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What were the places that the Jews gathered at local places of worship
Synagogue
Who were the non Jews
Gentiles
What were the Gentiles called after conversion
Proselytes
Who was the “Anointed One”
Messiah
Who married into a Jewish family and ruled Judaea in Palestine as the local king and deputy of Rome
Herod the Great
Who is the Savior of all mankind and was born in Bethlehem
Jesus
Who carried on the work of Jesus’ preachings and teachings after His death, resurrection, and ascensions
Apostles
What is a local assemblies or bodies of believers
Church
The early Christians continuing need for Oder and direction by God was met through the writing of what books
New Testament scriptures
All 27 books of the New Testament had been written by what year
A.D 100
What impact was made by Christian’s to their pagan neighbors
Theirs testimony and genuine love
Who faced death and torture for their faith
Martys
Who declared “the blood of the Martys is the seed of the church”
Tertullian
What year was the first major persecution by the Roman’s while under whose leadership
A.D 64 by Nero
Who was beheaded by Nero at Rome
Apostle Paul
Who was condemned to be crucified and was upside down
Apostle Peter
Who was exiled on the the isle of Patmos in the Aegean Sea
Apostle John
What book was written when John had his visions on the isle of Patmos
Revelation
What were vast galleries beneath the city of Rome
Catacombs
Who was in leadership when the profession of Christianity became a capital crime
Trajan
Who was thrown into a colosseum of wild beasts for the faith
Ignatius
Who was the aged bishop of Smyrna arrested and martyred for the faith
Polycarp
Who was the ardent hater of Christians
Marcus Aurelius
What martyr stated “I am a Christian have ing been freed by Christ and by the grace of Christ i partake of the same hope”
Justin martyr
Who was horrible tortured from morning till night for the faith
Blandina
What martyr stated “I thank thee O Lord that Thou has vouchsafed thus far to honor me I am God’s grain so that I may be become a holy loaf”
Ignatius
What martyr said “Lord God, father of our blessed savior I think that I have been deemed worthy to receive the crown of martyrdom and that I may die for thee and thy cause”
Polycarp
What martyr said “I am a Christian among us no evil is done”
Blandina
Under whose leadership was the fifth great persecution done
Septimius Severus
Who was a martyr under Septimius Severus
Irenaeus
Who were the martyred women under Septimius Severus
Perpetua and felicitas
What emperors began the sixth persecution
Maximinus thrax
Who was worse under the preceding six persecutions
Decius
Who was a Christian philosopher and theologian from Alexandria
Origen
Who was the church father and addressed decius’s persecution and said “The whole world is devastated”
Cyprian of Carthage
Who began the eighth persecution
Valerian
Who began the ninth persecution
Aurelian
Under who was the tenth and greatest persecution under “reforming” emperor
Diocletian
Who proclaimed themselves officially dominus noster (Our Lord)
Diocletian and maximian
Who proclaimed toleration for the Christians of the east
Galerius
Who extended legal protection and recognition to Christians
Constantine 1
Who document protected Christian’s and in what year
Edict of Milan, 313
Who were the people God raised up to expand on the scriptures and defend the faith and champion the cause of Christ
Church fathers
Was commended by the apostle Paul
Clement of Rome
Who were the pupils of the apostle John?
Ingatius, Polycarp, and, Papias
Who is someone who attempted to reasonably defend Christianity pagan defamation?
Apologists
Who were the apologies of the early church?
Aristides and Justin martyr
Who is the pupil of Justin martyr And compiled the first harmony of gospels in his incisive addressed to the Greeks, proved the superiority of Christianity over Greek philosophy and religion
Tatian
Who wrote against Gnosticism
Irenaeus
Who contended against the heresy of monarchianism
tertullian
What denied the doctrine of the Trinity?
Monarchianism
Who was the first to use the term Trinity?
Tertullian
Who was the theologian from Alexandria
Origen
Eloquently and passionately argued for the true deity of Christ at the council of Nicaea
Athanasius
Who translated the scriptures out of Hebrew in Greek into the common Bible of the early western church The Latin Vulgate
Jerome
What two preachers of Constantinople publicly expanded on the scriptures?
Ambrose and John Chrysostom
Who is considered the greatest of the church fathers?
Augustine
What was one of Augustine‘s works?
Confessions
What is the first systematic Christian philosophy of history?
City of God
The early Christians wrote statements of their beliefs, In the form of what
Creeds
What was the earliest creed and was developed between the second and fifth centuries?
Apostles creed
What creed was adopted by the council of Nicaea
Nicene creed
What taught the false doctrine which denied the duty of Christ?
Arianism
What year was the nicene creed adopted
A.D 325
Who completed the work of the council of Nicaea in affirming the full the deity and humanity of Christ
Constantinople
Where did Constantinople complete the work in affirming the full humidity of Christ?
Ephesus and Chalcedon
What was the third great creed
Athanasian
Who made Christianity the only legal religion of Roman Empire
Theodosius 1
Who offered up the Lord‘s body in blood as a sacrifice for the living and dead
Sacerdotes
What does presbyters mean
Elders
What does sacerdotes mean
Priests