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Study Guide Church History

  • What was the main thing that came out of each of the following church councils?  Jerusalem, Nicea, Vatican II.
  • What were three different ways in which early Christians were persecuted for their faith?
  • Who issued the edict of Milan?
  • Who called for the council of Nicea and why?
  • How did the persecution of Christianity impact the growth of the religion?
  • How did the Roman Catholic Church attain its name?
  • When did the schism occur between eastern and western Christianity?
  • How come the US makes freedom of religion and separation of church and state a basic premise of government?
  • After the reformation why did Europe struggle with holy wars?
  • Who was behind the holy wars of Europe?
  • What were some of the corruptions that helped to spark the reformation?
  • Who called the second Vatican council?
  • What were three of the liturgical changes that happened as a result of Vatican II?
  • What are the names of the religious orders that started in the middle ages, and continue on today?
  • How was Christianity negatively impacted by the religion becoming the religion of the empire?
Author: Phillip Becker
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