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Spread of Christianity
Persecutions
Apostolic Succession
Constantine
Early Christians and Martyrs
100
The Roman Peace, cultural unity, Jesus, and the Christian example.
What helped the Church's growth?
100
Diocese
The name of the administrative region of the Church that is still used today, first named by the Emperor Diocletian.
100
Timothy
Who is a well known student of the Apostle Paul?
100
He saw that the Christian God led him to victory.
What was Constantine's vision?
100
The blood of martyrs.
What are the seeds of Christians?
200
Pentecost
When did Church history begin?
200
Nero martyred them.
Under which emperor's reign were Paul and Peter killed?
200
Paul's generation, Timothy's generation and the generation that Timothy will teach.
What are the first 3 generations of Apostolic Succession quoted in the book of Timothy?
200
Christianity
What religion did Constantine legalize?
200
He asked to be crucified upside down.
What did Peter ask of his persecutors so as not to die the same way as Christ?
300
The Council of Jerusalem
What was the first Church Council called to settle Jewish-Christian disputes?
300
The Edict of Milan
What is the document that made Christianity legal?
300
How did the early Christians know that the doctrines being taught were true?
The early Christians would just trace the apostolic succession of the claimants.
300
The Edict of Milan
What ended the long persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire?
300
He was a Christian that was beheaded in Rome.
Who is St. Paul?
400
Antioch, 40 AD
Where and when were the followers of Jesus first called Christians?
400
Church property and sacred books
What was confiscated and destroyed during the great persecution?
400
The direct link between the bishops and Jesus and the apostles.
What is apostolic succession?
400
The symbol that Constantine had his men put on his armor.
What is a Chi-Ro?
400
St. Polycarp
Who was a famous martyr who when set on fire the flames would not touch him?
500
Jesus, Christ, Son our Savior
What do the greek letters of ichthus stand for to the Christians?
500
Diocletian
Who is the emperor who launched the Great Persecution?
500
Caesaropapism
What is the view that supreme power for both Church and state is in the hands of the governmental ruler?
500
The Declarations found in the 7 letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch.
Mrs. Kehoe will judge.