Church of the Roman Empire

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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.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (111)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church ⓘ
early Christian community ⓘ
historical religious institution ⓘ
adoptedCreed Nicene Creed ⓘ
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed
associatedWith Roman Empire ⓘ
centeredIn Alexandria ⓘ
Antioch ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
chronologicalPeak 4th century CE ⓘ
5th century CE ⓘ
coreText Latin Vulgate ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Constantinian shift ⓘ
Donatist controversy ⓘ
Great Persecution ⓘ
governedBy episcopal hierarchy ⓘ
hadConflictWith Arianism ⓘ
Donatism ⓘ
Gnostic movements ⓘ
Monophysitism ⓘ
linked to: Miaphysitism

Nestorianism ⓘ
pagan cults ⓘ
hadOffice bishop ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
patriarch ⓘ
pope ⓘ
presbyter ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Ambrose of Milan ⓘ
Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ
Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I

Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ
Jerome ⓘ
Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

John Chrysostom ⓘ
Paul the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Paul

Peter the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter

Theodosius I ⓘ
imperialLaw Edict of Thessalonica ⓘ
influenced Byzantine Church ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
Latin Christendom ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
canon law ⓘ
medieval Western Church ⓘ
influencedBy Greco-Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman art

Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Jewish traditions ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
legacy Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

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 ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
selfDesignation catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

orthodox faith ⓘ
territory Asia Minor ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mediterranean basin ⓘ
linked to: Mediterranean Basin

North Africa ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ
usedLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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 → Roman Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire
Bishop of Lugdunum → partOf → Church in Gaul ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire
Defense of the real presence in the Eucharist → belongsToTradition → Great Church of the 2nd century ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire
Prince-Bishopric of Constance → partOf → Imperial Church ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire
Roman synod of 610 → hasJurisdiction → Roman Church ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire
Romanized North Africans → associatedWith → Carthaginian Church ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire
Ossius of Corduba → partOf → early Christian Church in the Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire
Diocese of Sirmium → partOf → Church of the Roman Empire ⓘ
Bishop of Germanicia → partOf → Christian Church in the Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire
Caroline Humfress → fieldOfWork → Christian Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Church of the Roman Empire