Rise Of Christianity And Byzantine Flashcards
Who brought the teaching of Christ to non-Jews in the Mediterranean world
Paul of tarsus
Christianity promoted or resisted by the Roman Empire?
Resisted
When was Christianity adopted as romes official religion
313 ad
Christianity began with teachings of—-
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus advocated/showed care for—-
The poor and downtrodden
Christianity emphasized the holy bible as—-
The word if God
What were the instruments of gods grace
The sacraments
Who was responsible for Christian theology and the resulting response from the Roman Empire?
Paul the Apostle
St Augustine dates
354-430ad
Who was Augustine
A saint who was also the first great Christian philosopher
What did saint Augustine write?
- Confessions
2. City if God
Individual convictions of one belief
Solidarity
Solidarity grew where and when
Grew during the roman persecution period
Doctrines stressed
Equality and immortality
Conversation of Constantine to Christianity
313
Christianity OFFICIALLY declared as official roman religion
380ad
Supremacy of what/who occurred during the disintegration of imperial Rome
Supremacy of the pope
The emperor Constantine provided the foundation for the—-
Byzantine Empire
Constantinople (title and location)
“New Rome” in the East on the ruins of ancient Byzantium
Byzantine Empire established —– as a “New Rome”
Constantinople