OPEN BOOK QUIZ OVER
AQUILINA TEXT pp. 81-101
Write answers on a separate sheet of paper. Thanks.
1. What was happening during the Ante-Nicene period that was forcing the Church to
develop its Theology and doctrines?
2. Why were Christians misunderstood by both Israel and Rome?
3. What is an apologist?
4. How did Justin Martyr define philosophy?
5. Did Justin Martyr believe that Christians could use pagan philosophy to defend and
explain their faith?
6. What did Justin establish or found in Rome?
7. How did Justin die?
8. Why did Justin write the Emperor Antoninus Pius?
9. Justin wrote the Roman Senate because something had happened which upset him.
What exactly was it?
10. When (or where) was the only surviving text of Melito of Sardis found?
11. Melito was Bishop of what city?
12. Melito’s only surviving text is about which Christian holiday?
13. Is it fair to claim Melito was anti-Semitic? Explain.
14. When did he believe the Church should celebrate Easter?
15. Melito offered analogies to explain the unfolding of biblical TYPOLOGY. What does this
mean?
16. What was the name of Theophilus’ 3-book apology? To whom was it written?
17. When and where was Theolphilus a bishop?
18. Why was history important to Theophilus?
19. Theophilus was the first to explain God as a “Triad.” What does this mean?
20. How is it that man can see and hear God, according to Theophilus?
21. What stands in the way of him doing this (#20?)
22. Where was St. Athenagoras from?
23. How was Athenagoras different from other apologists of his time?
24. What year did he write his “Plea” to the emperor of Rome?
25. Why were the Romans wildly speculating absurd rumors about the Christian faith?
26. What were some of these rumors (#24)?
27. His works are the first to employ _________________________language about God.
28. He wrote a defense of the _____________________ of the dead.
29. Athenagoras pointed out that Christians weren’t the murderers – rather the pagans
delighted in murder. What were the examples he gave of proving this to be true?
30. What is one interesting fact you learned about the decline of Rome FROM THE MOVIE
we watched yesterday? 
Extra credit: What is a purloiner (in Theolphilus’ writings)?