Religion Ch 2: persecution of the way and heresies
Constantine eventually did what?
Got baptized and legalized Christianity
Orthodox means?
Right teaching
What may be achieved through secret knowledge- privileged and elite?
Salvation
Who was the first Apology to emperor Antonius pius?
St Justin martyr
Who opposed Arius and restarted the catholic belief: Jesus and the Father are consubstantial?
St. Athansius
What did Nero need?
Unity in the empire
Meaning of Apostasy
Willful renunciation of the Christian faith in its entirely (becoming pagan)
3 things about the Origen (theologian)
1. Most prolific and important writer (2000-5000 tracts) 2. 1st catechetical school 3. considered to have initiated the concept of the homily
When was the Edict of Milan?
313 AD
When did the fire of Rome break out?
64 AD
When was Christianity first legalized
64 AD
Emperor Theodosius issued what?
A decree in 391 AD and that made Christianity the official religion of the empire
who were the first men to receive the tradition from the kips and example of the 12 apostles?
Apostolic Fathers
Ecumenical Councils?
Brings bishops under the leadership of the pope from all over the world to discuss central issues in the church and only the pope can call a council
Constantine vision consisted of?
Christ appearing to him and told him he will conquer
Who did he blame for the fire?
Christians and so they persecuted them
Who issued the edict of Milan?
Constantine
Trajan gave the Christian's what choice?
Death or Apostasy
The worst of all the persecutions the Christian suffered under what Emperor?
Diocletian
What was the early heresy?
Gnosticism
Coliseum of Rome remains both what?
Tribute to the brilliant engineering and gruesome entertainment and disregard for human life
Arianism?
Jesus is neither God or equal to the Father: denies Christ divinity and states He is merely a creature
Gnosis means?
Knowledge
Who was the first to declare Christianity unlawful?
Nero
3 outcome of the Council of Nicaea
Nicene Creed, Arianis was defeated, & Jesus and The Father are consubstantial
Edict of Milan did what?
Restored church property that was taken from christians and granted christians freedom to practice their faith. Christianity began to flourish
What is a heretic?
Person who denies one or more doctrines of the Faith
Meaning of Lapsic
Person who formally renounced the Christianity by offering sacrifices to the gods but now wanting back into the church
Trajan Rescript:
Policy for handling christians
What did the gods do if the christians did not sacrifice?
Punish rome
Constantine ordered his soldiers to do what?
Put the Chi-Ro on their shields. He won
renounce the __ and offer a sacrifice to __ or be killed
faith; pagan gods
What is the meaning of Heresy?
refusal to accept one or more truths of the Faith required by the Catholic Faith
What does St Justin Martyr write?
to combat the unjust punishment of christians and explain the catholic faith
What did the Apostolic Fathers do?
write on the defense of the church
