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Jews and nonJewish students of historyThe Jews of Palestine the Roman name for the land of Israel who believed that God had raised Jesusfrom the dead were viewed as a Jewish sect when they first. 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.. Ancient and Medieval Church History (100-1216AD). Early . Persecutions. Class Prayer. “Thou God and Father of Thy beloved and blessed Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have received knowledge of Thee, O God of the angels and of all creation and of all just men who live in Thy presence, I thank Thee that Thou hast graciously granted me a portion among Thy people, among the people of Christ, unto the resurrection of everlasting life: may I be received in Thy sight, as a fruitful and acceptable sacrifice, wherefore, for all this, I praise Thee, I bless Thee, I glorify Thee through the eternal High Priest, Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son; to whom, with Thee and the Holy Spirit, be all glory, world without end. Amen.” Polycarp . Sacrifice. AD 160 . Smyrna. Concerning our dear brother Polycarp . . . . Romans 12:2. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.. Orthodox Christianity . and the New Testament. By Ed Hensley. My Background. Southern Baptist. Texas. Fundamentalist Churches. Moderate Family. Not fluent in Hebrew, Greek, or Latin. Not a scholar. Send corrections to EdwinHensley@gmail.com. . . 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. 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. 8.3 . REVOLT, DEFEAT, AND MIGRATION. The teachings of Judaism helped unite the ancient Jews. But many Jews were unhappy with the Roman rule of Jerusalem. Tensions increased. Some Jews refused to obey Roman officials. In AD 66, a group called the . UNIT ONE – Early Christianity. Slides based in part on . The Story of Christianity . by Justo Gonzalez. . Components of Historical Inquiry. Records (written & oral). Matters of fact, items of tradition, eye-witness accounts, hearsay, legend. 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.. 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?. and the New Testament. By Ed Hensley. My Background. Southern Baptist. Texas. Fundamentalist Churches. Moderate Family. Not fluent in Hebrew, Greek, or Latin. Not a scholar. Send corrections to EdwinHensley@gmail.com.