CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
Church recognized that Gentiles did not need to become Jews to follow Jesus Christ (Acts 15).
- Jerusalem Council
Flames destroyed nearly three-fourths of capital city.
- Fire in Rome
Titus torched the city and leveled the temple.
- Destruction of Jerusalem Temple
Pliny, governor of Pontus, asked Trajan how to handle Christians. Trajan ordered Pliny not to pursue Christians. Only when people were accused of being Christians were they to be hunted down.
- Pliny’s Letter to Emperor Trajan
Polycarp of Smyrna—modern Izmir, Turkey—was burned alive because he would not offer incense to the emperor
- Martyrdom of Polycarp
(martyred between AD 65 and 68): Leading apostle of the early church.
- Peter
(martyred between AD 65 and 68): Early Christian missionary and apostle.
- Paul
Roman emperor, persecuted Christians after fire in Rome.
- Nero
Leading pastor of Rome in the late first century. The fourth pope, according to Roman Catholics. Perhaps mentioned in Philippians 4:3.
- Clement of Rome
Jewish writer. His historical works tell about early Christianity and the destruction of the Jewish temple.
- Josephus
Apostolic church father and leading pastor in Syrian Antioch. Wrote seven important letters while traveling to Rome to face martyrdom.
- Ignatius Apostolic
Preserved Ignatius’ writings.
- Polycarp
Christian philosopher and apologist. Martyred in Rome.
Justin Martyr
Slave-girl. Martyred in Lyons alongside the city’s leading pastor.
- Blandina
Latin for “the Lord’s Year,”
- Anno Domini
One hundred years
- Century
Hebrew name of God “I AM”
- Yahweh
Influential first-century Christians, such as Ignatius, Polycarp, and Papias.
- Apostolic Fathers
