Roman Emperor, issued a decree, allowed to practice Christian Faith

Mom of Constantine, went to Holy Land, brought relics

Bishop of Alexandria, Egypt.,chosen to defend church heresy

4 missionary journeys, preached Good News, wrote 14 letters, died in 68 AD

This book was written by St. Augustine. It is his own story of his life and his conversion

She was a young married woman, from a wealthy family in Carthage, North Africa. Shortly after giving birth, she and other members of her household were arrested because they were Christian. She refused to give up her faith and was martyred

She was a young household servant who was pregnant when she was arrested in Carthage, North Africa. After the birth of her child, she was martyred for being a Christian

The Church could not have survived without the constant guidance and protection of…

He was the son of a Roman official and a Christian woman. He had a brilliant mind, but as an adolescence he acquired many bad habits and lived a wild life. After years of searching for the truth he was baptized and became a great bishop, teacher, and theologian.

Right after Pentecost, he went out to preach, and by the end of the day three thousand people were baptized. He was imprisoned, suffered, labored and performed miracles in the name of Jesus. He was martyred in Rome around 64-67 AD. He is the first Bishop of Rome.

What heresy did Arius teach?

Christians were persecuted for the first 300 years of their history, many becoming

Christians were accused of ___ by the Romans because they taught that they ate the Body and Blood of Christ

As the Roman Empire collapsed, the Church was the only stable force still remaining

These men lived in a community to serve Christ and live by a rule or way of life. They were self-sufficient, growing their own food, doing their own laundry, and teaching themselves

How can we say the Church is divine when corruption occurs in the Church?

Disagreements on the authority of the Pope and the specific wording of certain doctrines eventually led to this event

What was a direct result of Muslims gaining control of the Mediterranean Sea?

This religion emerged in Arabia early in the 7th century, founded upon the teachings of the man Muhammad. They believe in God (whom they call Allah) but reject the divinity of Christ

Daily prayer obligations for the Benedictines consists of

English Benedictine missionary monk who preached the Faith in Germany, baptizing many from the Germanic tribes

Did the Holy Spirit abandon the Church during the years of the corruption of the clergy?

Called the "father of western monasticism" he founded Monte Cassino and a rule for his religious order that balanced prayer and work

Where a community of Monks would live.

Irish missionary monk who preached the Faith among the Franks

How did the Church respond when the barbarians started to invade and threaten the Roman Empire?

What great problem faced the Church from within, near the end of her first thousand years?