Chapter 3: The Blood of Martyrs Quiz

First Christian Roman emperor; issued the Edict of Milan with the eastern emperor, Licinius: [blank_start]Constantine I[blank_end]

Followers of a heretical sect founded by Montanus: [blank_start]Montanists[blank_end]

From Greek: "a choice" or "a faction": [blank_start]hairesis[blank_end]

One who believes there are no gods: [blank_start]atheist[blank_end]

A teaching that emphasizes part of the received faith and ignores or denies the rest of the received tradition: [blank_start]heresy[blank_end]

The art of speaking and writing well and eloquently: [blank_start]rhetoric[blank_end]

Theologian, martyr, and the first Christian philosopher: [blank_start]St Justin Martyr[blank_end]

Christian martyr and bishop of Smyrna who in his youth heard the apostle John: [blank_start]St Polycarp[blank_end]

Heretical sect founded by Marcion that rejected the Old Testament and most of the New: [blank_start]Marcionism[blank_end]

What is the Greek word for "word"? [blank_start]logos[blank_end]

Taught that only severe asceticism and strict adherence to the divine law would save a soul: [blank_start]Montanus[blank_end]

Official recognition of the rights of individuals or groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially in religion: [blank_start]toleration[blank_end]

Edict of toleration of all religions in the Roman Empire promulgated by Constantine and Licinius in 313: [blank_start]Edict of Milan[blank_end]

From Greek "no-god": [blank_start]atheos[blank_end]

Theologian and defender of the Faith who rejected philosophy as a means of understanding the Christian Faith: [blank_start]Tertullian[blank_end]

Early Christian Church father and one of the greatest theologians and defenders of the faith in the early Church: [blank_start]St Irenaeus[blank_end]

Theologian and one of the most famous authors of his time, his works explained the connection between the Christian Faith and pagan thought: [blank_start]Origen[blank_end]

One of the most powerful heresies in the early Church, claimed there is a secret knowledge necessary for salvation: [blank_start]gnosticism[blank_end]

Roman emperor who ordered the last persecution of Christians: [blank_start]Diocletian[blank_end]

The practice of self-denial: [blank_start]asceticism[blank_end]

Diocletian's Caesar and later Augustus of the East - instigated Diocletian's persecution of Christians and continued it after Diocletian's retirement: [blank_start]Galerius[blank_end]

Taught that the God of the Old Testament was not the God of Love revealed in the New Testament: [blank_start]Marcion[blank_end]

From Greek "secret knowledge": [blank_start]gnosis[blank_end]

Coins or government notes used in the buying and selling of goods: [blank_start]currency[blank_end]

Proclamation of a law: [blank_start]edict[blank_end]

Someone who performs fasting and other penances to achieve spiritual discipline: [blank_start]ascetic[blank_end]

Constantine and Licinius' issuing of the Edict of Milan: [blank_start]AD 313[blank_end] Capital of the empire moved to Constantinople: [blank_start]AD 324[blank_end] Edict of Toleration under Emperor Gallienus: [blank_start]AD 260-303[blank_end] Great Persecution of Diocletian and Galerius: [blank_start]AD 303-313[blank_end]