Aspect of Roman territory that promoted the spread of Christianity.
What is it was safe?
Most Romans thought Christians were this
What is dangerous or a threat?
Died for their faith (or beliefs)
What is a Martyr?
He had a dream or vision that changed the course of Christian history and of Rome.
Who is Constantine?
What Constantine issued in 313 AD
What is the Edict of Milan?
The common members and the church officials (two terms)
What is the laity and the clergy?
Meaning Church beliefs or teachings
What is doctrine?
The Bishop of Rome
What is the pope?
This Roman construction facilitated spreading Christianity
What are roads?
Why Christians did not serve in the military
What is they were pacifists?
Location of Christian burials and worship services
What are catacombs?
What Constantine saw
What is a flaming Cross or Chi-Ro?
What the Edict of Milan guaranteed
What is Religious Freedom?
An organization with levels of authority
What is a hierarchy?
What Gospels means and what they are about
What is Good News and they are about the life and teachings of Jesus?
Location of the Pope
What is Rome?
This ability of Roman's made communicating Christianity to converts easier
What is they spoke Latin and Greek?
Christians criticized these
What are Roman religious festivals?
What Christians refused to do that angered Romans
What is worship Roman gods and emperors
What did Constantine hear a voice say in Latin in his dream?
What is "In Hoc Signo Vinces?"
Where Constantine built Churches
Where is Jerusalem and Rome?
Leads an individual church
What is a priest?
The 4 Gospel authors
Reaction of Western Roman Empire Latin churches to papal authority
What is they accepted it?
Why the Christian message was attractive
What is it comforted those suffering and provided hope for a better afterlife?
He blamed Christians for the Great Fire of Rome and thus outlawed Christianity and began persecuting Christians
Who is Nero?
Drafted by a council of Bishops in Nicaea to standardize Christian belief.
What is the Nicaean Creed.
Meaning of In Hoc Signo Vinces
What is with this sign we conquer?
What Constantine exempted Christians from doing
What is paying taxes?
The territory administered by a bishop
What is a diocese?
Church Father who wrote City of God and wove Platonic philosophy into Christian theology
Who is Saint Augustine of Hippo?
Modern name for church pope's created
What is the Holy Roman Catholic Church?
Why Christians felt secure
What is Christianity provided a sense of community?
Began the Great Persecution
Who is Diocletian?
In 392 AD, he made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire
Who is Theodosius?
What Constantine did as a result of his dream and military victory
What is converted to Christianity?
She helped her son Constantine build churches in Rome and Jerusalem
Who is Helena?
Absolute authority over a sect of Christianity like Coptic Christian's or Eastern Orthodox Christians
What is a Patriarch?
Locations of the 5 Patriarchs
What are Rome, Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, and Constantinople
The current pope
Who is Francis