Chapter 9& 10 Test

a. People (#1-33 every other odd)

• messiah- the anotinted one of God.
• domitian- proclaimed himself lord and god
• marcus aurelius- stoic philospher emperor, called the war of the 4th great persecution
• ireneaus- pupil of polycarp and bishop of lyons in gaul
• orign-christian philosopher and theoligain from alexandria, escaped the persecution but then died in another one
• diocletian- ruler during the 10th persecution, and claimed himself officially dominus noster
• aristides-christian apologist of the early church
• athanasius- argued for the true diety of christ at the council of nicaea
• theodosius I- ruler when christianity became the only legal faith the state religion.

b. Terms (all)

1. synagogues- where they read the old testament scriptues in hebrew and aramaic and sometimes even from the greek septuagint.
2. gentiles, proselytes- non jews/ converts
3. martyr- greek for witness.[tortured and killed for faith]
4. book of the revelation- written by john on the isle of patmos, where he received and recorded the prophetic visions
5. catacombs- vast, subterranean galleries beneath the city of rome where early christians met
6. edict of milian- extended legal protection and reconization to christians throughout the empire
7. church fathers- preachers and teachers
8. apologist- attempted to reasonably defend christianity against pagan defamations
9. monarchianism- denied the doctrine of trinity
10. latin vulgate- common bible of early western church
11. creeds- statements of beliefs/ confessions of faith
12. apostles creed- earliest creed. nicene creed- adopted by council of nicea. athanasian creed- named for him and took his place beside apostles and nicene creeds as the churches confession.
13. council of nicaea- rejected the teaching of arainism and adopted the nicaean creed. / aranism-false doctrine which denied the diety of christ.

. Chapter Concepts (#4)
. because it was the only legal religion, people converted out of fear but didnt really believe
a. People (#1, 3, 5, 10)

• justinian- first freat leader of the byzantine empire
• theodora- justinians wife, most famous woman in history
• leo 3- said all images and paintings should be burned in churches
• ottomans- muslim turks who took over constantinople.

b. Places (#1, 3)

• byzantium and constaninople- 324 a.d. constantine moved the capital of the roman emperor to the roman empire -rome to byzantium [constaninople]
• haiga sophia- most magnificent church building in the middle ages. holy wisdom

c. Terms (#1, 3, 4)

• christendom- portion of the world in which christianity was the dominant religion
• greek fire- secret weapon in war duringin vasions like a flame thrower
• iconolastic controversy- image breaker, worshiped icons/ icon- abstract simplified image of christ,mary , any of other saints.
  

d. Chapter Concepts

it was blessed with a sound monetary system, florishing trade with persia, and orient, a strong navy, principles of law and order, and elements of morality and virtue among her people. ..it would make for a strong empire. the can withstand most anything.