Exam 2 - Chapters 6-11

Question 1

Who was the great defender of faith?

Answer 1

Athanasius 

Question 2

Who was the Bishop of hippo? 

Answer 2

Augustintine

Question 3

Who established the monastery at Bethlehem?

Answer 3

Jerome 

Question 4

Who was the earliest of the Latin fathers?

Answer 4

Ambrose of Milan 

Question 5

Who was called “the golden mouth”? 

Answer 5

John (Chrysostom)

Question 6

What Hebrew word means “poor”?

Answer 6

Ebonitas

Question 7

What’s organized and directed the monasteries?

Answer 7

Benedict’s law 

Question 8

When was the fall of Rome?

Answer 8

476 A.D.

Question 9

In what year was the edict of Constantine?

Answer 9

313 A.D.

Question 10

The imperial church was from ____ to ____.

Answer 10

The edict of Constantine, 313 A.D.
The fall of Rome, 476 A.D.

Question 11

What sect or heresy was a Persian origin?

Answer 11

The Manichaeans

Question 12

In what year was the victory of Christianity?

Answer 12

305 A.D.

Question 13

What books were excepted in the east, but rejected for many years in the west?

Answer 13

Hebrews
James
II Peter
Revelation

Question 14

What were 3 issues considered in the period of the Persecuted Church? 

Answer 14

Formation of the New Testament Cannon.

Growth of the ecclesiastical organization.

Development of doctrine.

Question 15

Where did the 3 great schools of theology arise?

Answer 15

Alexandria

Asia Minor

North Africa

Question 16

What did Gnostics believe? 

Answer 16

That out of the supreme God emanated, a large number of inferior deities (Christ being one of them), and through these the world mingled good and evil.

Question 17

How did gnostics interpret scriptures?

Answer 17

In an allegorical manner, making every statement mean whatever the interpreter saw fit . 

Question 18

Who were the Montanists? 

Answer 18

Founded by Montanus, they were Puritans, claiming to return to the simplicity of the primitive Christians. 

Question 19

When did persecution end? 

Answer 19

313 A.D.

Question 20

Name the 11 good results obtained after the recognition of Christianity in the empire.

Answer 20

Persecution ended

Crucifixion abolished

Infanticide discouraged/repressed

Slavery humanely modified

Gladiatorial games interdicted

Church buildings restored/reopened

Official sacrifices ceased

Temples consecrated as churches

Endowment of churches

Privileges of the clergy

Observance of Sunday

Question 21

What were the four evil results of the Christian victory?

Answer 21

Everybody in the church

Pagan usages

A worldly church

Evils from church united with state

Question 22

Why was a new capital needed for the empire? 

Answer 22

No obstacles of traditions, especially under the spices of the new religion.

Rome was intimately associated with pagan worship, full of temples and statues strongly inclined to ancient worship. City dominated by pagan traditions.

It was positioned in the middle of a plane, exposing it to frequent attacks by enemies.