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Church father who was a pupil of the apostle John; prominent among the earliest church writers
Who is Papias?
Translated the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into the common Bible of the early Western church, the Latin Vulgate
Who is Jerome?
Non-Jews
What are Gentiles?
Issued by Constantine I in A.D. 313; extended legal protection and recognition to Christians throughout the empire
What is the Edict of Milan?
Jerome's translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into the common Bible of the early Western church
What is the Latin Vulgate?
Early Christian apologist who presented a lengthy Apology to Antoninus Pius
Preachers who publicly expounded on the Scriptures
Gentiles who heard the Word of God and joined the Jews in longing for the Messiah
What are proselytes?
Preachers and teachers who expounded the Scriptures, defended the faith, and championed the cause of Christ after the close of the Apostolic Age
Who were the church fathers?
Statements of beliefs; confessions of faith
What are creeds?
Pupil of Justin Martyr; compiled the first harmony of the gospels; in his Address to the Greeks proved the superiority of Christianity to Greek philosophy and religion
Who is Tatian?
The greatest of the church fathers and the most important figure in church history between the apostle Paul and Martin Luther
Who is Augustine of Hippo?
Greek for "witness"
What is martyr?
Christians who attempted to reasonably defend Christianity against pagan defamations
What are apologists?
1. Developed from the questions asked of new converts at baptism
2. Rejected the teaching of Arianism and instead confessed the true biblical teaching of Jesus Christ
3. Creed of the church named for Athanasius
1. What is the Apostles' Creed?
2. What is the Nicene Creed?
3. What is the Athanasian Creed?
Church father who contended against the heresy of Monarchianism and was the first to use the term "Trinity"
Who is Tertullian?
Emperor who made Christianity the only legal faith, the state religion of the Roman Empire
Who is Theodosius I?
the prophetic vision written by the apostle John on the Isle of Patmos; also known as the Apocalypse
What is the Book of the Revelation?
The heresy which combined elements of Greek philosophy, Oriental, religion and Christian theology into a complex system of error which attacks the foundations of Christianity
What is Gnosticism?
A false doctrine that denies the deity of Christ
What is Arianism?
Church father from Alexandria who eloquently and passionately argued for the true deity of Christ at the Council of Nicaea
Who is Athanasius?
What are synagogues?
Vast galleries beneath the city of Rome that were used by persecuted Christian for refuge, worship, and burial
What are catacombs?
The heresy which denies the doctrine of the Trinity
What is Monarchianism?
Adopted the Nicene Creed in A.D. 325 which rejected the teaching of Arianism
What is the Council of Nicaea?