early christianity test

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Arcadius

son of Theodosius; mentally disabled; emperor of the eastern empire; hidden from everyone

Arianism

the belief of Jesus being unequal to God (just a dude)

Asceticism

the denial of physical pleasure through deprivation

Athanasius

man who had the base ideas for Christian orthodoxy; Connie used them in Bible

Athlete of Christ

christian who showed strength, bravery, and endurance (many of them, concept) ⭐🍪

Attila the Hun

🏇👑king of the Huns >:)

Basilica

gov’t buildings that Connie turned into churches in Rome

Battle of Chalons

(roman generals + Visigoths) vs. (Huns)

Benedictine Monasticism

humility, obedience, charity work, no time for sin (full schedule)

Boat Song

😡bit aggressive; treated like a war song; HEIA!!

Caesaropapism

political ideology realized under connie, where one person is head of church and state

City of God

Augustine attacks Manichean ideology, can’t just leave the real world, thoughts and prayers should be towards heaven. Real world is also created and governed by God (unlike Manichean who thinks its an evil God)

Classical Polytheism

belief in multiple deities; worship through temples, sacrifices, and feasts; gods don’t have bias except for the poor, the gods hate poor people

Constantine I

😼selfish bastard who wanted to be jesus so bad, tried to be buried with 12 apostles, like dude get a grip. Okay, in all seriousness, he went around murdering his family and ostracizing other christians and all that good stuff; sent his mother to find relics

Council of Nicaea

connie invited 300ish bishops to Nicea to create a unified orthodox doctrine/ compile the Bible; burned all papers that didn’t align with what he wanted

Cult of Martyrdom

the act of dying for one’s faith; had to be done through action and intent, by someone else’s hand; very romanticized

Desert Monasticism

people who take asceticism very seriously; self-denial, EDs, and SH

Donatism

came from North Africa; core question stems from sacraments and sin; congregation had to be responsible for policing the clergy; if priests are sinners → everyone are sinners because god won’t hear their prayers/accept their sacraments

Edict of Milan

legalized christianity in Rome; returns prior stolen Christian property back to Christians

Egyptian Gold argument

Augustine realized that everyone was an idiot and he could get away with changing the bible by saying that the jews purified egyptian gold the same way that christians should purify pagan philosophy

Gnosticism

came from hellenistic population; held that faith was philosophical, not literal; 2 heaven levels; equal gender roles; classist

Gospels

4 stories of Jesus from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; told stories of Jesus during life, death, and resurrection

Hagiography

the story of the life of a saint

Heresy

belief that is outside of accepted norms

Honorius

emperor of the western empire; couldn’t pay off visigoths to go away, turns to xenophobia; flees to Ravenna because he's a pussy; bishop of Rome had to clean up his mess

Irish Monasticism

🍀missionary work, (red martyrdom); communities of hermits settled in beautiful places. Patrick, BOAT SONG, St. Brigid (can’t leave, she's a sinful sinful girl)

Latin Vulgate Bible

the translated version of the Nicean bible (greek → vulgar latin); done by St. Jerome

Manichaeism

belief that there is a god of light (Heaven), and a god of dark (sinful Earth); have to do escape Earth without kys

Martyrologies

Type 1: martyr discovered by authorities, refuses to convert, killed; Type 2: martyr who witnesses other martyrs getting martyred, gets FOMO; Type 3: missionary, gets killed; Type 4: christian woman chooses to be celibate, refuses marriage, gets killed (Bride of Christ)

Messiah

in christianity, this is Jesus; separated people from original sin

Nicene Creed

inescapable contract to weed out heresies and force christians to pledge themselves to nicene orthodox christianity

On Christian Doctrine

written by augustine; you can indulge your bodily pleasures only for use, do not enjoy them; don’t brag about how good you are; don’t hate your body for your sins; defines heresy; defines what you are allowed to learn; includes Egyptian gold doctrine

Orthodox Christianity

constantine and his advisor's hand pick what will be marketable and accessible to the masses; follows nicene creed (accessibility, we love to see it); historical, literal, simple, no need to question or interpret, just read and accept like the flesh puppet that you are

Petrine Doctrine

popes claimed absolute power in the church; came from Matthew 16:18-19 (since peter was first bishop of rome→ bishops have direct connection to god through jesus handing the reins to peter)

Pope St. Leo I

saved the day during Hunnic invasion of Italy (said something to them and they left, very convincing 🤨); helped after Vandalic Sack of Rome when the emperor refused; changed the date of easter from a static holiday because this created a plot hole in the bible if easter didn’t coincide with Passover (pesach :< )

Purgatory

waiting room (we are glad to inform you that your dead infant is not in hell, so long as you pray) 👼

Seven Deadly Sins

7 things that are a big no no for christians, but polytheism encouraged these sins so converts had trouble avoiding them and this lead to asceticism (mass hysteria), augustine says to limit sin, not avoid (shh.. you're okay); pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth

SS Felicitas and Perpetua

propaganda about red martyrdom; one of the first martyrdom stories

SS Serge and Bacchus

Ultimate Roommates (kinda gay). Bacchus gets killed and Serge has gay rage attack; only Serge is an Athlete of Christ. Runs through the desert with nails on his feet and no water and endures it.

St. Ambrose

pushed for balance of power between Church and State; thought that reps of church shouldn’t be subordinated with earthly leaders; refused to give Theodosius I the Euchrist on Christmas because he killed people (christians); Theo forced to give Ambrose what he wanted (Church gets own legal system, canon law; church exempt from taxes; polytheism now illegal)

St. Anthony

the father of monasticism and asceticism; Gen I; informal leader of community of like-minded monks

St. Augustine

advocated for education at a time where it was pretty much outlawed, believed people should learn about things concerning the bible, and tried to find loopholes so he could preach education

St. Brigid

first woman (not in general- but in terms of the church, yes); kept her inside because she was a sinful woman

St. Genevieve

😇teenager who thought paris could pray the hun away ! (and they did, sorta) → shows the trend of turning towards religious leaders in times of crisis instead of having faith in the government

St. Jerome

translated nicean bible into vulgar latin

St. Patrick

patron saint of Ireland; main way of convincing people to convert is through miracles (ex. Magical force field, and making boulders float)

St. Paul

main contributor to new testament; lot of letters; basis for christian doctrine, hates women, jews bad, what jesus taught is not important (only his death and its miracle is);

Stylites

desert monastics who lived on pillars (super asceticism); closer to heaven; regarded as advisors, people brought them food and water; I'm not talking about the poop thing :(

Theodosius I

Gets humiliated by Ambrose and gives church autonomy (canon law) + bans polytheism throughout the empire.

Valentinian III

opportunity (unite barbarians against huns, but instead puts them against each other as a plot, people get upset), battle of chalons; too dumb to live, gets assassinated; treaty leads to vandalic sack

Vandalic Sack of Rome

Valentinian III makes secret alliance w/ Vandals to try to get ½ of Visigothic kingdom; senate got upset at Val, assassinated him; vandals got upset and came to Rome telling everyone to leave so they could loot (looted everything, even building joiners, so Rome was actually falling apart), Pope St. Leo helped to rebuild

Visigothic Sack of Rome

Honorius’ xenophobic agenda backfires in the visigothic sack of rome, Honorius flees to ravenna instead of taking military action

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