Chapter 9 Flashcards
What were local places of worship where Jews gathered to read the Old Testament?
synogogues
What were non-Jews called?
Gentiles
Who were Gentiles who heard the Word of God and joined the Jews in longing for the Messiah?
proselytes
What means “Annointed One” in Hebrew?
Messiah
Who was the local king and deputy of Rome who rules Judea in Palestine?
Herod the Great
What is the true king of the Jews and Savior of all mankind who was born in Bethelehem of Judea?
Jesus Christ
What were the 12 men who Jesus appointed to carry on His work of preaching and teaching after His death, resurrection, and ascension called?
apostles
What were local assemblies or bodies of believers?
churches
What was verbally inspired by God in its entirety and penned by apostles or be men who had an extremely close relationship to an apostle?
New Testament
By what year had all 27 books of the New Testament been completed?
A.D. 100
Who were Christians who faced torture and death but caused the ranks of Christianity to swell with new converts?
martyrs
Who was the early church father who declared “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”?
Tertullian
Who instigated the first major persecution of Christians by the Romans in A.D. 64?
Nero
Who was the apostle that was beheaded during the reign of Nero because of his Christian faith?
the apostle Paul
Who was the apostle who was martyred during the reign of Nero and was condemned to by crucified but insisted on being crucified upside down?
the apostle Peter
Who demanded to be worshiped as a god, began the second great persecution of Christians, and exiled the apostle John?
Domitian
Who was the apostle that was the author of the Book of the Revelation?
John
What was the island that the apostle John was exiled to?
the Isle of Patmos
What was the book that was written by the apostle John in which he recorded his prophetic vision?
Book of Revelation
What were vast galleries beneath the city of Rome that the persecuted Christians used for refuge, worship, and burial?
catacombs
About how many Christians lie buried in the catacombs?
between 2 and 7 million
Who began the third great persecution of Christians when he made the profession of Christianity a capital crime?
Trajan
Who was thrown to the wild beasts in the Colosseum during the reign of Trajan?
Ignatius
Who was 86 years old when he was arrested and martyred under the reign of Trajan in A.D. 155?
Polycarp
What was the Roman emperor who began the fourth great persecution of Christians and was an ardent hater of Christians?
Marcus Aurelius
Who was thrown to the wild beasts under the reign of Marcus Aurelius?
Justin Martyr
Who was a Christian slave girl who was horribly tortured from morning until night because of her faith?
Blandina
Who began the fifth great persecution of Christians that was particularly fierce in North Africa and Egypt?
Septimus Severes