Constantine and the Birth of Christendom
In what year did the persecution end?
It ended in 312.
As people moved to the desert, which Biblical character were they imitating?
Who is John the Baptist?
What name have Ethiopians given to the Church?
What is the Tewahedo?
In what year did the Council of Nicaea take place?
It took place in 325.
What did the apologists do?
The apologists defended Christian beliefs using philosophy.
The combination of the first two Greek letters of Christos form a symbol known as this.
What is Chi-Rho?
He was one of the most famous and influential of the desert fathers.
Who is St. Anthony of Egypt?
What two merchants are believed to have taken Christianity to Ethiopia?
Who are Frumentius and Aedesius?
How many bishops attended the Council of Nicaea?
There were 318 bishops.
He was the greatest of the apologists.
Who was Justin Martyr?
The significance of this document granted Christians full legal rights and tolerance for their faith, effectively ending all persecution of Christians.
What is the Edict of Milan?
Which apostle is believed to have taken Christianity to India?
Who is Thomas?
How many books are included in the canon of the Ethiopian Bible?
There are 81 books.
What was the view of Arius?
Radical subordinationism- he denied any equality between the Father and the Son, and the Christ was a created creature
This word refers to the Church fathers.
What is patristic?
Though Julian enacted some policies of discrimination against Christians, what method did he use as a way to work against them?
He granted equal toleration to all Christian sects, in an attempt to create conflict
He is viewed as the founder of Armenian Christianity?
This is the festival Ethiopians celebrate Epiphany?
What is the Timkat festival?
What is the belief that God assumed different modes of existence for various purposes?
What is modalism?
The most influential of the church fathers.
Who was Augustine?
Julian wrote a letter that contains a comment that has become very famous, as he laments why Christianity won out over the religions of Rome.
It is a disgrace that these impious Galilaeans care not only for their own poor, but for ours as well.
St. Gregory did this to make Christianity the official religion in Armenia.
Where do Ethiopians believe the Ark of the Covenant rests?
They believe it rests in a small sanctuary on the grounds of the Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion in Aksum.
What is consubstantial?
It is being of the same substance.
He wrote the City of God.
Who is Augustine?