1. CHURCH HISTORY
PART 2

2. CHURCH HISTORY 7 Stages of Church History (Willmington and others)
1. AD The Apostolic Church
2. AD The Martyr Church
3. AD The Compromising Church
4. AD The Roman Catholic Church
5. AD The Reformation Church
6. AD The Revival Church
7. AD 1900-Rapture The Worldly Church

3. CHURCH HISTORY The Apostolic Church (30-100)
Entire New Testament written
Gospel spreads thru the Roman world
Apostles Peter, Paul, John and the others

4. CHURCH HISTORY The Martyr Church (100-315) Roman Persecutions
Nero killed Peter and Paul
Domitian Exiled John, killed thousands
Trajan Burned Ignatius at stake
Laws passed against Christianity
Pius killed Polycarp
Marcus Aurelius beheaded Justin Martyr
Severus – killed Origen’s father

5. CHURCH HISTORY Roman Persecutors
Thracian Commanded all Christian leaders to die
Decius – Tried to exterminate Christianity
Valerian – killed Cyprian, Carthage Bishop
Diocletian – Most severe persecutor. For 10 years Christian were hunted down, burned, thrown to wild beasts, tortured, cruelly put to death. His wife and daughter professed Christ

6. CHURCH HISTORY Defenders of the Faith Justin Martyr Irenaeus Polycarp
Tertullian
Eusebius
Clement
Origen

7. CHURCH HISTORY GERMS OF THE PAPACY The Roman Church
Honored as Paul wrote the great epistle
Looked upon by Churches of Italy, Gaul and Spain with peculiar respect.
Rome destined to rule under scepter of cross
The expertise of this church was being felt in many areas..Easter, Baptism, etc.

8. CHURCH HISTORY Seeds of Papacy (cont.)
Many of early church leaders gave the Church at Rome pre-eminence
Clement of Rome in writing to Corinth begins to exercise authority
Roman church gives administrative advice, sends messengers, etc. to an important church in east.
Soon the Bishop of Rome was excommunicating churches for trifling matters

9. CHURCH HISTORY Claims later made by Roman church:
Human and divine right to papacy
That Peter was appointed by the Lord for supremacy of jurisdiction
That these privileges were transferred by Peter to the church at Rome.
That Peter’s successors have same authority