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1
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In A.D. 64, great persecutions began under this Roman emperor

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Nero

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Nero knew the people distrusted the Christians because they were

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Different

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What did the Christians refuse to do

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Serve in the military and pay homage to the Roman gods

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What people under Nero were murdered

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Peter and Paul

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The last Roman persecution happened under

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Diocletian

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Planned to remove every trace of Christianity in the world

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Diocletian

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Wrote letters to strengthen Christian communities and a bishop

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Ignatius of Antioch

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What do martyrs teach us

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Never be ashamed of being a witness of Christ

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What happens through the martyrs

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Gods message was known

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In the 20th century, were more Christians being martyed then any other time

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Yes

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Sister who went to El Salvador to help out with missionary work

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Sister Dorothy

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Roman emperor in early fourth century, won battle with crosses on shields

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Constantine

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Constriñe issued

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The edict of Milan

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Through what were Christians called to lives of holiness

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Baptism

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Through the practice of what, they went to go live in the desert

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Self denial

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A famous monk who ate little food and appreciated silence, taught other monks, spent life alone in prayer and patience

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St. Anthony of Egypt

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Practices monasticism and lives alone in a hut, joins others in prayer and in celebration of the Eucharist, and helps the poor by selling mats, baskets, and ropes

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Monks

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Wrote a rule of life for monks in Egypt

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St. Pachomius

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Wrote one for religious communities near the east, tried to improve relations between eastern and western churches

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St. Basil

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Monks contrasted themselves to Jesus by publicly professing to

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Poverty, chastity, and obedience

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Began to create confusion in Christian communities; a lie about Christianity

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Heresy

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A person who believes a heresy

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Heretic

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Produced a heresy the suggested Jesus was not God, but existed before the world was created

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Arius

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To stop the Arian heresy, local bishops gathered in meetings called

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Synods

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Clearly expresses that Jesus is both god and man

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Nicene Creed

26
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Believed that Jesus was two persons

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Nestorius

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Where Nestorius’s heresy was refuted in 431

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The council of Ephesus

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What else did the council of Ephesus do

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Declared that Mary was the mother of God

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A strong, popular bishop, he defended the church against the heretics and wrote much to uphold his faith

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Ambrose

30
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A bishop who skillfully defended the truth of Jesus’s divinity against the Arian heresy

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Athanasius

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Nicknamed golden-mouthed because of his inspiring sermons

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John Chrysostom

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Working tirelessly in a monastery, he translated most of the Bible from original Hebrew and Greek into Latin.

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Jerome

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Jerome’s translation is called

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The vulgate

34
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Prayed constantly that her so, Augustine, would become a follower of Christ

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Monica

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After a long search for truth, he became bishop of Hippo and an outstanding teacher, writer, and theologian

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Augustine

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a meeting of all the bishops of the church

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Ecumenical council

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Why were councils created

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To settle Church heresies

38
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called by emperor Constantine to settle Arian heresy - Jesus is not both human and divine

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Nicaea

39
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defined divine nature of Holy Spirit and expanded Nicene creed

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Constantine

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Jesus was one person with two natures - one Devine and one human. Also declared Mary was mother of God

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Council of Ephesus

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Church Fathers

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Augustine, Basil, and Jerome

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