Comprehension Questions:

1.  What three points may we derive from Jesus' statements about the church in Matthew 16:18?  One, He will have a Church in this world; two, The Chuech will be mightily attacked; and three, none of the devil's attacks will ever destroy the Church.

2.  List ten persecutions of the early church: Luke, Mark, Bartholomew, Peter, James, Thomas, Paul, Andrew, Stephen, and Jude

3.  What three important events marked Constantine's reign?  He was the first Christian emperor of Rome, he made Christianity a lawful religion, and he founded the city of Constantinople.

4.  How long did Christians enjoy relative peace in the Western Roman Empire that Constantine established?  For more than a thousand years.

5.  Prior to the is period, the persecutions against God's peiple came from pagans; from whence did they come after this period?  The papal and the inquisition.

6.  Who were the Waldenses? Peter Waldo and his followers who opposed the Roman Catholic chuch.

7.  Briefly describe the Inquisition. When was it instituted? What was its purpose? What means did it use to accomplish its ends? The Inquisition was founded in 1231. It was to bring in heretics {and other charges}, bring them before the church court, question them, and if found guilty burned. The accused were also tortured beyond belief.

8.  Who was John Wycliffe?  Englander, Oxford scholar and philosopher, a Christian who sood firm on His beliefs.

Who were the Lollands?  Wycliffe and his followers, opposed the Roman Catholic church.

9.  Which English Reformer influenced both John Huss and Jerome of Prague?  John Wycliffe

What were the chief ways in which his writings influenced them?  Wycliffe's rejecion of the pope being the full authority, the Scriptures are the full authority of the Church; the church's doctrine of transubstantiation; every Christian should have a Bible in their own native tongue; and his insistence on extensive reforms in the wealth, abuses, and corruption of the Roman church.

10.  In which country did both John Huss and Jerome of Prague minister?  Bohemia

11.  Who was the first preacher of the Reformed faith in Scotland?  George Wishart

12.  What burning desire motivated the life and labors of William Tyndale?  The translation of the Bible from Latin to English.