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3. Why did the Romans persecute the Christians ? 



4. Describe the persecutions by the Romans. 



5. Sketch the lives of Nero, Domitian, and other persecuting 



Emperors. 



6. Name some of the results of the persecutions. 



VIII. 



1. Who are called the Ante-Nicene Fathers ? 



2. Make sketches of the lives of Ignatius, Justin Martyr, 



Polycarp, Irenseus, Tertullian, Origen and Cyprian. 



IX. 



1. Give an account of the career of Constantine. 



2. What were the results, to the Church, of his accession ? 



3. Describe the city of Constantinople, as he founded it. 



X. 



1. Give an account of each of the six general Councils. 



2. Explain the object for which each met. 



3. State the doctrinal points each settled. 



XI. 



1. Make a sketch of the career of Julian the Apostate. 



2. Give an account of the irruption of the barbarians. 



3. Sketch the rise and progress of Mohammedanism. 



XII. 



1. Give an account of Ambrose, Chrysostom, Augustine, 



Cyril, Leo, Jerome and Anthony. 



2. Sketch the career of other great Christians of that pe- 



riod. 



XIII. 



1. Describe the condition of Europe after the pe^riod of the 



Sixth Council. 



2. Sketch the progress of the Saracen power. 



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