1. What was the Edict of Milan (A.D. 313)? How did it affect the membership and purity of the church? What effect did the Edict have upon the church’s relation to the state and politics?
2. What is the importance of an ecumenical council? What major doctrines were formulated at the councils of Nicaea (325), Constantinople (381), Ephesus (431) and Chalcedon (451)?
3. List at least two advantages and two disadvantages for Christianity for each: Roman empire, Hellenistic culture, Judaism
4. List the four undisputed apostolic fathers and indicate which of their writings now are extant.
5. Discuss the form of church government indicated by the letters of Ignatius, in the eastern and western churches.
6. Explain some of the causes for the development of monasticism; include the names of important individuals who encouraged its development.
7. Describe how paganism finally was replaced by Christianity as the religion of the Roman empire.
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