Exam 1 Flashcards
9/2/70
Romans took the temple apart in Jerusalem. Pushed the spread of Christianity
Why Study Church History?
Vindicates Christian belief
Destroys Christian belief
Separates Christian belief into our history and their history
Respects the weakness and strengths in all Christians through the centuries
Sources of Church History
Church Fathers Sermons Didache Apologetic writings Archeology Tradition
Four Marks of the Church
One - Dividied
Holy - Sinful
Catholic - Exclusionary
Church - Heresy
Birth of the Church to 313AD
Pentecost Spreading Flame Persecution Martyrs - "witness" Constantine
After Pentecost
Problem *Hebrews *Hellenists *Proselytes *God-fearers Remedy *Church Offices *Jerusalem Council
Church is not
a program it is a body.
Church Structure
Church Offices
Bishop, overseers, and elders
Worship Pattern brought from Judaism
Worship Patterns New to Church
Charges against Christians
Cannibalism
Incest
Atheism
Persecution
“Ignatius of Antioch”
“Let me be food for the wild beasts, through whom I can reach God. I am God’s wheat, and I am being grounded by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I might prove to be pure bread.”
Growing Persecution
Desius
early 3rd century
- Edict - needed government certificate to worship
- Banned meetings
- Condemned clergy
Growing Persecution
Diocletian
Late 3rd early 4th century
- destroyed churches
- scriptures burned
- civil liberties taken
Response to persecution
Fold
Die
Fake
The Martyrs
Ignatius of Antioch (AD 117)
Polycarp of Smyrna (AD155)
Perpetua and Felicitas (AD 202)
The Turning Tide - Constantine
Milvian Bridge - 312
- not enough men
- immediate victory
- sign of the cross in the sun
Edict of Milan - 313
No persecution of the church
freedom of any religion
Constantine’s master plan
One - response One Empire One God One Faith One Creed One Bible One Capital