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Theology 2- Grade 11
Second Semester- Lesson1-5

Klint Ian S.Piosca

Grade 11– St. Antoninus

Answers:

1. The reasons that the church of Christ (catholic) become progressive or successful is that
after Jesus ascension to heaven he commission His disciples to preach the kingdom of
God to all the world so with the promise also that wherever they are the Lord will be
with them forever.
Christianity allowed people from all walks of life to be welcomed. Unlike the
religions of the time that placed an emphasis in wealth, violence, etc., Christianity
pushed for a reversal of the social norms by teachings such as self-denial and the
equality of all before God. Christianity also allowed for a merging of the classical
intellectual tradition with the faith. The persecutions only helped strengthen the early
Christian community; as the saying goes, "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the
Church."

2. The alliance between church

and empire
3. Constantine the Great, declared emperor at York, Britain (306), converted to
Christianity, convened the Council of Arles (314), became sole emperor (324),
virtually presided over the ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325), founded the city
of Constantinople (330), and died in 337. In the 4th century he was regarded as
the great revolutionary, especially in religion. He did not make Christianity the
religion of the empire, but he granted important concessions to the church and its
bishops, and his conversion encouraged other Roman citizens to become
Christian. His foundation of Constantinople (conceived to be the new Rome) as a
Christian city untainted by pagan religion profoundly affected the future political
and ecclesiastical structure of the empire and the church. Relations with old
Rome, whether in matters of church or of state, were not to be cordial
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