dissention and unity within the church Flashcards
first christian emperor
constantine the great
issued the edict of milan
constantine the great
stopped the persecution of christians kn the roman empire and granted then religious freedom
edict of milan
believed that to follow the arian view destroyed the unity of the godhead and made the son unequal to the father
homoousians
father’s fatherhood, like all of his attributes, is eternal
homoousians
the father was always a father and that the son always existed with him
homoousians
since the father created the son, son emanates from the father, lesser than the father, eternal father, son afterwards thus not eternal
arians
the council declared that the father and the son are of the same substance and are co eternal formulation of traditional christian belief handed down from the apostles
nicene creed
the emperor convened a council of 318 bishops in nicaea city
epiphanius of salamis
jewish calendar
epiphanius of salamis
the feast of resurrection
everywhere on a sunday
never jewish passover
always fourteenth of nisan
sunday after the first venal full moon
bishop of lycopolis in egypt
meleian schism
remain in his own ciry of lycopolis
meletian schism
forbidden to go into the environs of the town or to enter another diocese fo the purpose of ordaining its subjects
meletian schism
episcpal rights and prerogatives were taken from him
meleian schism