HI 101 Test 3 PCC - MRS PRESTON

The Five good emperors

1. Nerva

2. Trajan

3. Hadrian

Pax Romana

(30 BC - AD 180)

means roman peace

Nerva

First of the five good emperors

Trajan

Rome was expanding during his rule

Hadrian

- Built a great wall in Britain.

- Pantheon was built to worship all the gods

- The colosseum

Third Century Crisis

1. Late Antiquity (200-750)

2. Plague

3. Barracks Emperors

4. Crisis of confidence

Rise of Christianity in Rome

Was unexpected.

Diosletation

Saves Rome; he wanted a bigger army and bureaucracy.

Constantine

1. Edict of Milan (313)

2. Mobile field units

3. New capital city.

Theodosius I

Divided Empire (395)

Visigoths

Germanic people who added in the fall of Rome

Odoacer and Romulus Augustulus

laster Roman emperor (476)

Preparation for Christ

John the Baptist

Repentance

mentanoia

Baptism

baptizo

Jesus Christ

Taught the Beatitudes and Eucharist.

Beatitudes and Eucharist

Provides a new basis for human life.

Pentecost

beginning of a new civilization and culture

Centers of Christianity

1. Jerusalem

2. Antioch

3. Alexandria

4. Constantinople

5. Rome

Christians

Followers of Christ

Providence of Roman rule

1. Pax Romana

2. Language

3. Roads

Apostles

Peter, Paul, and John

Peter died

Crucified upside down

Paul dead

beheaded

John dead

Natural death

Didache

teaching of the church

New testament

was completed in AD 100

Why did Rome persecute the Church?

Rome felt threatened by them.

Nero

Started the church persecution. Killed Paul and Peter.

Domitian

- Imprisoned John at Patmos.

- Catacombs

- Flavia Domitilla

Catacombs

Christians worshipped here.

Flavia Domitilla

the niece of Domitian who became a Christian and was exiled.

Trajan

- was slightly "good"

- St. Ignatius of Antioch

St. Ignatius of Antioch

work continued by Hadrian and Antoninus Pius

Marcus Aurelius

- Justin Martyr

- St. Blandina

- St. Polycarp

Justin Martyr

killed for being a Christian.

St. Blandina

"I am a Christian. Among us no evil is done."

St. Polycarp

when he died is still unknown.

Septimius Severus

- St. Irenaeus of Lyon

- Sts. Perpetua and Felicites

St. Irenaeus of Lyon

last living connection to the apostles

Sts. Perpetua and Felicites

started a new era.

Decius

- Origen

- Seven sleepers of Ephesus

Valerian

Cyprian of Carthage

Diocletian

"the worst"

- The Great Persecution

- Culture war

- Theban of Legion

Theban Legion

legion of old Christians ; they failed

The old Christians

1. St. Callistratus

2. St. George and Alexandra of Rome

The Imperial church

A.D. 313-476

Nicolaitans

Believed the OT did was not binding for Christians.

- Earliest known heretical group

Gnosticism

- Secret knowledge

- Despises material world (all material is evil)

- a mixture of Greek philosophy and christianity.

Irenaeus

wrote against Gnosticism

Monarchiansim

does not believed in the Trinity

Tertullian

believed in the trinity

Docetism

rejection of incarnation

Nestorianism

God just possessed a normal man

Council of Nicaea

(AD 325)

- St. Constantine : lead it

- Arius vs. Athanasius

Arianism

denies the deity of Christ

Nicene Creed

One of the most important statements of Christian belief'

- "very God of God."

Julian the Apostate

renounced Christianity to try to revive paganism.

Symphonia

denotes the idea of harmony between secular authority and the church

St. Theodosius I

Edict of Thessalonica

Edict of Thessalonica

Made Christianity the only legal Religion

AD 30

Death and resurrection of Christ

AD 64

Roman persecution of Christians began under Nero

Also AD 64

Peter and Paul are martyred

AD 313

Edict of Milan legalizes Christianity

Jerome

Translated the Bible into Latin

Augustine

developed the idea of the original sin .

AD 622

Muhammad's flight to Medina (hegira)

AD 732

Battle of Tours Chapter 8 Early Middle Ages

AD 800

Charlemagne crowned "Emperor of the Romans" by the Pope

AD 843

Treaty of Verdun

AD 100

new testament completed

Tertullian said __________

"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church."

The Pentecost

what significant event brought out a new civilization and culture?

Quran (Koran)

The holy book of Islam

Mecca

birthplace of Muhammad; holy city of Islam

Hegira

Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina; flight/escape

Islam

Submission to the will of Allah

Five Pillars of Islam

1. Confession of Faith (there is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet)

2. Prayer five times a day

3. Alms giving

4. Fasting (Ramadan)

5. Pilgrimage (to Mecca)

Sharia

ethics of Islamic life

Abu Bakr

first caliph after death of Muhammad

caliph

successor to the prophet

Umayyad Caliphate

-Family of caliphs who ruled the Islamic world

- moved the capital from medina to Damascus

the spread of Islam

-Plague

-weary opponents

Jihad

Jihad

"Holy war". "Internal struggle"

Abbasids

-Dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from A.D. 750 to 1258

- changed the capital to Baghdad

culture

-preservation/transmission (Aristotle/from India)

- treatment of Christians/others

AD 395

Division of the Roman Empire

John Chrysostom

"Golden mouthed" preacher

Developments in the late antiquity

-Christianization of western Europe

- Emergence of Byzantine Empire

- Rise of Islam

edict of milan

-Legalized Christianity in Rome

-Announced by Constantine

Aryanism

denies the deity of Christ

St. Constantine

presided over the council of Nicaea.