Religion ch 12

The emperor who began the Roman persecutions in a.d. 64 was Nero.

2. The result of the persecution was that the Church grew and spread.

3. Saint Pachomius and Saint Basil wrote a rule of life for religious communities.

4. The official religion of the Roman Empire became Christianity

5. Constantine is known for letting Christians worship freely.

6. Arius denied that Jesus was God.

7. The first council to correct Arianism was the Council of Nicaea.

8. The Council of Ephesus was called to deal with Nestorius, who denied that Mary was

the Mother of God.

9. The statement of our beliefs first composed at the Council of Nicaea is the Nicene

Creed.

10. Saints Athanasius, Ambrose, and Augustine were all Church Fathers.

11. Saint Anthony of Egypt was a hermit and a monk

12. . In the first century, Christians weren’t trusted because they were different

13. Sister Dorothy Kazel was a modern-day martyr who cared for people who were poor in

El Salvador.

14. hermit: a person who lives alone, eats little food, prays a lot, does penances

15. Monk: someone who practices monasticism, joins other monks in prayer and the

Eucharist, and helps people in need by selling things he makes

16. heresy: a false teaching that rejects a truth revealed by God and taught by the Church

17. synod: a meeting of local bishops

18. Church Fathers: thinkers, teachers, and leaders who wrote and preached to explain the

faith and to defend it against heresy