Pax Romana

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Lonnie Brookins
CHHI 301
8/30/16

Research Paper 1

1. Persecution of the Early Church- According to Emeka C. Ekeke, Department of Religious and Cultural Studies University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, the Emperor Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome, was the first person to persecute the church. This was imparted due to “the Roman distaste for Christianity arose in a large part from its sense that it was not in line with ancient customs and that it was inappropriate for society.” At that time most of the people thought of the Christians as oddballs because of their religious practices such as Eucharist and what they called “love feast.” Many believed that the Christians practice of partaking of the body and blood of Christ was cannibalism. And …show more content…

Pax Romana is Latin for "Roman Peace" it lasted from about 27 B.C. (with Augustus) until the death of Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180. Phillip L. Tite wrote “The basic root meaning of Pax, within a lexical discussion with pacisci, is evidently the concept of ending, or the state of a lack of, conflict.” That may not excite anyone unless you understand the Romans and their propensity for war. Before Pax Romana the Roman army was ruthless, conquering every foe with decisive results. But with Pax Romana, which lasted for approximately 266 years, there was unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire, which spanned from England in the north to Morocco in the south and Iraq in the …show more content…

Monophysitism is the Christological position that, after the union of the divine and the human in the historical Incarnation, Jesus Christ, as the incarnation of the eternal Son or Word (Logos) of God, had only a single "nature" which was either divine or a synthesis of divine and human. Although the triune or trinity is never mentioned in the bible, in Matthew 28:19 Jesus commanded His disciples to “baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” which clearly separates the natures of Jesus. Monophysitism began as the antithesis of Nestorianism. Whereas Nestorius had been accused of teaching a dual Christ, Eutyches, an archimandrite from Constantinople, offered a radically anti-Nestorian view, at the Council of Ephesus. Eutyches taught that Jesus’ humanity was essentially dissolved or obliterated by His divine nature, describing it as being “dissolved like a drop of honey in the sea” which is known as Eutychianism.” Nestorianism emphasizes the distinction between the divine and human nature of Jesus. Christians believe that God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are what makes up the

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