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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the churches?

2. Maxentius ordered the Christian persecutions to _______ when he was Emperor.

3. Paul of Samosata held heretical opinions, such as that Christ was what?

4. How does Eusebius open this chapter?

5. Maximin Caesar followed Alexander as Roman Emperor ___________ years after he came to power.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eusebius open this chapter?

2. What did both Cyprian and Stephen think about this baptism debate?

3. What does Eusebius say about Paul of Samosata?

4. What happened to Decius and his sons?

5. Describe letters that Dionysius wrote.

6. How was Origen influenced by martyrdom?

7. Why did Licinius do this?

8. What happened when Constantius began to rule?

9. How does Eusebius open this chapter?

10. What did Constantine and his son, Crispus, do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Licinius went the way of Maxentius and Maximin.

Part 1) Who was Licinius? How did he go the way of Maxentius and Maximin? What led to this?

Part 2) How does the author prove that Licinius' actions were wrong? Would you agree? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do people today act like these men? What leads to this sort of behavior?

Essay Topic 2

Many Jews and Christians were persecuted under Roman rule.

Part 1) Describe these persecutions. Why were they persecuted? How is this predicted in the Bible? Do you agree that this persecution was predicted? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why were Jews and Christians, at times, not persecuted? How did persecution end?

Part 3) Does this persecution exist today? Why or why not? What other forms of persecution exist today? Why? How do we as Americans try to combat persecution? Are we often successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

When Maximian replaced Diocletian, Christians in the East and West were treated differently.

Part 1) How were they treated prior to this? How did their treatment change? What caused this change?

Part 2) Compare the Church in the East and West today. What may have lead to these differences?

Part 3) Do you believe God wants all Christians to worship Him the same way? Why or why not?

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