The Church Grows in the Midst of Persecution

In the first three centuries of the church, the vast majority of Christians lived under a Roman Government that had deemed Christianity illegal.

• True

• False

What does the word 'Martyr' literally mean in the Greek?

• anointed one.

• Witness.

• Christian writer who defends the church.

• None of the above.

Christian writers who defend the church against anti-Christian writings or heresies through the use of reason and intellectual defenses.

• Martyr.

• Apostle.

• Apologist.

• None of the above.

When Christianity began to gain more followers among the gentiles what is it that the Roman Authorities eventually do?

• The Roman government embraced Christianity.

• The Roman government declared Christianity to be illegal.

• The roman government grew more tolerant of Christianity.

• All of the above.

Many roman emperors sanctioned systematic persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Which roman emperor martyred the apostles Peter and Paul ?

• Marcus Aurelius.

• Nero.

• Trajan.

• None of the above.

Christians supported family life and therefore they were vocal towards Roman society about certain immoral practices that were incompatible with Christian faith. These included:

• Prostitution.

• Fornication.

• Adultery.

• All of the above.

A factor that contributed to the spurning of Christians by Roman and Greek intellectuals was ?

• Christians helped the poor.

• Christians were considered unsophisticated.

• Christians were in majority Jews.

• None of the above.

Higher beings or Gods based on the belief system of a particular religion.

• Monotheism.

• Paganism.

• Deities.

• All of the above.

Name for Christians who in the face of persecution or martyrdom renounced the faith.

• Greeks.

• Lapsi.

• Pagan

• All of the above.

Even though Christians were severely persecuted, Christianity flourished because of what ?

• Offered hope to those who had lose faith in the roman empire.

• Provided believers the opportunity to have a personal relationship with God.

• Emphasized the human dignity of all people.

• All of the above.