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Church Hist 100-300
Catholic Church History 100-300
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Roman emperor to persecute the Christian around 64 AD | Nero |
| Who martyred Peter and Paul? | Nero |
| last Roman emperor to persecute the Christians | Diocletian |
| Roman emperor that ended Christian persecutions by making Christianity legal in the Roman empire | Constantine |
| What was the effect of the Christian persecutions? | people secretly joined Christian communities |
| Who blamed the Christians for the great fire in Rome? | Nero |
| Which Roman emperor was the most cruel and brutal? | Diocletian |
| What happened after Constantine allowed Christianity? | Rome became center of Christianity |
| What was it like to be a Christian between the years of 100-300? | very difficult |
| Under Constantine, what are three new ways people started to live out their Christian values? | hermits, monks, religious orders |
| Who is a religious person who lives alone, spends hours each day in prayer, and lives very simply | hermit |
| Who is a religious person who lives alone, but joins others like them to prayer and celebrate the Eucharist | monk |
| groups of men or groups of women who live, worship, and serve God together as a community | religious order |
| false teaching that reject a truth that has been revealed by God | heresy |
| a person who believes or teaches a heresy | heretic |
| The Arian _____ and the Nestorian ________ are examples of false teachings | heresy |
| method church leaders used try to correct heresies | Church councils |
| Jerusalen, Nicaea, Constantinople, and Ephesus are example of ______________ that were used to try and correct heresies | Church councils |
| The ________________ of the Church helped explain Jesus' message to others by writing letters, homilies, and book about faith. | Fathers |
| Althanasius, Basil, Ambrose, Augustine are examples of ______________ who helped try and teach others about their faith | Church Fathers |
| the century when the most Christians were martyred | 20th century |