Father?
(In other words, whatever the Father is, so is the Son; if the Father is God, so is the Son).
The Roman Emperor who, following the great fire of Rome in 64 A.D, commenced the first persecution of Christians.
Who was, the Emperor Nero?
A person who believes or teaches heresy is called this.
What is, a heretic?
What a local meeting of bishops is called.
What is, a synod?
Manichaeism was a heresy that believed these two powers are equal in the universe.
What are, the powers of good and evil?
The Emperor Theodosius proclaimed this on February 27, 380 A.D.
What is, proclaimed Christianity as the official religion of Roman Empire and declared paganism illegal.
This Fourth Century heresy, perhaps the greatest ever to confront the Church, taught that Jesus Christ was not God, but the highest creature of God.
What is, Arianism? (The Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. condemned Arianism and proclaimed the Nicene Creed to clarify the Church's belief. This Creed used the Greek word, homoousios to refute Arius--a saying that means Jesus was "of the same substance" or "one in being with the Father."
The Church council convened in 381 A.D. that confirmed the Holy Spirit's divinity against the Arian heresy.
What is, the Council of Constantinople? (It expanded the Creed from Nicea and defined the divine nature of the Holy Spirit, whose mission is inseperable from the Son's mission).
This word, first applied in the Fourth Century by St. Ignatius of Antioch, meant the Christian Church was universal, meant for all nations and all people.
What is,"Catholic"?
The Emperor who, in 303 A.D., ordered all places of Christian worship to be destroyed and declared Christianity illegal throughout the Roman Empire.
Who was, the Emperor Diocletian?
The total abandonment or renunciation (rejection) of the Christian faith.
What is, the sin of apostasy?
What a meeting of every Catholic bishop in the world is called.
What is, an ecumenical council?
In 324 A.D. Constantine sent his mother, St. Helena, on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where she discovered this.
What is, the True Cross?
Underground caves and passages used as cemeteries during early Christian centuries, and as meeting places for Christians in hiding, and secret places to celebrate the Eucharist.
What are, the catacombs?
The heresy that believed Jesus was two persons. Mary was the mother of the human Jesus but not the mother of God.
What is, Nestorianism?
This Council in 431 A.D., declared (condemning Nestorius), that Jesus was one person with two natures: one divine and one human. This Council also declared Mary was the Mother of God since she was the mother of Jesus, the Son of God, who is God himself.
What is, the Council of Ephesus?
In 382 AD the Council of Rome officially decreed this.
What are, the 73 canonical* books of the Holy Bible we have today (46 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament)?
(*Canonical means included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine).