Unit 1.2 History of the Catholic Church by Matthieu Pangan and Giancarlo D'allomo

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Across
  1. 2. a life of heroic devotion to God (mocking, hatred, denial of religious freedom)
  2. 4. type of persecution refused civic worship of the Emperor as the son of God
  3. 7. Ruled from AD 54-68; called him the greatest of Gods and used Christians as a scapegoat
  4. 10. type of persecution where Christians refused to participate in pagan worship
  5. 11. Universal; St. Ignatius of Antioch used it first
  6. 12. physical torture and death; Christians are most persecuted group today
  7. 14. Followers of Christ; St Paul first used it
  8. 16. martyred in AD 165; wrote "First Apology" and listed the order of Mass as we know it today; used Greek philosophy to defend Christianity
  9. 17. martyred in AD 202; wrote "Against Heresies" defending the Church from Gnosticism
Down
  1. 1. 4th Pope; considered the 1st Apostolic father; wrote letter to Corinth that that testifies to the supreme authority of Bishop of Rome
  2. 3. Bishop of Antioch; martyred in AD 108; wrote 7 letters of encouragement to Christians in Asia Minor that proved primacy of Peter
  3. 5. a Greek word for "witness", to die rather than deny faith
  4. 6. type of persecution where St. Paul taught that idols were futile and worthless
  5. 8. written AD 40-60; Greek for "teaching"; "The Teaching of the Lord through the 12 Apostles to the Gentiles"
  6. 9. defender of faith
  7. 13. ruled from AD 161-180; did not call for persecution but did not stop it
  8. 15. took place in private homes; only for baptized and those from grave sin; aka "Breaking of Bread"/"Agape Feast"