PPT-Overcoming Persecution

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. Jewish Persecution The Edict of Theodosius declared that Christianity was to be the only legal religion in the Roman Empire.The Third Council of Toledo (in Spain) ordered that children born of marriag 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. 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. Overcoming part of the Overcoming Discouragement 3 Overcoming part of the .CO.UKLearn how to �nd God in the UCB Operations Centre, Westport Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 4JFT: 0845 60 40 401 . . 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. 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 . 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. Overcoming Temptations. Temptation defined:. Webster’s Dictionary. a strong urge or desire to have or do something. something that causes a . strong urge or desire. to have or do something and especially something that is . A Great Persecution. Persecution is part of being a Christian,. 2 Tim. 3:12. Antioch, . Acts 13:50. Iconium. , . Acts 14:4, 5. Derbe. , . Acts 14:19. A Great Persecution. Let us be ready to face oppression. 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?. 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,