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21 Cards in this Set
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What happened in 380 and by whom?
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Theodosius I made Christianity the official religion of the empire
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What was the significance of Constantinople and where was it?
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Located in modern day Turkey and was the empire’s new capital; the Church was built here
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What happened in 325?
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Sunday was declared a holiday and a day of rest
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What is meant by the term ‘clergy’ and what was given to them?
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Gave clergy new rights and privileges and financial support
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What did the Church begin to develop?
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Hospitals, homes, inns, and orphanages
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What was established in 1910 and what does it do?
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Catholic charities USA aims at advancing work of Catholic charitable programs
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At what time in Constantine’s life did he convert to Christianity?
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End of his life
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Define “caesaropapism”
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Cesar
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What happened 476?
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The collapse of the empire ended the problem in Eastern Europe
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When did the Roman Empire in the east collapse?
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1453
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Define “Fathers of the Church”
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Early Christian thinker-writers that helped our basic understanding of Catholicism and reflect and write about the gospel message
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Define “Apologists”
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Second group of early fathers who lived in the second century
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About what did they write?
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explained and defended the Christian faith
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Who was Justin Martyr?
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A Father who addressed several eloquent defenses of Christianity to the empire
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When was the “Golden Age of the Church”?
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325-451
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What did the Church Fathers of this time produce?
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Were able to combine their deep understanding of Church teachings w/ broad general learning and extraordinary literary ability to produce a truly memorable literary of writings
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Who was John Chrysostom?
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“Golden Mouthed”, native of Antioch who is known as the greatest preacher of the Church in the East
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Who was Augustine?
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Bishop of Hippo who struggled many years before converting to Christianity and became on of its greatest champions
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Who was Jerome?
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A scholar remembered for the Vulgate, his translation of the bible into Latin
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What does the Holy Spirit have to do with our faith?
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The Holy Spirit guides the Church and through the Church the understanding of faith is expressed clearly
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What is another name for the Holy Spirit?
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The Advocate
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