Church of the Roman Empire

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Christian church early Christian community historical religious institution

The Church of the Roman Empire refers to the early Christian church that developed within and was closely associated with the structures, culture, and authority of the Roman Empire, eventually evolving into the dominant institutional form of Christianity in the West and much of the Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Carthaginian Church	1
Church in Gaul	1
Church of the Roman Empire canonical	1
Great Church of the 2nd century	1
Imperial Church	1
Roman Christianity	1
Roman Church	1
early Christian Church in the Roman Empire	1

Statements (111)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian church ⓘ early Christian community ⓘ historical religious institution ⓘ
adoptedCreed	Nicene Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
associatedWith	Roman Empire ⓘ
centeredIn	Alexandria ⓘ Antioch ⓘ Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Jerusalem ⓘ Rome ⓘ
chronologicalPeak	4th century CE ⓘ 5th century CE ⓘ
coreText	Vulgate ⓘ surface form: Latin Vulgate New Testament ⓘ Septuagint ⓘ
definedDoctrineAt	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ Council of Ephesus ⓘ First Council of Constantinople ⓘ First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
developedFrom	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
developedIn	1st century CE ⓘ
developedStructure	diocese ⓘ metropolitan see ⓘ parish ⓘ patriarchate ⓘ
doctrine	Incarnation ⓘ Trinity ⓘ apostolic succession ⓘ episcopal authority ⓘ original sin ⓘ use of relics ⓘ veneration of saints ⓘ
experiencedEvent	Arian controversy ⓘ Christological controversies ⓘ Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Constantinian shift Donatist controversy ⓘ Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ surface form: Great Persecution
governedBy	episcopal hierarchy ⓘ
hadConflictWith	Arianism ⓘ Donatism ⓘ Gnostic movements ⓘ Miaphysitism ⓘ surface form: Monophysitism Nestorianism ⓘ pagan cults ⓘ
hadOffice	bishop ⓘ deacon ⓘ patriarch ⓘ pope ⓘ presbyter ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Ambrose of Milan ⓘ Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Basil of Caesarea ⓘ Constantine I ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ Jerome ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus of Nazareth John Chrysostom ⓘ Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Peter the Apostle Theodosius I ⓘ
imperialLaw	Edict of Thessalonica ⓘ
influenced	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Church Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ Western Christianity ⓘ surface form: Latin Christendom Roman law ⓘ canon law ⓘ medieval Western Church ⓘ
influencedBy	Greco-Roman art ⓘ surface form: Greco-Roman culture Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Jewish traditions ⓘ Roman law ⓘ
legacy	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
legalStatusChangedBy	Edict of Milan ⓘ
legalStatusChangedIn	313 CE ⓘ
madeOfficialReligionBy	Theodosius I ⓘ
madeOfficialReligionIn	380 CE ⓘ
persecutedUnder	Decius ⓘ Diocletian ⓘ Domitian ⓘ Nero ⓘ Valerian ⓘ
practicedRite	Eucharist ⓘ baptism ⓘ ordination ⓘ penance ⓘ
recognizedCouncil	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ Council of Ephesus ⓘ First Council of Constantinople ⓘ First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
recognizedSee	Alexandria ⓘ Antioch ⓘ Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Jerusalem ⓘ Rome ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
selfDesignation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: catholic Church orthodox faith ⓘ
territory	Asia Minor ⓘ Balkans ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean basin North Africa ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ
usedLanguage	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyrian Church of the East → separatedFrom → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ

Christianization of the British Isles → influencedBy → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Christianity

Bishop of Lugdunum → partOf → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church in Gaul

Defense of the real presence in the Eucharist → belongsToTradition → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Church of the 2nd century

Prince-Bishopric of Constance → partOf → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Church

Roman synod of 610 → hasJurisdiction → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Church

Romanized North Africans → associatedWith → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carthaginian Church

Ossius of Corduba → partOf → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: early Christian Church in the Roman Empire