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Church Hist. Midterm
Midterm Crutcher Church History Southern Nazarene University
Question | Answer |
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Nero | 54-68. First Emperor to persecute Christians; committed suicide after being deposed |
Domitian | 81-96. Persecuted Christians in order to restore Roman traditions; was murdered in his own palace |
Clement of Rome | c.100. Second or third bishop of Rome; wrote Epistle to the Corinthians |
Ignatius | 30/35-107. Martyred bishop of Antioch; wrote seven letters on the way to martyrdom |
Trajan | 98-117. Emperor whose establishes the policy for Christian persecution in the Roman Empire |
Marcion | fl. 144-150. Early Christian heretic; denied authority of Old Testament and compiled the first list of books for a “New Testament” |
Polycarp | †156. Disciple of John; most famous early Christian martyr |
Justin (Martyr) | †165. Christian apologist and martyr;wrote two Apologies and Dialogue with Trypho |
Irenaeus | c.130-late 100s. Disciple of Polycarp; early theologian who wrote Against Heresies and Demonstration of Apostolic Faith |