REL 231 - History of the Christian Church
Study Topics and Assignments
Week 3 - Christian Rome
AD 300 - 451
Textbook Readings and Class Notes
- Chapter 3, pages 72-99
- Notes for Week 3
- Eusebius' account of the Conversion of Constatntine
InterNet Resources
- InterNet Links for Week 3
- Useful articles can be found by using GoodSearch
- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it
This Week's Assignment : Twenty Questions
Write a paragraph on each of the following topics - for some of these you may have to consult sources other than the textbook
- The Life of Constantine
- The consequences to the Church of the conversion of Constantine
- Basilica churches - their architecture and use
- Metropolitans and Patriarchs
- The origin and growth of Pilgrimages
- The Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicaea
- Developments in the Empire and the Church after the death of Constantine
- Athanasius
- Hilary of Poitiers
- Gregory of Nazianzus
- Theodosius I and the Council of Constantinople
- Antony of Egypt, the Desert Fathers and the development of early Monasticism
- Pelagius and Pelagianism
- Augustine of Hippo
- The Novatian and Donatist Schisms
- The Barbarian invasions and their consequences
- Cyril of Alexandria
- Nestorius and Nestorianism
- The five Ecumenical Church Councils and their consequences
- Jerome and the Vulgate - you will have to go beyond the textbook for information
Remember to cite your sources
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then submit it as one document to Turnitin via the Blackboard link
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