The Church History Flashcards
The period of Christian persecution lasted over _______________________ but there were times during this period when there was peace and happiness, and the Christian faith grew strong and spread throughout the Roman Empire.In the light of New Testament After his baptism, Jesus started to preach the Kingdom of God that led people to a fundamental decision of belief or unbelief.
three hundred years
The Persecuted Church
3 Stages or Periods:
- First Period, (54-60 A.D.): Emperor Nero
- Second Period (100-250 A.D.) :
o Emperor Trajan
o Emperor Hadrian
o Emperor Antoninus Pius, Emperor Marcus Aurelius - Third Period (249-251 A.D.)
o Emperor Decius
o Emperor Valerian
o Emperor Diocletian
First Period
(54-60 A.D.): Emperor Nero
Second Period
(100-250 A.D.)
Emperor Trajan
Emperor Hadrian
Emperor Antoninus Pius, Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Third Period
(249-251 A.D.)
Emperor Decius
Emperor Valerian
Emperor Diocletian
Causes of Persecution:
- Refusal to participate in pagan rituals
- Reluctance to worship the emperors and their gods.
- Christians are threats to the empire.
- Exclusivity
- Cannibalism and incest
- The nature and content of the Christian beliefs
Effects of Persecution
1.Strengthen the faith of the Christians
2.Attracted more converts to Christianity
3.Increased the number of Christians
4.Many died for the faith
5.Many turned apostates
6.Hampered the missionary activities of the Church
Orthodox means
right opinion
____ century, _______________________- ( Orthodox means right opinion), disagreed with the Western Christian Church.
4th; Eastern Church-Orthodox Church
hree Illustrative examples of the history of the unity and division of the Church
- Constantine and the Christian Church
- Religious Controversies: Dogma and Councils
- Luther splits Christendom (16th c.)
The early Church was unified under the ________________________________ but subsequently divided into two major branches:
Roman Emperor Constantine; Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox.
Under ______________, the coalition of the Church and the State paved the road to the union of the Church and the State in the Medieval Ages. Whether this coalition was right or wrong, it proved to be one of the turning points in the history of the Church and of the world. The Church would never be the same again for better and for worse.
Constantine
Religious Controversies: Dogma and Councils
Council of Nicea (325 A.D)
Council of Constantinople (381 A.D.)
Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.)
Council of Chalcedon (451 A.D.)
The ____________________, led by ______________, started the _________________________ which was inspired by the ________________________________ empire in the __________
Carolingian empire; Charlemagne; Carolingian renaissance; Christian Roman; 4th c
a division of a church into factions because of differences in doctrine
SCHISM
the Patriarch of Constantinople
Michael Cerularius
In ______, at the Council of Clermont, ______________ called for the first crusade.
1905; Pope Urban II
The Church organized the holy war which is called
crusade