Test 11, Ch. 12 Flashcards
the first great missionary of the Christian church
Paul
the Roman emperor who made it a crime to be a Christian
Nero
an early Christian martyr who refused to blaspheme God
Polycarp
the Roman emperor who gave Christians freedom to worship
Constantine
the first man to translate the entire Bible into English
Wycliffe
a Bohemian burned at the stake for preaching that only Christ could forgive sin
Huss
the man who invented the printing press
Gutenberg
An armed man who fought other men in the Colosseum for sport was a
gladiator
Christians who were willing to give up their lives rather than deny the Lord were called
martyrs
Underground cemeteries beneath the city of Rome were called
catacombs
The huge outdoor arena in Rome was called the
Colosseum
the tribes that invaded Rome were the Visigoths and the
Vandals
A special court set up to try and punish heretics was the
Inquisition
The head of the Roman Catholic Church is called the
pope
The new capital for the Eastern Roman Empire built by Constantine was
Constantinople