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Church Hist 100-300
Catholic Church History 100-300
Question | Answer |
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First Roman emperor to persecute the Christian around 64 AD | Nero |
Who martyred Peter and Paul? | Nero |
last Roman emperor to persecute the Christians | Diocletian |
Roman emperor that ended Christian persecutions by making Christianity legal in the Roman empire | Constantine |
What was the effect of the Christian persecutions? | people secretly joined Christian communities |
Who blamed the Christians for the great fire in Rome? | Nero |
Which Roman emperor was the most cruel and brutal? | Diocletian |
What happened after Constantine allowed Christianity? | Rome became center of Christianity |
What was it like to be a Christian between the years of 100-300? | very difficult |
Under Constantine, what are three new ways people started to live out their Christian values? | hermits, monks, religious orders |
Who is a religious person who lives alone, spends hours each day in prayer, and lives very simply | hermit |
Who is a religious person who lives alone, but joins others like them to prayer and celebrate the Eucharist | monk |
groups of men or groups of women who live, worship, and serve God together as a community | religious order |
false teaching that reject a truth that has been revealed by God | heresy |
a person who believes or teaches a heresy | heretic |
The Arian _____ and the Nestorian ________ are examples of false teachings | heresy |
method church leaders used try to correct heresies | Church councils |
Jerusalen, Nicaea, Constantinople, and Ephesus are example of ______________ that were used to try and correct heresies | Church councils |
The ________________ of the Church helped explain Jesus' message to others by writing letters, homilies, and book about faith. | Fathers |
Althanasius, Basil, Ambrose, Augustine are examples of ______________ who helped try and teach others about their faith | Church Fathers |
the century when the most Christians were martyred | 20th century |