MIDTERM L1 Flashcards
The persecution of the Christians ended at the time of the
Emperor ________ who gave the Edict of Toleration in ____
A.D., thereby granting an imperial assurance of safety,
respect and independence in the conduct of the Christian
faith.
Galerius; 311
It was Galerius’ ______ wish through an edict that “formally
ended the persecution,freed imprisoned Christians and
restored Christianity
dying
Inscription from Arycandia in Lycia preserves the petition
of the provincial councils of_____ and _____ demanding
the ‘atheists’ (Christians) should be made to sacrifice or
be expelled from their midst.
Lycia; Caria
The same tone was adopted by the councils of ________,
______, and ____. At Damascus, the military commander
rounded up prostitutes and coerced them to confess to
having witnessed disgraceful scenes in Christian churches.
Nicomedia; Antioch; Tyre
The savage outbreak of______ between November 311 to
January 312 deprived the Christians in the East of some of
their foremost leaders”.
killing
It seemed like persecution was not yet fully subdued.
Christians re-experienced the horror of _________ and
at the same time, the gift of martyrdom.
persecution
But through an edict, Constantine who, with ____, gave the persecution its final and definitive halt in 313 A.D.,
right after defeating_____ in October 312.
Licinus; Maxentius
THE EDICT OF MILAN
“…it is our pleasure that all restrictions which were
previously put forward in official pronouncements
concerning the sect of the Christians should be
_________ and that each one of them … may
endeavor to practice its precepts without any fear
or danger…
removed
“ We, Constantine and Licinus the Emperors… are of
the opinion that among the various things which
could profit men… was to be found the cultivation
of religion; we should therefore give both the
Christians and to all others the ______ facility to
follow the religion…”
free
was criticized by some as a shrewd political
strategist who used Christianity for his self serving
intentions.
Constantine
Constantine used such religion to expand the territory
and power of the Roman Empire, multiplied the number of
his army and exploited the Christian teachings to control
and regulate the _____ of his subjects
behaviors
Constantine started his journey to Christianity when he
received the vision, with a cross of light inscribed, as also described by Eusebius
“in hoc
(signo) vinces”
The victorious emperor had his soldiers mark the ______
monogram on the shields before the historic war.
Chi-rho
Constantine instructed the proconsul of Africa to see that the Catholic Church in North Africa received
back in Toto the possessions forfeited in the persecutions
Anulinus
(famulum
Dei
“Christian God” as our God
