Religion, Chapter 8: Christians of the Roman Empire

Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, granting religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire and allowing Christians to worship freely. He also returned much of the Church property that had been seized. Constantine made Rome a Christian city. He built a basilica over the tomb of Saint Peter and gave many government buildings to the Christians to be used as places of worship.

(Essay Question) Write four contributions Emperor Constantine made for the Church.

Heresy

A belief or a collection of beliefs that rejects one or more of the revealed truths of the faith.

Saint John Chrysostom

A great preacher whose name, Chrysostom, means "golden-mouthed"

Arius

At the beginning of the fourth century, a priest from Alexandria named _____ was preaching that Jesus was a little more than human but not fully divine.

Arians

Claimed that Jesus was less than divine

Ecumencial

Comes from the Greek and means "of the whole world"

Helena

Encouraged by his Christian mother, _________, Constantine made Rome a Christian city. He built a basilica over the tomb of Saint Peter and gave many government buildings to the Christians to be used as places of worship. He also declared holidays of both Easter and Christmas.

27 books

How many books are in the New Testament?

46 books

How many books are there in the Old Testament?

Edict of Milan

In 313 Constantine issued the _____ __ ______, granting religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire and allowing Christians to worship openly.

Marcion

In the second century a scholar named ________ tried to convince the Church to exclude the Old Testament.

Saint Monica

Mother of Saint Augustine

The Father The Son The Holy Spirit

Our salvation is the work of One God, but that God exists in Three Divine Persons:

Origen

Studied and explained Scripture

Covenant

Testament is another word for _________

testaments

The Catholic Bible consists of 73 books, divided into two parts called _________.

Canon

The Church's official list of the Sacred Scripture.

New Testament

The ____ ________ is the part of the Bible that recalls the story of Jesus, his mission, his first followers, and the beginnings of the Church.

Council of Nicaea

The first ecumenical council that gathered and wrote the creed was known as...

Marcionites

The followers of Marcion who rejected the Old Testament

Church Fathers/Fathers of the Church

The writers and scholars who contributed to the understanding of the Christian faith and through their work the Church grew are known as...

Gnostics

They claimed that God's real revelation was available only as secret knowledge to a select few

Docetists

They claimed that Jesus only pretended to be human and so didn't really suffer on the Cross

Manichees

They claimed that the material world is evil and created by an evil spirit.

Council of Chalcedon

This council affirmed the teaching of Pope Leo the Great that Jesus was one person with two natures- divine and human

Council of Ephesus

This council dealt with the heresy that Jesus was two people and that Mary was only the mother of the human Jesus. The council affirmed that Mary is truly the "Mother of God."

Saint Jerome

Translated the Bible into Latin from Hebrew and Greek

When Emperor Constantine came to power

When did the Roman persecutions start to change?

Thousands

__________ of Christians were martyred for their faith. Church property was confiscated, and Christian books were burned.

Creed

a statement of Christian belief