Wh ch 9

Question 1

Jews gathered at local places of worship known as what, where they read the Old Testament Scriptures in Hebrew and Aramaic and sometimes even from the Greek Septuagint.

Answer 1

synagogues

Question 2

(non-Jews)

Answer 2

gentiles

Question 3

the “Anointed One” of God

Answer 3

Messiah

Question 4

During the days of who was the true King of the Jews and Savior of all mankind was born in Bethlehem of Judaea

Answer 4

King herod

Question 5

local assemblies or bodies of believers

Answer 5

churches

Question 5

Jesus appointed
12 men, to carry on His work of preaching and teaching after His death, resurrection, and ascension

Answer 5

the apostles

Question 6

These books, verbally inspired by God in their entirety and penned by apostles or by men who had an extremely close relationship to an apostle, were eventually collected and added to the Old Testament Scriptures as the inerrant Word of God and the only infallible rule of faith and life for God’s people

Answer 6

new testament

Question 7

all 27 books of the New Testament had been written by what

Answer 7

A.D. 100

Question 8

in the face of torture and death caused the ranks of Christianity to swell with new converts

Answer 8

martyrs

Question 9

declared: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.”

Answer 9

tertullian

Question 10

in what year and by who did the Christians experienced the first major persecution by the Romans

Answer 10

A.D. 64 and Nero

Question 11

was beheaded by Nero at Rome during this persecution; he was not tortured because he was still a Roman citizen

Answer 11

Paul

Question 12

also martyred during this time; condemned to be crucified, he insisted on being crucified upside down because he did not deem himself worthy to die in the same manner as his Master

Answer 12

Peter

Question 13

who exiled the aged apostle John

Answer 13

Domitian

Question 14

tunnels, about eight to ten feet wide and four to six feet high for burial

Answer 14

catacombs

Question 15

bishop of Antioch, who was taken to Rome in A.D. 110 and thrown to wild beasts in the Colosseum

Answer 15

ignatius

Question 16

made the profession of Christianity became a capital crime (3rd persecution)

Answer 16

Trajan

Question 17

prayed aloud: “Lord God, Father of our blessed Savior, I thank Thee that I have been deemed worthy to receive the crown of martyrdom, and that I may die for Thee and Thy cause.”

Answer 17

polycarp

Question 18

The fourth great persecution came with the Stoic philosopher-emperor. who was he

Answer 18

Marcus Aurelius

Question 19

was killed in Rome in 167. Before he was executed, triumphantly stated: “I am a Christian, having been freed by Christ, and by the grace of Christ, I partake of the same hope.”

Answer 19

Justin Martyr

Question 20

was horribly tortured from morning until night. The only confession her tormentors could extract from the brave girl’s lips before they cut her throat was: “I am a Christian; among us no evil is done.”

Answer 20

blandina

Question 21

The fifth great persecution came under and was particularly fierce in North Africa and Egypt

Answer 21

Septimius Severus

Question 22

who were gored to death by savage beasts at Carthage in 203

Answer 22

Perpetua and her faithful slave Felicitas

Question 23

one of the notable martyrs of this period

Answer 23

Irenaeus

Question 24

began his persecution by ordering the death of all church leaders, many of whom indeed were martyred.

Answer 24

Maximinus Thrax

Question 25

was even worse than the preceding six. Determined to uproot and destroy Christianity entirely, required that all inhabitants of the empire sacrifice to the ancient gods and obtain certificates from the Roman government verifying that they had made the required sacrifice

Answer 25

Decius

Question 26

a Christian philosopher and theologian from Alexandria, escaped the persecution under Maximinus Thrax, but was so horribly mutilated in Decius’s persecution that he died shortly thereafter

Answer 26

origen

Question 27

written of Decius’s persecution: “The whole world is devastated.”

Answer 27

cyprian of carthage

Question 28

confiscated the property of Christians, exiled some of their leaders, and forbade them to assemble for worship (8th persecution)

Answer 28

Valerian

Question 29

initiated the ninth great persecution but was murdered shortly thereafter by his own soldiers. Successors continued his intended purge of the Christians.

Answer 29

Aurelian

Question 30

proclaimed themselves officially Dominus Noster (“Our Lord”), and demanded worship as Jupiter incarnate, the father of the gods

Answer 30

Diocletian and his co-emperor Maximian

Question 31

in 311 proclaimed toleration for the Christians of the East

Answer 31

Galerius

Question 32

extended legal protection and recognition to Christians throughout the empire

Answer 32

Constantine I

Question 33

extended legal protection and recognition to Christians throughout the empire with the what

Answer 33

Edict of Milan in 313

Question 34

number of godly and able men to expound on the Scriptures, defend the faith, and champion the cause of Christ

Answer 34

church fathers

Question 35

commended by the apostle Paul in the New Testament

Answer 35

clement of rome