Church History
...vine possession, Christ’s human spirit out and divine spirit in • Apocrypha-hidden books who were excluded • Incarnational Word-God revealing himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ • Edict of Milan & Toleration-ended the Christian persecution, 313AD • Council of Nicea-325, concluded that Athanasius was right about the scriptures & Christ, original form of Nicean creed accepted, Arius condemned • Council of Constantinople-381, Confirmed council of Nicea, produced a revised version of the Nicean Creed, ended Trinitarian, affirmed deity of HS • Council of Chalcedon-451, Christ’s 2 natures are unmixed, unchanged, undivided, & inseparable, condemns eutychanism • Nero-persecution in Rome, burned Rome, took hard measures to punish Christians • Domitian-90-96, Rome & Asia persecution, demanded to be called “my god & my lord” • Marcus Aurelius-161-180, philosophically opposed Christians, who were blamed for natural disaster • Septimus Severus-202-211, called anti-christ, Persecutions in North Africa • Diocletian (Galerius)-303-311, worst of them all, churches destroyed, bible burned, rights revoke, more Christians destroyed than any other time, suffer from cancer caused him to cease, Sent out the edict of toleration • Justin Martyr-100-165, philosopher, traveling teacher, opposed Gnostic, argued for Christianity on prophecy, miracles, & ethics, beheaded in Rome b/c exasperated a pagan philosopher • Iranaeus-177-200, believed in oral transmission of word, emphasized incarnation(Spirit is intimately fused into body the transformation necessary for man must start with Christ’s body), disciple of Polycarp, leader of Asia Minor school • Clement of Rome-30-100, 4th pope, martyred under Domitian, letters stressed Apolostolic succession (laying of hand to pass leadership to another arch-bishop), leader of Alexandria school • Ignatius-117, letters written en route to martyrdom, 1st to distinguish between bishops & elders. Outside bishop there’s no church • Polycarp-69-160, acquaintance to John, compiled & preserved epistles of Ignatius, confronted marcion as “1st born of satan” • Origen-leader of school of Alexandria, invented hexapla, thought only trained authority should touch Bible • Constantine-claimed to have seen a shining cross in the sky, brought out his Edict of Toleration, moved capital of Rome to Byzantine, tolerant, sanctioned n...