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23 Cards in this Set
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Nero |
Emperor 1st Century Nero enjoyed driving a one-horse chariot “I think I will just play my lyre while I watch Rome burn” |
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Domitian |
Emperor 1st Century Wore wigs because he was sensitive about his baldness |
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Diocletian |
Emperor 4th Century “Let’s kill all the Christians.” |
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Ignatius of Antioch |
Theologian (Bishop) 2nd century |
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Trajan |
Emperor 1st century Trajan was a prolific builder. |
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Justin Martyr |
Theologian 2nd Century |
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Irenaeus of Lyon |
Theologian 2nd Century Irenaeus quotes from 21 of the 27 New Testament Texts “I feel like defending my faith today” |
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Origen |
Theologian 3rd Century Castrated himself “I think I will just put together a document of allegories.” |
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Decius |
Emperor 3rd Century Decius was the first Roman Emperor to die in battle against a foreign enemy “I just want to pray to Jupiter again.” |
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Eusebius of Caesarea |
Theologian 4th Century “Time to go complain to Constantinople” |
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St. Anthony of Egypt |
Theologian 4th century he took jesus literally “I just want to be alone in the desert. Just my thoughts, and the Lord." |
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Simeon Stylites |
Monk 5th Century Referenced in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” “I am just going to act like a bird and hang out in my nest up high on this here pillar.” |
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Pachomius |
Monk 4th Century first Christian to use a prayer rope |
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Julian the Apostate |
Emperor 4th Century Julian killed two of his body guards because they were Christian |
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Athanasius of Alexandria |
Theologian 4th Century Exiled 5 times |
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Gregory of Nazianzus |
Theologian 4th Century he has a day called “feast day” |
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Macrina |
Nun/Monk 4th Century The only female to make this list |
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Ambrose of Milan |
Theologian 4th Century he has a chant named after him “I baptize you Augustine in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." |
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John Chrysostom |
Theologian 5th Century |
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Jerome |
Theologian 4th Century focused his attention on how a woman devoted to Jesus should live her life. |
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Benedict of Nursia |
Monk 6th Century Was 17 when he journeyed into wilderness to begin his life of prayer and fasting |
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Francis of Assisi |
Monk 12th Century first person to receive the stigmata |
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Bernard of Clairvaux |
Monk 12th Century Actually born of French Nobility |
