Throwback – The Established Church

Throwback – The Established Church

Time Period #2 – The Established Church (325 A.D. – 590 A.D.)

I. The Church   Acts 15:1 NIV, Acts 15:6-11

Purpose of Councils

1) Meets to address crises

2) Focus on biblical consensus

3) Clarify or limit language

1. First Council of Nicaea – 325 A.D.

2. First Council of Constantinople – 381 A.D.

3. Council of Ephesus – 431 A.D.

4. Council of Chalcedon – 451 A.D.

II. The Church

1. Creeds in the Bible  1 Timothy 3:16 ESV

2. The Apostles Creed

3. The Creed of Nicaea (325)

4. The Creed of Constantinople (381) (aka Nicene Creed)

III. The Church’s Biblical

Augustine

Jerome

Fall of the Western Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Pope Gregory I