PPT-Where We’ve Come From Week 1: Persecution in the Early Church,

Where Weve Come From Week 1 Persecution in the Early Church from the Apostles to Constantine Helpful Resources for Further Study Justo L Gonzalez The Story of Christianity 2 volumes Bruce Shelley. Persecution of Christians. Questions to be addressed in this chapter. Why were Christians persecuted in the early centuries after Christ?. How did Christians understand martyrdom?. How did the doctrine of the Church develop in response to the problem of apostasy?. Heresy: Then & Now. Christianity: The First Five Centuries. The Early Days (AD 0-100). During the first century, the Church begins. Followers of Jesus slowly begin to spread out into the world, spurred on by the sacking of Jerusalem in AD 70. The first Christian communities were Jewish, and were considered so by the Roman Empire. However, after the loss of Jerusalem, the Church drifted further and further from these roots into a more Gentile church.. in the . EARLY CHURCH. PERSECUTION in the . EARLY CHURCH. “The blood of . the martyrs . is the seed . of the Church”. Tertullian. -Christians accused of cannibalism, perversion, and incest. -Christians used as. Living Above the Storms of . Criticism and Hatred. Overcoming Persecution. What is persecution?. Why Are We Persecuted?. How to Overcome Persecution:. Storing Your Joy in the right place. Avoiding the Distraction of Criticism. Any unjust treatment, discrimination. , . or marginalization. . as a consequence of bearing the name of Jesus Christ. 2. What is Christian . Persecution?. Imprisonment.  . Murder. Physical abuse. Rape. in the . EARLY CHURCH. PERSECUTION in the . EARLY CHURCH. “The blood of . the martyrs . is the seed . of the Church”. Tertullian. -Christians accused of cannibalism, perversion, and incest. -Christians used as. FIVE GROUNDS OF PERSECUTION. RIGHTS OF REFUGEES. Presented by Boldizsár Nagy,. CEU Legal Department. 2012. The structure of the classes. Fundamental concepts - historic development before 1918. The formation of the international refugee regime and the foundations of the present system. Recognition to war. The Early Church . - Constantine - Crusades. Churches in 100 CE. Churches in 200 CE. Churches in 300 CE. Early Church Leaders/Teachers. Appeal of Christianity. Spread due to 5 main . Martyrs. Dr. Ann T. Orlando. 10 . September . 2013. 1. Outline. Review . of Roman History. Roman religion. Roman persecution . 2. First Century Roman Empire after Augustus . Series of relatives of Augustus become Emperor, ending with Nero, murdered 68 AD (Claudio-Julian line). –. Part 2. Acts 8:1-9:43. 18. Outline - Acts. I. The Ministry of Peter . –. Acts 1:1-12:19. Peter’s 1. st. Sermon – Acts 1:1-2:47. Peter’s Post Pentecost Ministry – Acts 3:1-4:37. Persecution of Peter & Apostles – Acts 5:1-42. ?. Nazi Policies towards the . Minorities. Who were the undesirables in Nazi Germany?. LO:. Outline who the Nazi’s targeted for persecution and . why. ?. Who did the Nazis persecute?. The Nazis believed that only Germans could be citizens and that non-Germans did not have any right to the rights of citizenship.. Following the Hand of God and the Hand of Satan . THE CHURCH PERIODS . Church . Reference. . Approx. date . Meaning. . Ephesus . Rev. 2:1-7. 90 –. 200 AD. Fully. purposed. Smyrna . Rev.. 2: 8-11. Questions to be addressed in this chapter. Why were Christians persecuted in the early centuries after Christ?. How did Christians understand martyrdom?. How did the doctrine of the Church develop in response to the problem of apostasy?. Jesus . warned. us that we would be persecuted (John 15:20. ).. As we look at the church from AD 30 – AD 313, we see that persecution is not constant everywhere throughout the empire – rather it comes and goes in spurts and tends to occur in particular local areas, for the most part..