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| made 5th great Christian persecution |
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| Irenaeus, Perpetua, Felicitas |
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| famous martyr(s) under Septimus |
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| made 6th Christian persecution |
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made 7th Christian persecution
persecution worse than all other preceding ones |
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| famous martyr(s) under Decius |
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| made 8th great Christian persecution |
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| famous martyr(s) under Valerian |
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| started 9th great Christian persecution |
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| made 10th great Christian persecution |
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| proclaimed toleration for Eastern Christians |
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| extended legal protection and recognition to Christians |
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| preachers & teachers who championed Christianity |
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| Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, Papias |
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| prominent early Christian writers |
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| those who attempt to defend Christianity |
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| early Christian apologists |
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compiled 1st harmony of the gospels
wrote Address to the Greeks |
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| wrote Against all Heresies |
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| complex system of error that attacked Christianity's foundations |
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fought against monarchianism
1st to use the term "Trinity" |
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| denies doctrine of the Trinity |
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| wrote 1st book of systematic theology in the early church |
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| Athanasius, Jerome, Ambrose, John Chrysostom |
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| church fathers & preachers of the 4th century |
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| common Bible of the early Western church |
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considered the greatest church father
wrote Confessions, and City of God |
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| 1st systematic Christian philosophy of history |
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adopted by Council of Nicaea in AD 325
rejected Arianism |
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| 3rd great creed named for a courageous church father |
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| made Christianity the only legal faith & state religion of the Roman Empire |
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