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35 Cards in this Set
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Constantine receives this message in a dream as a Roman emperor before he wins the battle at Milvian Bridge outside of
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“By this sign, you shall conquer.”
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Constantine declares freedom of religion and gives special favors to the Church. Almost overnight Christianity goes from being a persecuted church to one that is not only accepted socially but politically correct to belong to. Constantine is baptized making it “ad ventageon,” or politically and economically acceptable, to a be Christian
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313 Edict of Milan
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The first heresy in the Church that stresses the humanity of Jesus of his divinity
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Arianism
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People who believe in Arianism reacted to the Greek idea of
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Gnosticism
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Where was Arianism centered?
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Byzantium
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Who unifies the Roman Empire
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Constantine
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What does Constantine rename Byzantium?
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Constantinople
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made Christianity the “official” religion of the Holy Roman Empire in 380 AD
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Emperor Theodosius I
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The Council of the Church called in 325 AD
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Council of Nicaea
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Council of Nicaea was called to address the heresy of
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Arianism
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The Church’s response to Arianism was the
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Nicene Creed
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God and Jesus are made of the same “stuff”
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Homooisius
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The belief that the Holy Spirit was created by the Father and the Son and therefore was subservient. This heresy was condemned at the Council of Constantinople
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Macedonianism
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The belief that Mary was the human mother of Jesus. It refuted the idea of Theotokos, or that Mary was the God bearer
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Christitokos
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The belief that Jesus was only divine. This was denounced at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD at which it was declared that Jesus was only two natures (human and divine) and they were both separate and different
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Monophysitism
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Humans can save themselves by working for their salvation. God’s grace is not needed
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Pelagianisn
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What Attributes to the fall of the Roman Empire
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At the end of the fourth century, Theodosius dies and the Western part of the Roman Empire declines. The barbarians attack from the north and hence add to the decline of Rome. That accompanied by the fact that the Western empire became so big that it was unable to protect its borders, and the fact that leadership in Rome was poor with declining political and economic influence both led to its ultimate decline
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Who remains during the fall of the Roman Empire
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The Eastern part of the Empire (Constantinople) remains strong with Justinian as its emperor
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What does Pontifax Maximums mean
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Highest Bridge Builder
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the title that traditionally only the Emperor would take is now used by the Pope
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Pontifax Maximums
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the time when most of Europe was converted to Christianity
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In the fifth through eighth centuries
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When does Monasticism start?
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in the third and fourth centuries with hermits going out in the desert to withdraw from the world to confront Satan and live a life of voluntary austerity seeking the way to spiritual perfection and communion with God.
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Who was the most notable early monk
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The most notable was St. Anthony of Egypt
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Who solidified the whole idea of monasticism by taking the ideas of the desert father and applying them to the concept of “living communal way of life.”?
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St. Benedict
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Name 2 Positive sides of monasticism
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-Kept Christianity alive in uncertain times
-Provided structure for economic self-sufficiency and self-government in unstable times. (In the middle ages, the monastery became the center of town commerce and government.) |
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Explain three other heresies besides Arianism from the fourth to the ninth centuries
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Pelagianisn stated humans can save themselves by working for their salvation. God’s grace is not needed. Christitokos was the belief that Mary was the human mother of Jesus. It refuted the idea of Theotokos, or that Mary was the God bearer. Macedonianism was the belief that the Holy Spirit was created by the Father and the Son and therefore was subservient. This heresy was condemned at the Council of Constantinople
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Did Constantine's sons support Christian teaching?
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no
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Gnosticism favored Jesus’ ________ over ________
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divinity
humanity |
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What begins the decline of Rome
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Theodosius' death at the end of the 4th century
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What is the downside of Monastic life
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1. Some monks/monasteries take asceticism to extremes
2. Monks were the only ones who became educated in the Church, which set up a class system |
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He was born in Northern Africa and lead a sinful and corrupt life before he converted to Christianity
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St. Augustine
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Translated the bible into latin
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St. Jerome
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Two who argued about faith , became influential, and learned Bishops in their own rights
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Sts. John Chrysostom and Ambrose
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2 positive and 2 negative points of Monasticism
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-Kept Christianity alive in uncertain times
-Provided structure for economic self-sufficiency and self-government in unstable times. (In the middle ages, the monastery became the center of town commerce and government.) 1. Some monks/monasteries take asceticism to extremes 2. Monks were the only ones who became educated in the Church, which set up a class system |
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How did the Roman Empire become the Holy Roman empire
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In order to fight off the invading Muslims and other barbaric tribes, the Church, because of its vast political and economical influences, seeks rulers to help them with the protection of "the empire". It is at this time that great rulers ally themselves with the pope (and vice versa) against muslim and barbarian invaders. this leads to feudalism in the middle ages
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