Councils & Edicts
The Council was called to fight the Arian heresy
The Council of Nicea
Who called the council of Nicea?
Emperor Constantine
What was the main external factor that lead to the fall of the Roman Empire?
Barbarian Invasion
Heresy that taught there is only one person in God, who manifests himself in various ways, or modes.
Modalism
Called to fight against the Nestorian heresy. The outcome of this council was the proclamation that Jesus was both fully God and fully man and that Mary was to be called Theotokos (God-bearer)
The Council of Ephesus
What was the edict that officially outlawed Christianity in the Roman Empire?
The Edict of Decius
Who split the Roman Empire into four parts?
Emperor Diocletian
Who is generally considered the “Father of All Monasticism”?
St. Anthony of the Desert
This heresy held that Jesus was not really God but merely a man to whom special graces had been given and who achieved a kind of divine status at his baptism. This idea that Christ as a man was only the adopted son of God.
Adoptionism
The outcome of this council was the proclamation that Jesus was one person with two natures, human and divine and that these natures are without confusion, without change, without division, without separation.
The Council of Chalcedon
What year was the Council of Constantinople?
381
What symbol did Constantine see before his most significant battle?
The Chi-Rho
Who is considered the “Father of Western Monasticism”?
St. Benedict
The heresy that salvation is achieved through the human will, rather than an act of divine grace. This includes the denial of the doctrines of original sin and predestination and the defense of innate human goodness and free will.
Pelagianism
What year was the Council of Ephesus?
431
What was the edict that made Christianity the official religion in the Roman Empire
The Edict of Thessalonica
What was one effect of Constantine moving the capital of the Empire to Constantinople?
It left the Pope as the sole authority in Rome & It increased tensions between the Eastern and Western Church
List 3 of the early Church Patriarchies?
Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch
The heretical theory that salvation comes through some special kind of knowledge, usually knowledge claimed by a special elite group.
Gnosticism
What year was the Council of Chalcedon?
451
At which council was the Creed that we still use today finalized?
The Council of Constantinople
Which edict did Constantine and Licinius sign to legalize Christianity throughout the Roman Empire?
The Edict of Milan
How did Monasticism "Save" the whole world during/after the fall of Rome?
The monks preserved all of the books, art, culture, etc. of the West that was all destroyed in the fall of Rome
A heresy holding that the validity of the sacraments depends upon the moral character of the minister of the sacraments
Donatism
Which battle allowed Constantine to take control over the Western half of the Empire?
The battle of the Milivian Bridge