Persecution of a Roman Citizen 1. In the passage Acts 23:31, Paul is accused of treason by Ananias. Paul was a Jew, but since he was a Roman citizen, he was not executed right away like Jesus, rather, he got a trial. Paul was summoned to appear in front of Felix, and his accusers were asked to make their case against him.…
It is about encouraging all the denominations of Christian faith to worship together. The purpose of the Vatican II was to promote unity and understanding between all people and ‘To intensify the daily growth of Catholics in Christian living ” Sacrosanctum Concilium The aim of the council was to “highlight the churches apostolic and pastoral mission and by making the truth of the Gospel shine forth to lead all popel to seek and receive Gods Love which surpasses all knowledge” Fidei…
Bishop of Carthage Faced with the question of the readmittance of the lapsed after the persecution under Decius Cyprian called a synod of the bishops of the region to decide this issue. Of supreme importance to Cyprian was unity of the church. (Gonzalez, 102-104) 3. Eusebius of Caesarea (260-339 CE) - Bishop of Caesarea (314-339 CE).…
Constantine was considered one of the greatest Byzantine and historical emperors, earning his title 'Constantine the Great,' for his most impactful accomplishments: establishing and supporting the Christian church and his founding of Constantinople. Constantine was the first leader to establish Christianity as an official religion of a governed body. After its establishment, he also supported it with his dream of uniting his empire under the religion. Despite the dream having failed, be used that dream to build churches, establish standards and laws, work with bishops on problems the church had, handle issues of diverging ideas, and making sure that Christianity would ring far into the future of his empire. Without Constantine's assistance,…
Crusades Paper After the Byzantine Emperor, Alexius’, cry for help in regaining control of Jerusalem, the Holy Land, Pope Urban II gave a riveting speech at the Council of Clermont to the people of France. He spoke of a land that was taken from the Christians violently and of infidels destroying their holy city. He described many atrocities Muslims committed against Christians. The Muslims victimized both people of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Byzantines, and people of the west, the Roman Catholics. This description caused people to want to regain the Holy Land, the place Christians believed rightfully belonged to them.…
And while trust in human reason and hope for happiness in this world faded during the last centuries of the Roman Empire, a new view of the world began to establish its roots - Christianity. This view had emphasized escape from the world of coercion and a growing connection with higher existence. In response to the decline of Hellenism, Christianity offered a reason worth living to the spiritually disappointed polytheistic followers and the Greco-Roman world: hope in personal immortality. Triumph of Christianity marked a break with classical antiquity and a new stage in the evolution of the West because there was a fundamental difference between the classical and the Christian understanding of God, the individual and the purpose of life.…
Once Constantine came to power he abolished the persecutions of Christians in his territories, even offer restitution to some. Constantine would later have dream of Jesus commanding him to place the sign of Christ on the shields of his soldiers, following this dream Constantine converted to Christianity. In February of 313, Constantine established a common religious policy with fellow Emperor Licinius, unfortunately Licinius’ tolerance did not last. During Constantine's decennalia (the tenth anniversary of his acclamation,) he omitted to traditional pagan sacrifices. Following a dispute within the church, Constantine summoned what has become known as the First Ecumenical Council of the church.…
When Christianity took over the empire, the church needed to establish its own doctrines urgently. It also decided who Christ was although the official definition gradually came. At the Council of Nicaea it was agreed that Christ was both man and God. Modern scholars agreed that the 25th of December was decided as the date of Christmas as it represented a symbolic time for the pagan calendar. The Christmas feast was then celebrated in twelve days of recreation and leisure for the Christians.…
Without ecumenical development, the different dimensions of Christianity wouldn’t see eye to eye and issues would be unnegotiable, thus providing irrelevant…
In 313 CE, centuries after the start of Christianity, The Edict of Milan, passed by Emperor Constantine, lawfully allowed the practice of Christianity and legally allowed churches to be built. Before the Edict of Milan, Christians were often persecuted if they were caught practicing Christianity or if they refused to bow down to images of the Emperor. When Emperor Constantine was first appointed in 305, he battled against many other Emperors in a fight to gain land and power. One of these battles, the battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312, ultimately changed his views of Christianity. Right before this battle, Constantine had a vision where he saw, “a cross superimposed on a noon sun and inscribed with the words, ‘By this conquer’.”…
Points of the Fourth Lateran Council During the time of declining organization and importance of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Innocent, the Third called a meeting of the fourth Lateran Council in 1215. There were a huge number of Bishops, Abbots and envoys from several European Kingdoms. The issues addressed at the council were along the lines of making the church more godly and spiritual, and addressing the problem of heresy. Pope Innocent considered heresy a serious problem and he wanted absolute authority over the church.…
The Council of Nicea was a group of bishops convened to Bithynia by the Roman emperor Constantine I in Ad 325. This was the first effort to attain a consensus in the church through an assembly representing through all of the Christian kingdom. Its main accomplishments was the settlement of the Christian issue and their nature of the Son of God and his connection to the God the Father and the construction of the Creed of Nicaea. The Construction of the first council resulted in the first Christian doctrine which was soon called the Creed of Nicaea and with the creation of this creed a time was created for beliefs.…
The people in Rome started believing in a new God. This faith in this new God was known as Christianity and it spread rapidly throughout the Roman Empire. It caused suffering and problems, but also gave many people a new hope. This faith came to the roman Empire through a new teacher known as Jesus who was born to preach and teach about God. This faith also spread through Judea and Galilee.…
In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:14 October 29, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Council_of_Nicaea &oldid=630630129 Henry R. Percival, ed., The Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Undivided Church, their canons and dogmatic decrees, together with the canons of all the local synods which have received ecumenical acceptance, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 2nd Series, Vol. XIV, general editor Philip Schaff, (Edinburgh: T&T Clark; Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, repr. 1988), online, October, 23, 2014. Pavao, P. (2009, May 1).…
In this essay I will compare and contrast using contextual factors two murals. The first is Emperor Justinian, Bishop Maximus and Attendants, a mosaic on the wall of the Sanctuary in Italy from the Byzantine era. The second being Raphael 's School of Athens, found on the wall of the Apostolic Palace, Rome painted during the Renaissance. Emperor Justinian, Bishop Maximianus and Attendants, was created for religious purposes, as was a lot of the art produced during the early Byzantine Empire. In 324 CE Constantine ‘ the Great’ was a Christian emperor who set up Constantinople, originally Byzantine, a city in the east as another city to rule Christianity from, alongside the capital Rome.…