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Wh ch 9 Flashcards

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Jews gathered at local places of worship known as what, where they read the Old Testament Scriptures in Hebrew and Aramaic and sometimes even from the Greek Septuagint.

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synagogues

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(non-Jews)

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gentiles

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3
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the “Anointed One” of God

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Messiah

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During the days of who was the true King of the Jews and Savior of all mankind was born in Bethlehem of Judaea

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King herod

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5
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local assemblies or bodies of believers

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churches

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Jesus appointed
12 men, to carry on His work of preaching and teaching after His death, resurrection, and ascension

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the apostles

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These books, verbally inspired by God in their entirety and penned by apostles or by men who had an extremely close relationship to an apostle, were eventually collected and added to the Old Testament Scriptures as the inerrant Word of God and the only infallible rule of faith and life for God’s people

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new testament

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all 27 books of the New Testament had been written by what

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A.D. 100

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8
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in the face of torture and death caused the ranks of Christianity to swell with new converts

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martyrs

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9
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declared: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.”

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tertullian

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10
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in what year and by who did the Christians experienced the first major persecution by the Romans

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A.D. 64 and Nero

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was beheaded by Nero at Rome during this persecution; he was not tortured because he was still a Roman citizen

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Paul

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also martyred during this time; condemned to be crucified, he insisted on being crucified upside down because he did not deem himself worthy to die in the same manner as his Master

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Peter

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13
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who exiled the aged apostle John

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Domitian

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tunnels, about eight to ten feet wide and four to six feet high for burial

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catacombs

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bishop of Antioch, who was taken to Rome in A.D. 110 and thrown to wild beasts in the Colosseum

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ignatius

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made the profession of Christianity became a capital crime (3rd persecution)

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Trajan

17
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prayed aloud: “Lord God, Father of our blessed Savior, I thank Thee that I have been deemed worthy to receive the crown of martyrdom, and that I may die for Thee and Thy cause.”

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polycarp

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The fourth great persecution came with the Stoic philosopher-emperor. who was he

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Marcus Aurelius

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was killed in Rome in 167. Before he was executed, triumphantly stated: “I am a Christian, having been freed by Christ, and by the grace of Christ, I partake of the same hope.”

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Justin Martyr

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was horribly tortured from morning until night. The only confession her tormentors could extract from the brave girl’s lips before they cut her throat was: “I am a Christian; among us no evil is done.”

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blandina

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The fifth great persecution came under and was particularly fierce in North Africa and Egypt

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Septimius Severus

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who were gored to death by savage beasts at Carthage in 203

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Perpetua and her faithful slave Felicitas

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one of the notable martyrs of this period

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Irenaeus

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began his persecution by ordering the death of all church leaders, many of whom indeed were martyred.

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Maximinus Thrax

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was even worse than the preceding six. Determined to uproot and destroy Christianity entirely, required that all inhabitants of the empire sacrifice to the ancient gods and obtain certificates from the Roman government verifying that they had made the required sacrifice

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Decius

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a Christian philosopher and theologian from Alexandria, escaped the persecution under Maximinus Thrax, but was so horribly mutilated in Decius’s persecution that he died shortly thereafter

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origen

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written of Decius’s persecution: “The whole world is devastated.”

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cyprian of carthage

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confiscated the property of Christians, exiled some of their leaders, and forbade them to assemble for worship (8th persecution)

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Valerian

29
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initiated the ninth great persecution but was murdered shortly thereafter by his own soldiers. Successors continued his intended purge of the Christians.

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Aurelian

30
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proclaimed themselves officially Dominus Noster (“Our Lord”), and demanded worship as Jupiter incarnate, the father of the gods

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Diocletian and his co-emperor Maximian

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in 311 proclaimed toleration for the Christians of the East

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Galerius

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extended legal protection and recognition to Christians throughout the empire

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Constantine I

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extended legal protection and recognition to Christians throughout the empire with the what

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Edict of Milan in 313

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number of godly and able men to expound on the Scriptures, defend the faith, and champion the cause of Christ

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church fathers

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commended by the apostle Paul in the New Testament

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clement of rome

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WFBA 10th grade terms (39 decks)

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