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definitions
Question | Answer |
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a defender of the faith | apologist |
a person who renounces his faith | apostate |
a belief that denies Jesus'divinity | Arianism |
a Church leader who countered the Arians | Athanasius |
Northern nomadic tribes threatening Rome | Barbarians |
By the year 200 AD, a formulated statement of faith | Apostles Creed |
After the fall of Jerusalem, the most important leader in the Church. | Bishop of Rome |
the first two Greek letters of Christ's name. | Chi-rho |
Won the Battle of the Milvian Bridge using a sign of Christ. | Constantine |
The new center of the Roman empire originally called Byzantium. | Constantinople |
a competent Roman ruler who persecuted Christians(300 AD) | Diocletian |
This proclamation granted freedom to Christians in the Roman empire. | Edict of Milan |
One who believed that all material things were evil. | Gnostic |
A belief that is contrary to a basic belief of the faith | Heresy |
The Bishop of Antioch martyred in Rome in the 2nd century. | Ignatius |
The Bishop of Lyon opposed to Gnosticism in the 2nd century | Irenaeus |
An early apologist martyr who refusd to sacrifice to an idol. | Justin |
An ecumenical council called by Constantine in 325 AD to address Arianism. | Council of Nicaea |
Theologian who later joined the Montanists, a heritical group. | Tertullian |
Emperor at the end of the 4th century who made Christianity the religion of the empire. | Theodosius |