Units 1 and 2
The first "catechism" of the Church
What is the Didache?
Who is Caligula?
Appearing in the Acts of the Apostles, this man is known as the "Father of all Heresies"
Who is Simon Magus?
The pope who persuaded Attila the Hun not to attack the city of Rome
Who is St. Leo the Great?
The emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire
Who is Theodosius?
The king of Judea who expanded the Second Temple
Who is Herod the Great?
The emperor who defeated Antony and Cleopatra, ushered in the Pax Romana, and became the first emperor of Rome?
Who is Augustus?
The name of the Battle at which Constantine saw a vision of the Chi-Rho and took control of the western Empire
What is the Battle of the Milvian Bridge?
The barbarian leader who deposed the last emperor of Rome
Who is Odoacer?
The definition of an Apostolic Father
What is someone who was taught by an Apostle, and wrote something down?
An important theologian of the early Church
What is a Church Father?
The emperor who built a 73 foot wall in Britain, and was also the first emperor to sport a beard ;)
Who is Hadrian?
The name of the law (and the year it was issued) that officially tolerated Christianity in the Roman Empire
What is the Edict of Milan, 313 AD?
The last western Roman emperor
Who is Romulus Augustus?
Who is Maxentius?
The three parts of the Church Universal
What are the Church Militant, Suffering, and Triumphant?
The emperor who built the Colosseum and had the Temple in Jerusalem destroyed
Who is Vespasian?
The first ecumenical council of the Church, and the year it took place
What is the Council of Nicaea, 325?
A gothic king who was the first to sack Rome in 800 years
Who is Alaric?
The Apostolic Father taught by St. Peter
Who is St. Clement of Rome?
The 5 cities that make up the Pentarchy
What are Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria?
The last emperor of the Pax Romana, as well as one of the most important stoic philosophers
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
The name of the heresy that taught that Jesus was not fully divine, but a creation of the Father and not God himself
What is Arianism?
Three reasons for the decline of Rome
What are: Corrupt emperors, lead poisoning, rise of the Persian empire, Barbarian invasions, population decrease, etc?
The emperor at the time of Christ's death and resurrection
Who is Tiberius?