Chapter6 – Flashcards
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Which statement best describes the position of the Pharisees in Palestine during the first century C.E.?
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The Pharisees believed in life after death and a system of individual rewards and punishments.
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Most of what we know about Jesus was written down:
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between c. 70 and 100 C.E.
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Jesus is the central figure in Christianity, but Paul was important:
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as founder of the universal church, giving it theology and organization.
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By the end of the third century, the involvement of women in the Church had:
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Shrunk to the point that they were completely excluded from all positions of power.
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One result of the Council of Nicea was to
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declare Arianism a heresy.
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What made Jesus most controversial among the Jews was:
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the claim of his followers that he was the Messiah.
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During the third century, Rome underwent a prolonged period that came very close to destroying the empire. This period is known as the time of:
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the Barracks Emperors, when Rome had twenty-six emperors in about fifty years.
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Realizing that the Roman Empire had become too large for a single ruler to control it:
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Diocletian divided the empire in half, trusting a junior colleague to rule the western part.
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When the emperor died in 192 with no heir apparent, civil war once again engulfed the Roman Empire with _________ eventually claiming the throne.
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Septimius Severus.
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Severus disregarded what remained of the Roman Senate and its few remaining powers and ruled through the army while reforming it by:
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allowing Roman soldiers to marry, which allowed them to put down roots where they lived.
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Christianity went from being a persecuted faith in the early fourth century to being the recognized faith of the empire; this last step was the result of the action by the emperor:
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Theodosius, who prohibited pagan worship.
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When it came to pagan literature:
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Jerome argued that it could and should be studied if it were first adapted to the Christian message.
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Ambrose helped establish the authority of the Church by
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forcing Theodosius to seek forgiveness from Ambrose for his sins
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Augustine's Confessions is:
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a series of autobiographical essays directed toward God.
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The monastic way of life in the West was influenced greatly by the establishment of a set of rules written by:
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Benedict
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Romans regarded the Germans as barbarians because
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German society was illiterate, and Germans did not live in cities
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The strategic defense of the Roman Empire changed significantly when
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the Goths were permitted to cross the Danube River and settle in Roman territory.
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Rome was threatened in the mid-fifth century by the Huns under their leader
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Attila
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The leader of the Goths who received support from the Eastern Emperor to drive the Huns from Italy and establish a Gothic kingdom was
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Theoderic
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The economic effects of the migrations of the fifth century on the northwestern provinces
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saw long-distance trade and skilled workers displaced from their occupations.
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Plotinus and Neoplatonism, like Christianity, believed in a soul that could be liberated from earthly bondage and prepared for reunification with God by
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Asceticism
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Unlike the common practices of many previous civilizations
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early Christian monks practiced extreme forms of self-abasement
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Unlike Cicero, Ambrose argued that the motive and goal of human conduct should be
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reverence for God.
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Boethius's interest in logic while remaining thoroughly Christian
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Boethius's interest in logic while remaining thoroughly Christian established a link between classical Greek thought and intellectual Christianity.
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Historians now refer to the period from 284 to 610 C.E. as Late Antiquity because
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it is a period with its own themes and developments, neither wholly Roman and not yet medieval.
