LESSON 2 Flashcards
True or False: For the next FIVE CENTURIES, persecutions would occur intermittently.
False, three centuries
Who did the second persecution?
Domitian in 95 AD who reinstated the same anti-Christian laws Nero used
Bases for Persecutions
- Religious
- Political
- Social
True or False: Up until 250, persecutions were a result of mob action and often localized.
True
What happened to persecutions after 250?
They became the result of definite civil policy by the Roman government
So long as Christianity was in this state, there would be little persecution.
Religio licita or legal sect
What happened when Christianity was viewed as a different sect?
The religion became illegal and a threat to Rome
True or False: Romans had nothing to add to their pantheon.
False, Christians
This religion is mechanical and external-filled with idols
Roman Religion
True or False: Christian worship was more spiritual and internal.
True
What words made people think Christians were cannibals?
“The flesh” or “the blood”
Why did higher classes despise Christians?
Because they were welcoming to lower classes and slaves
Paganism insisted on what kind of structure?
Aristocratic
Who forced Paul into court?
Gallio, the Roman Governor, while in Corinth
Sufferings of the Church primarily and initially came from?
The Jewish community
Christians were accused of multiple things, such as?
Cannibalism, atheism, antisocial behavior, immorality
True or False: The blood of the persecutors became the “seeds of the Church.”
False, the blood of the martyrs
In what year could Christians be found in all parts of the Empire?
200
Headquarters in Egypt
Alexandria
Headquarters in North Africa
Carthage
Serious controversies spread in North Africa and Rome concerning what issues?
Those offering sacrifices and giving up on scriptures
What were the two solutions offered to solve the controversies in North Africa and Rome?
- The committers of wrongdoings would be excluded from the assembly forever.
- The committers of wrongdoings would undergo a period of probation before they could rejoin the fellowship.
