Ave 2.5 Flashcards
Denied goodness of creation
Gnosticism
Denies the truth of God
Heresy
Material world is evil
Manichees
Only saints can belong to God
Donatists
Jesus was fully divine
Monophysites
Denied Jesus’ DIVINITY
Arianism
2 separate persons conjoined
Nestorianism
Original sin did not impact human nature
Pelagianism
Jesus had a human body and lower soul
Apollinarianism
The son created the HS
Macedonianism
Accused Christians of burning Rome
Nero
Required everyone to worship him as a god
Emperor Domitian
Wrote a letter about crime
Pliny the younger
Persecutions ceased
Hadrian
Brought persecution back
Aurelius
Capital punishment
Severus
The great persecutions
Diocletian
Final persecution
Galerius
Religious leaders
Pharisees
Temple was focal point of Jewish life
Sadducees
Extremists
Essenes
Freedom fighters
Zealots
Wrote to convince Gentiles
Apologists
Wrote the first apology
Justin Martyr