From Martyrdom to Monasticism

How did martyrdom affect the early christians?

• They loved reading

• They hated Romans

• They felt they needed to suffer

• They looked for ways to deny Christ

What year did the persecutions of the christians end?

• 313 AD

• 60 AD

• 123 AD

• 880 AD

Who was the emperor who became a Christian?

• Nero

• Hadrian

• Tiberius

• Constantine

What is asceticism?

• Embracing pleasure

• wearing sandals and socks

• Denying oneself pleasure

• A horse harness

What are the two ways that Christians lived after the persecutions?

• English

  Greek

• Ordinary

  Special

• Roman

  Jewish

• Unwashed

  washed

____________is a religious way of life

where devotes oneself to prayer and spiritual work.

• Martyrdom

• Charisma

• Monasticism

• Fasting

Males pursuing a monastic life

are usually called monks or ______,

and females nuns or _______.

• punks

  Nunks

• brothers

  sisters

• Moons

  Suns

• Fathers

  Mothers

Monasticism developed between which years?

• 1st and 2nd Centuries

• 3rd and 12th Centuries

• Renaissance and Enlightenment

• 12th and 15th Centuries

Who was the first desert father?

• St John

• St Sebastian

•  St Anthony

• St Benedict

Where did the early ascetics move to?

• The temple

• The park

• The forests

• The desert