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definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |