Test 3 Flashcards
A.D. 30-96
The apostolic church
A.D. 98 to 313
The persecuted church
AD 313-476
The Imperial church
Proselytes
Apostolic church
Converts
King of Rome when Jesus was born
Herod the great
All 27 books of the New Testament had been written by…
AD 100
Who said “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”
Tertullian
Who was the first persecutor
Nero
Who was the second persecutor
Domitian
Who was the third persecutor
Trajan
Who was the fourth persecutor
Marcus Aurelius
Who was the fifth persecutor
Septimus Severus
Who was the sixth persecutor
Maximinus Thrax
Who was the seventh persecutor
Decius
Who was the eight persecutor
Valerian
Who was the ninth persecutor
Aurelian
Who was the 10th persecutor
Diocletian
Nero
1st
Domitian
2nd
Trajan
3rd
Marcus Aurelius
4th
Septimius Severus
5th
Maximinus Thrax
6th
Decius
7th
Valerian
8th
Aurelian
9th
Diocletian
10th
Which emperor called himself Lord and God and exiled the Apostle John?
Domitian
Which emperor martyred Ignatius and Polycarp (not specifically, but in this time period)
Trajan
Which emperor martyred Justin Martyr and Blandina?
Marcus Aurelius
Which emperor was fierce in North Africa and Egypt and martyred Irenaeus, Perpetua, and Felicitas?
Septimius Severus
Who was the 6th persecuting emperor, and ordered the death of all church leaders?
Maximinus Thrax
Which emperor required sacrifice to pagan gods, and murdered Theodora and Origen?
Decius
Which emperor murdered the church father, Cyprian of Carthage
Valerian
Which emperor was murdered by his own soldiers shortly after coming to throne?
Aurelian
Under which emperor was the greatest persecution?
Diocletian
Who was Diocletian’s co-emperor?
Maximian
What did Diocletian and Maximian call themselves?
“Our Lord”
Which emperor proclaimed toleration for Christians of the East?
Galerius
Who legalized Christianity with the Edict of Milan in 313
Constantine 1
Greek for witness
Martyr
Earliest church writers
Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, and Papias
What were apologists?
They attempted to reasonably defend Christianity.
Name 2 apologists
Aristides and Justin Martyr
Who was a pupil of Justin Martyr and compiled 1st harmony of Gospels - “Address to the Greeks”?
Tatian
What did Irenaeus write against?
Gnosticism
What is gnosticism
It combines elements of Greek philosophy, Oriental religion, and Christian theology
Who contended against heresy of Monarchianism, and was the 1st to use the term “Trinity”
Tertullian
Monarchianism
Denied doctrine of trinity
Wrote the 1st book of systematic theology in the early church
Origen
Translated scriptures out of Hebrew and Greek into Latin vulgate
Jerome
Whose name means “golden mouthed” in Greek? (He was eloquent)
Chrysostom
Greatest of the church fathers, wrote “City of God”
Augustine
The first systematic Christian philosophy of history
“City of God”
Creeds
Confessions of faith
Adopted by council of Nicaea
Nicene creed
Council of Nicaea in AD 325
Rejected teaching of Arianism