What is the "ante-Nicene" era, and who are the prominent men of that era?
Who was the earliest Catholic father whose life influenced both the Eastern and Western Church, and what was his chief contribution?
What were the two Church theologies and their respective differences, and which Catholic fathers helped form each?
List five of the most important facts about Tertullian.
In what way was Cyprian Tertullian's disciple? How was Cyprian different from his teacher? What is his main contribution to ante-Nicene Catholic Christianity?
Who was the initial main Greek theologian? What did Greek theology seek to accomplish?
Discuss briefly Origen's positive and negative contributions to Catholic theology. How widespread were the teachings of universalism?
List the five significant consolidations that took place in the ante-Nicene era of A.D.175-325.
What, more than anything else, necessitated the development of a rule of faith?
What qualified a writing to be in the "canon" of Scripture?
Trace the several steps from apostolic congregational simplicity to the monarchical episcopacy.
What various facts contributed to the rise of the Roman Church in dominance over Christendom?
What major difference exists between the theology and Christology of the first century and that of the third and fourth centuries?
Which two basic schools of thought existed in the third and fourth centuries on the nature of the Godhead?
What lesson for today can we glean from this issue on the relationship between doctrinal simplicity and unity versus doctrinal sophistication and faction?
