PPT-Session 3 – Persecution in the Early Church

Much of our information on the early church and persecution comes from Eusebius He wrote Ecclesiastical History Eusebius was a close friend of Constantine emperor and got permission to collect and write about the first 300 years of Church history. 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. 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. 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?. 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. . . Paul and God’s care. Grade 4-5 Sunday-School Lesson. “. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? . Shall . tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword. What is the difference between the two and how did they impact the colonies and the future of the United States.. Pu·ri·tan. ˈ. pyo͝oritn. /. noun. noun: . Puritan. ; plural noun: . Puritans. 1. . . The First 1,000 Years. Week 3: Evolution and Migration. Overview. Week 1: Introduction And Overview. October 17. Week 2: Christianity In The Roman Empire. October 24. No Seminar October 31. Week 3: Evolution And Migration. 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. 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). ?. 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.. Where We’ve 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, EASTER RETREAT 2019 BIBLE STUDY 2 EVERY BELIEVER REACHING EVERY CREATURE FOR CHRIST Acts 8:1-4 21-04-2019 INTRODUCTION The death of Stephen came at the beginning a new wave of intense persecution. But God made the dispersion that followed a means to expand the reach of the gospel and save multitudes. What could have destroyed the Church