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1st Punic War

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264-241 Rome beats out Carthage by Navy

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2nd Punic War

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218-201 Hannabillic Elephant wars against carthage

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3rd Punic war

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149-146 Rome destroys carthage and annexes north africa. sets stage for spread of Christianity

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Stoicism

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Zeno of Cilium: “logic, physics, ethics” Ascetic perfect indifference

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Ebionism

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Greek Translit: “poor ones” mentioned by church fathers

Teaching: Universality of Mosaic Law, Gospel of Matthew Only, Jesus a mere man prophet, no virgin birth, millennial

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Gnosticism

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Unique gnosis, spirit beings, dualistic, rejection of OT judaism, allegorical worship, matter is evil, OT god is demiurge, Christ’s body was an illusion.

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Montanism

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Ascetic, chiliastic, tongues, orthodox in doctrine, prophetic, sought martyrdom.

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Manichaeism

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similar to Gnosticism, cosmic conflict between evil and good, religion equals releasing inward divinity through asecticism

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Eusebius

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260-340; Church became center for manuscription; involved in Arian controversy; wrote “Chronicle”, “Ecclesiastical History” and “The Life of Constantine” ; sources a little sketchy though

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clement of Rome

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30-100 AD; wrote 1 Clement to Corinthians; earliest Non-canonical

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Ignatius

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35-107 AD Ministered in Syria/Antioch as bishop, wrote to the following people: Ephesians, Magnesians, Trillions, Romans, Philadelphians, Smyrnaeans, Polycarp

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Polycarp

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69-160 AD Bishop of Smyrna who assisted Ignatius and influenced Irenaeus; wrote to the philippians; referenced by Irenaeus and Jerome

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Papias

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60-130 AD; acquainted with John, wrote” Exegesis of the sayings of our Lord” 130 AD, claimed matthew was in aramaic and Mark was written from Peter’s testimony

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Hermas

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150; Shepherd of Hermas: series of visions

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Epistle of Barnabas

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Clement of Alexandria claimed Barney wrote it; anit jews h content

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2 Clement

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Earliest sermon outside of acts; doctrinal and practical in nature

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Didache

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“The Teaching of the Lord through the 12 apostles” 150 AD, discovered 19th century

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Letter to Diognetus

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Paganism and Judaism are false; christians are soul of the world,

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Trajan

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98-117: sporadic persecution. did not seek Christians out: Ignatius and Rufus

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Marcus Aurelius

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161-180: stoic who philosophically opposed Chrisitianity. blamed christians for natural disasters; justin martyr

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Septimus Severus

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202-211: Conversion to Christianity forbidden; Leonidas and Irenaeus

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Maximinus

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235-36: clergy executed; Hippolytus, Ursula

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Decius

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249-51: 1st empire wide persecution

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Valerian

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257-60: property confiscated; assembly forbidden; Origen and cyprian

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Diocletian Galerius

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303-11: Churches destoryed Bibles burned, civil rights of Christians suspended; required sacrifices to gods;

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Quadratus

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1st of apologist; 124/125 “Apology” now lost, Eusebius was a disciple;

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Aristides

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Athens philosopher;

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Tatian

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Rhetorician of Syria; “oration to the Greeks” “Diatesserion” 1st harmony of the Gospels

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Athenagoras

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2nd century “A plea on behalf of Christians

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Justin Martyr

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100-165; “Frist apology” (early church liturgy) and “A Dialogue with Trypho the Jew” “Second Apology”

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Irenaeus

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“Adversus haereses” “ON the unity of God and the Origin of Evil”

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Tertullian

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“Prescription of Heretics” “Against Marcion” Against Praxes” laid groundwork for trinity

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Hippolytus

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“Philosophumena”

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Cyprian

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“unity of the church” “De Lapsis”

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Origen

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“Hexapla” “Against Celsus” “De Principis” first of great theologians, father leonidas martyred; allegorical ascetic

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Paschal letter of 367

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represent final acceptance in the East of canon; Athanasius

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Synod of Rome 382

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Final acceptance of canon in west

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Council of Carthage 397

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church wide acceptance

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Questionable books accepted

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Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2-3 john, Jude, Revelation

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Questionable books rejecte

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shepherd of Hermas, dilate, revelation of peter

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Novatianism

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traditional in theology and liturgy; wanter a church of pure elect

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Donatism

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caused by clergy handing over sacred books to be burned; Church was pure and lapsed clergy nullified their sacraments

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Galerius

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an edict of toleration issued on his death bed if Christians were good citizens 311

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Edict of Milan 313

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Constantine grants Christianity and all religions freedom

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Council at Constantinople 381

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Christianity becomes state religion

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Adoptionism

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Jesus became Christ at baptism (dynamic monarchianism) supporters: Paul of Samosata and Theodotus

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Sabellianism

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God reveals himself in three ways (modalism, Patripassianism)

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Arianism

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Christ is the first created being; Eusebius led a moderate position; condemned at Nicea and Constantinople

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Macedonianism

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the Holy Spirit is a created being

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Apollinarianism

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Christ had no human spirit; the Logos replaced; Condemned at Constantinople by Greg Naz

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Netorianism

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Christ is the God bearer because of the indwelling logos

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Eutychianism

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human nature absorbed by the Logos; condemned at Chalcedon 451

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Monophysitism

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Christ had one nature

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Monothelitism

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Christ had no human will; he had just one will; settled at Constantinople

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Pelgianism

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Man is born essentially good and capable of doing what is necessary for salvation

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Augustianism

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Man is born in sin; salvation is totally of grace; which is given only to elect

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Semi-pelagianism

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God and man work together for salvation

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semi-augustianism

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grace comes to all, all are enable dot choose and perform what is necessary for slavation

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Athanasius

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exiled 5 times; “Life of Anthony” “Against the Heathen on the Incarnation”

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three cappadocians

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basil, gregory naz, gregory nyssa; championed ομοοσιοσ view of Christ; pattern for monasticism

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Nicea

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325: Very God of God–one substance with the Father; 1st great ecumenical council; pronounced against arianism and when to have easter

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Constantionple

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381

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Ephesus

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431: focused on incarnation; did not resolve whether Christ was a single union out of two natures or single person with two natures

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Chalcedon

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451; attmept to reconcile divided church but failed; recognized “two natures, unconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably”

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Cyprian

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“on the unity of the Church” Novatian Schism 252

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Carthage councils

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411/646

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Augustine

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Influenced by Ambrose “Trinity” “City of God”

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Jerome

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Vulgate; greatest biblical scholar in western church

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