Test 3 (Chapter 9-11) Flashcards
When was the “Babylonian Captivity” of the papacy?
1305-1378
When did the Council of Toulouse forbid possession of the Bible among laymen?
1229
When did Henry the Fowler begin the Saxon line of the Germanic Kings?
919
When did the Treaty of Verdun divide the Carolingian Empire?
843
When did Charles Martel defeat the Muslim at the Battle of the Tours?
732
When was the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks? (Ending the Byzantine Empire.)
1453
When was the Roman Empire permanently divided into East and West? Byzantine was renamed Constantinople and made capital of Eastern Roman Empire.
395
When did the Edict of Milan legalize Christianity?
313
When did the Roman persecution of Christians begin?
64
When was the death and resurrection of Christ? NT church starts.
30
When was the Apostolic church?
30-60
Who was Stephen?
A martyr for Christ
What does the word martyr mean in Greek?
Witness
How was Andrew martyred?
Crucified on an angle
How was Peter martyred?
Crucified upside down
How was Paul martyred?
Beheaded.
Why couldn’t Paul be crucified?
He was Roman and Romans wouldn’t crucify other Romans.
How was John martyred?
He wasn’t. Although they tried. First, he was thrown in boiling oil, but that didn’t kill him. Then he was sent to the island of Patmus, where he wrote the book of Revelation. He then died of natural causes in 96.
When was the persecuted church?
98-313
Who did Nero persecute?
Peter and Paul in 64
Who did Domitian persecute?
John was exiled to Patmus
What are the catacombs?
Places the Christians would hide from the Romans. Also burial places.
Who did Trajan persecute?
Ignatius (Bishop of Antioch)
Polycarp (One of John’s pupils)
Who did Marcus Aurelius persecute?
Justin Martyr (Wrote lengthy apology) Blandina (Little girl)
Who did Septimius Severus persecute?
Irenaeus (Student of Polycarp)
Perpetua and Felicitas
Who did Decius persecute?
Theodora Origen (Did not die under Decius, but was tortured by him)
Who was known as the worst persecutor?
Diocletian (co-emperor was Maximian)
What did Constantine put in place in 313?
The Edict of Milan
What did the Edict of Milan do?
Stop the persecution of the Christians?
When was the Imperial Church age?
313-476
The Imperial Church Age outline?
- The faith defended
- The faith defined
- The faith distorted
Who were the Ante-Nicene Fathers?
Ignatius, Polycarp, and Papias
What did Irenaues write?
Against All Heresies (Gnosticism-Greeks)
What did Tatian write?
Address to the Greeks
What did Tertullian start?
Use of the word Trinity
What was Tertullian against?
Monarchism
What did Origen write?
First book of systematic theology
What did Athanasius write?
Arian Controversy
What did Jerome translate the Scriptures into?
Latin Vulgate
What did Augustine of Hippo write?
Confession- bared his soul before God
City of God- first systematic Christian philosophy of history
What is faith defined?
Apostles Creed
Nicene Creed
Who made Christianity the only legal faith?
Theodosius I (Faith Distorted)
What was the Byzantine Empire?
The Eastern Roman Empire
What was the beginning of new Rome?
The division of the Empire
What was the Age of Justinian known as?
The expansion
Who was Belisarius?
Justinians gifted general
What does Hagia Sophia mean?
Holy Wisdom
What was the Justinian Code?
Took Roman law and kept the good part and prefaced it with the Ten Commandments
Who tried to invade the Byzantine Empire?
Lombards, Persians, Islam
What did Leo III use in war that saved the Empire?
“Greek Fire”