Church History Midterm

What is Arianism?

• A collection of Christian laws

• A heresy that denied the divinity of Jesus

• A form of monasticism

• A type of ecumenical council

What is the Codex Vaticanus?

• The oldest complete copy of the Bible

• A set of Christian laws

• A type of liturgy

• A collection of writings by the Desert Fathers

What is the Edict of Milan?

• A type of ecumenical council

• A collection of Christian laws

• A heresy denying the divinity of Jesus

• A joint declaration legalizing the practice of Christianity

What is monasticism?

• A collection of Christian laws

• A heresy denying the divinity of Jesus

• A type of ecumenical council

• Religious life in which men or women leave the world and enter a monastery or convent

What is the Nicene Creed?

• A collection of Christian laws

• The foundational statement of Christian belief produced by the Church leaders at the First Council of Nicaea

• A type of monasticism

• A heresy denying the divinity of Jesus

Emperor whose acceptance of Christianity and his establishment of an eastern capital city, which would later bear his name, mark his rule as a significant pivot point between ancient history and the Middle Ages.

• Constantine

• Leo

• Basil

• Nicholas

The Emperor Theodosius I, the first emperor of both East and West, issued an edict in 380 making Christianity the official religion of the empire.

• True

• False

Christians of about the fourth century who withdrew into the desert to live an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and abstinence. Their teachings had a profound impact on the theology and spirituality of the Church and the development of monasticism.

• Desert Mothers

• Desert Saints

• Desert Fathers

• Desert People

Theotokos comes from the Greek terms: Theos / 'God'; and tiktein / 'to give birth'. Mary is the Theotokos, the one who gave birth to God.

• True

• False

He secured the authority of the pope and stabilized the Church in Europe following the demise of the Roman Empire.

• John Paul

• Basil the Great

• Gregory the Great

• Leo the Great