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Lesson 2: Jesus to AD 100 History
The Apostles preached the Good News throughout the ancient world, to Jew and Gentile alike.
The Apostles preached the Good News throughout the ancient world, to Jew and Gentile alike.
God chose a people, the people of Israel descended from Abraham, to reveal Himself to and task with sharing His love and plan of salvation with the entire world.
Saints Peter, Paul, Stephen, and more bore a bold witness for Christ in this era.
God worked many signs and wonders through Moses to prove to the Egyptians and the Israelites that He is the one true God.
In the period from AD 100 to 500 the Church spread throughout the Roman Empire.
God called Moses and gave him the mission of freeing the Israelites from slavery, even though Moses was imperfect.
Saints Augustine, Jerome, and Benedict, and Monica made enduring contributions to the Church.
The sacrificial lamb was a sign of the Passover that saved the Israelites from the Angel of Death.
During the Early Middle Ages, the Church continued to spread the Gospel.
Without faithful leadership and faith in God the people of God continually fall into temptation, sin, and idol worship, and chaos reigns.
Nuns and monks courageously left their monasteries in order to spread the Gospel. These missionaries lived in situations of great hardship and suffering in order to preach and teach the Gospel among the barbarian tribes. As a result of their efforts, Christianity came to be firmly rooted in Europe.
God entered into a covenant with David that would be fulfilled by Jesus in the New Covenant.
This lesson will touch on very complicated topics: the Eastern Schism, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition.
The Incarnation is a dogma of the Church that says that the Son of God assumed a human nature in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Saints Francis of Assisi, Thomas Aquinas, and Catherine of Siena made enduring contributions to the Church.