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Those experienced with later Christian imagery might mistake this for an image of the Last Supper but instead this image does not tell any story It conveys rather the idea that Christ is the true teacher Christ draped in classical garb holds a scrol. Constantine and Beyond. Decius . 249 A.D. came into power. . Christian historians paint him as cruel. History shows him to be a Roman of old style, who wanted to return Rome to her former glory. . Decius saw that the people abandoned their gods and that was why there was unrest. . M. iddle . A. ges . ROMANESQUE/EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE. MAIJARAY WALKER. FINE ART SURVEY. 4. TH. PERIOD . MS.VINCE . CODEX AUREUS. The codex aureus of . St.Emmeram. is a ninth-century illuminated gospel. The cover of the codex is decorated with gems and relief figures in gold, and can be precisely dated to 870 C.E. This is an . The Roman Domitilla Catacomb is located on via Ardeatina, in the vicinities of a series of other antique graveyards outside the Roman city walls. For its enormous and until today unmeasured extension, New Testament Reformation Fellowship. www.NTRF.org. ESV Matthew 28:10. . . . go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.. Matthew 28:16-17. ESV Exodus 34:14. . . . . you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God . . .. - Bingo. Candidates to replace Judas after Jesus’ death.. Judas Iscariot. Simon (St Peter). Andrew. James. 1. John. . Phillip. Bartholomew. Thomas. . Matthew. James 2. Thaddeus. Simon. Matthias. Diocletian. Church enjoyed a relatively long period of peace after Decius and Valerian persecutions. Early in 4. th. century though, the last (Of the Roman Empire) and worst persecutions began to break out. The Church. Constantine. Was he really converted?. Some claim his conversion was the goal of the church and the empire all along. Some claim he was a shrewd politician and using Christianity. Truth probably in the middle. UNIT TWO – The Imperial Church. Slides based in part on . The Story of Christianity . by Justo Gonzalez. . The Dawn of the Imperial Age of the Church. Diocletian (244-311). Diocletian reorganizes the Empire. objectives. Explain why during the Christian era, art shifts from earlier Greek and Roman traditions of realism toward a strong use of symbols.. Understand that under Justinian, the Byzantine empire moved to the East in 527 AD and that the emperor was extremely influential in fostering the art of his reign. . Before battle at . Milvian. Bridge, Constantine had been preparing for battle. Took 5 years strengthening borders along the Rhine. Constantly courting favor from his subjects. He loved luxury and pomp. Realism was not their goal but to communicate religious ideas. At first, borrowed from the Romans but began to go their own direction. Earliest surviving Christian art is found on frescoed walls of the catacombs of Rome.. Gathered for a slide presentation for a Bible study written by Dr. Rick Jordan. The Good Shepherd with his flock - Dura-. Europos. house in Syria, 233-255 AD. The earliest house converted to a church that we know of. One of the earliest depictions of Jesus in art.. The Good New Spreads. During The Years 1832 & 1833 John Rogers & Raccoon John Smith Were Selected To Travel Throughout The Region To Make People Aware That Union Had Taken Place. The Printing Press . E - Jesus