Religion Chapter 4
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- because peter died in Rome and Rome was the capital
- Why did the bishop of Rome become more and more central in the Church
- Justin- started a school in philosophy, Ignatius of Antioch- wrote letters to the Christians encouraging them to unite with the Bishop
- Name 2 well-known early martyrs and briefly explain who they were
- apostates could be reunited with the Christian communities after repentance
- How did the church resolve the issue of what to do about Christians who had sacrificed to idols too save their life
- there was tension because it was dificult to be true to the faith and be loyal to the government at the same time
- How did the legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire effect relations between the church and the state
- Ignatius of Antioch
- Martyr who was taken to Rome to be eaten by the lions in the Amphitheater
- Heresies
- Beliefs contrary to some essential belief of the faith
- Apostates
- people who had renounced their faith to save their life who now wanted to repent
- Theodosius
- he was an emperor who declared paganism illegal and made Christianity the official religion
- Barbarians
- hairy ones, a non roman who spoke an unfamiliar language
- in 313 he issued the Edict of Milan granting freedom of worship to Christians
- When, Why, and how did Constantine legalize Christianity
- The Edict of Milan
- it granted freedom of worship to Christan in the Roman empire
- Apologists
- defenders of faith, well educated people who new Greek philosophy and who could debate with non Christians
- Sacrament of Reconciliation
- public penance in the ritual of reentry where the first forms
- Constantine
- he was chosen to be emperor by the Roman troops in Britain
- Gnostics
- a group that believed that all material things including the human body were evil denied Jesus's humanity
- Athanasius
- he was a bishop of Alexandria
- Arains
- denied Jesus's divinity, they didn't think that God could ever take the form of a human being
- Jesus is both divine and human
- What did the Nicene Creed say about the Christian understanding of Jesus
- Nicene Creed
- incorporated the understanding of Jesus as both God and human being
- Constantinople
- this was the new center of the Roman Empire
- Bishop of Rome
- central in the church, peters successor
- Diocletian
- He was a Roman empire ruler
- Justin
- Martyr who was arrested for being Christian
- because common religion practices fostered unity in the empire
- Why did the Roman authorities insist on conformity regarding the offspring of roman religious sacrifices
- Bishop
- comes from the Greek word supervisor lead the communities worship supervised the life of the Christians
- Irenaeus
- a Christian who became the bishop of Lyons and opposed Gnosticism
- Apostles Creed
- a Christian statement of faith
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- the first 2 Greek letter of Christs name, they were on the shields of the Romans