09-HIS-O3. Creeds, Councils, and Controversies

What is a "creed"?

• A list of rules

• A statement of beliefs

• A historical document

• A type of poem

What happened when Christianity was illegal in the Roman Empire?

• Christians openly debated their beliefs

• Christians' arguments happened quietly

• Christianity was widely accepted

• There was no disagreement among Christians

What was the result when Constantine legalized Christianity?

• Peace in the Church

• No change in the Church

• Chaos in the Church

• Christianity became illegal again

What did Constantine hope the church leaders would do at the meeting?

• Fight

• Agree

• Disagree

• Ignore

Why did Emperor Constantine call a big meeting of church leaders in Nicaea in 325 A.D.?

• To celebrate a religious festival

• To resolve a huge argument about Jesus

• To expand the Roman Empire

• To build a new church

What was the main issue causing trouble and threatening to split the Church apart?

• A disagreement over church architecture

• A huge argument about who Jesus really was

• A debate on church music

• A conflict over church attire

What did Constantine hope to achieve by bringing church leaders together?

• To organize a festival

• To agree on what to believe about Jesus

• To write a new religious text

• To create a new church hierarchy

What was the intended outcome of settling the argument at the Council of Nicaea?

• To make the Roman Empire stronger

• To divide the church into smaller groups

• To create a new religious holiday

• To change the language of the church

Who gathered 220 Bishops from all over the Empire to debate Christianity?

• Julius Caesar

• Constantine

• Alexander the Great

• Augustus

What document was produced as the official definition of Christianity?

• The Apostles' Creed

• The Nicene Creed

• The Athanasian Creed

• The Chalcedonian Creed