Religion Chapter 12

In AD 64, great persecutions began under ?, the Roman emperor.

Nero

Many Romans distrusted the Christians ?

Because they were different

Who was killed in front of his people for openly following Christ?

Bishop Cyprian

The Church grew and ?

Spread

Sister Dorothy Kazel was a ?

Martyr

Where did Sister Dorothy help people learn Catholic doctrine and celebrate the sacraments?

El Salvador

Christianity went from being forbidden to becoming the official religion of the ?

Roman Empire

Who let Christians worship freely?

Emperor Constantine

What do Hermits do?

Live alone, eat very little food, spends hours in prayer, and does penances

What do Monks do?

Live alone in huts, join other monks in prayer, celebrate the Eucharist, makes and sells mats, ropes, and baskets

Saint Pachomius and Saint Basil ?

Worked together in religious communities and wrote a common rule to follow.

What is a heresy?

A false teaching that rejects a truth that has been revealed by God and taught by the church

Who was a heresy?

Arius

Arius convinced many people that Jesus was not ?

God

What was held to correct Arian Heresy?

Council of Nicea

What are meetings were Bishops met to stop Arian heresy?

Synods

Emperor Constantine called a general meeting in the city of ? in 325

Nicea

What was created at the Council of Nicaea?

The Nicene Creed

Nestorius was a ?

Heresy

Nestorius said Mary was the mother of the human Jesus but not ?

The mother of God

What are Church Fathers?

Thinkers and teachers

3 people who were Church Fathers?

Athanasius, Ambrose, and Augustine

St. Anthony of Egypt was ?

Hermit and Monk