Age of Persecution Vocab

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Teaching contrary to faith?

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Heresy

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Defender of faith through arguments and writing?

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Apologist

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Bishops and priests in the first 8 centuries who defined Catholic doctrine.

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Church Father

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Leaders of the early Church who knew the Apostles or were taught by their direct disciples. First Church Fathers.

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Apostolic Father

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Early heresy denying Christ's humanity & claiming the Old Testament God differs from the New.

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Marcion's heresy

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Early heresy teaching that Christians denying Christ in fear during persecution can't be forgiven.

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Novatian's Heresy

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Early heresy teaching that sins after baptism can't be forgiven?

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Montanism

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Early heresy teaching that the material world is bad and the spiritual is good.

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Gnosticism

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Early heresy teaching God appears in different modes.

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Modalism

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Christians who gave up their faith under persecution?

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"Traditores" or traitors