Persecution of Christians

Iconoclasm The heresy of iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons; translated into English iconoclasm means “image breaker.” Icons were abused by Christians in the early Church, with people attaching a superstitious value to the image rather than God Himself. This idolatry used icons incorrectly, as they were only meant to inspire prayer and worship, and not to be worshipped themselves. Iconoclasts sought to resolve the issue of idolatry by destroying the icons rather than correcting those

her children in Ephesus. The “Elect lay was the church and the children were the members. For a small community, being called “the elect lady” would mean that they, too, are a church of Christ and a bride of Christ. Whereas, a larger community of Christians would not need to be encouraged with an expression that

at face‐value to curse enemies, which become problematic with Christians who strive to love rather than curse their enemies as taught by the Lord Jesus Christ that is recorded in Matthew 5:39, 44; Luke 23:24; Romans 12:13; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:15. This paper intends to examine specific Imprecatory Psalms and the teachings of Christ concerning His follower’s response toward their enemies to determine whether Christians should pray the Imprecatory Psalms. Psalm 35 was written by

between Christians and the Roman Empire is complicated to say the least. Before the summation of the primary sources begin there must be a little background information provided. Rome was in power over a big portion of the Mediterranean region. A good portion of Christians lived under Rome’s rule. Rome was a very tolerant state when it came to religious flexibility. As long as you recognized the Roman God’s then they were tolerant with any other practices you decided to have. The Christians would not

(330-331). After establishing that The Merchant of Venice’s plot is based off of the pound of flesh storyline, the author explains that it was important for Shakespeare to use this specific plot because it shows the power dynamics between the Venetian Christian and the Jew. The pound of flesh folktale often centers around an outsider character trying to obtain pound the flesh that was agreed upon, but the outsider’s plea is usually foiled for “absurd” reasons (331). The Merchant of Venice is set in Venice

Pilate. The Roman province administrator also cannot find any fault to Paul through which the writer can show, that Paul will have to follow Christ on the path of suffering and persecution. Saul was a Christian persecutor. He captured and enclosed those adherent to Jesus, voted for death sentences and forced the Christians to blasphemy. This image of Saul shows his conversion in even brighter light. He saw a light »which was brighter than the sunlight« (26,13). Paul's story about his vocation is

and Judaism diverged by the end of the first century because Christians had been persecuted, had differed views about Jesus, and had become anti-Jewish (Ehrman, 350). In the first century, Christians experienced persecution through imprisonment and losing rights to property (Ehrman, 350). This was done not because Christianity was illegal, but because Christians were seen as harmful to society due to closed worship that non- Christians were not allowed to experience or understand (Ehrman, 358). Those

PART A Constantine, more formally known as Constantine the Great or Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was born on the 27th of February in possibly 280 CE. Constantine was a Roman, and subsequently Emperor - known to be Christian. Flavius Valerius Constantius, whom was an army officer, was his father, whilst his mother is named Helena - thought to possibly be a concubine of his father. His father is known for being raised to the title of Caesar, becoming known as Constantius Chlorus, granted 3 years

similar as well. The dominant interests of revolutionary writers were political and social, whereas the interests of colonial writers were mainly religious and economic. Most of the colonial writers- such as John Smith- mostly fled from religious persecution in Europe. For example, those aboard the Mayflower had quite a number of pilgrims who had fled from England to Holland, seeking religious freedom. These Pilgrims jumped at the chance to go to the New World, where they could worship however they

of John is not referred to as a synoptic gospel is because 75% of Matthew, Mark and Luke are all the same in each Gospel. 90% of John’s Gospel can not be found anywhere else in the Bible. C) Matthew Mark Luke John Author Matthew was a Jewish Christian John Mark, cousin of Barnabas, companion of Paul Luke was a Gentile, companion of Paul. Doctor and wrote the Acts Disciple of John. Jewish. Believed to be in Ephesus (Turkey) Date 80’s CE 65-70 CE 80’s CE 90-100 CE Place Syrian Antioch Rome Asia