Early Church Research Paper
The Rise of the Church
The early Church father help brought order and structure to the church in many ways. There were three Church Fathers who helped the Rise of the Church, they were Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome. These great men was responsible for the habitual doing, beliefs, and doctrine of the early Church during this time period, around 500 AD, (Babcock 2011 p.139).
First, Augustine was considered the most important of three men at this time of early Church Fathers. Augustine was born in 354 and lived until 430, he was recognized for his vision of biblical teaching and he was a very great thinker. The Church was blamed for the fall of Rome, “Augustine defends the faith during a time when Christianity, though already the official …show more content…
He was born in Milan, one of the greatest cities of Rome, around 339 and lived until 397. Ambrose arranged the church guidance and presumption. Ambrose also developed the “principles of biblical interpretation,” he was not the thinker that Augustine was, but he used “the principle of hermeneutics (how to interpret the scripture)” this was to help understand the meaning of the important passage of the Bible (Babcock 2011 p. 140). He established the church “liturgy” which was the way of worshiping, which included scripture reading, sermon delivery, and singing. This is still continue to be done though out many churches today. (Babcock 2011 …show more content…
At this time there were two men that play a role in this process. Leo was the first “so-called” of the popes. “He was the Bishop of Rome (they weren’t called popes at the time), and his reign was from 440 to 461, right to the end of the Roman Empire” (Babcock 2011 p.142). Leo was responsible for the Attila not destroying Rome, and this was the beginning of the name pope. Leo also merged his power over the church. He was the first to take ownership of what is called “Petrine authority” which was given to
The early Church father help brought order and structure to the church in many ways. There were three Church Fathers who helped the Rise of the Church, they were Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome. These great men was responsible for the habitual doing, beliefs, and doctrine of the early Church during this time period, around 500 AD, (Babcock 2011 p.139).
First, Augustine was considered the most important of three men at this time of early Church Fathers. Augustine was born in 354 and lived until 430, he was recognized for his vision of biblical teaching and he was a very great thinker. The Church was blamed for the fall of Rome, “Augustine defends the faith during a time when Christianity, though already the official …show more content…
He was born in Milan, one of the greatest cities of Rome, around 339 and lived until 397. Ambrose arranged the church guidance and presumption. Ambrose also developed the “principles of biblical interpretation,” he was not the thinker that Augustine was, but he used “the principle of hermeneutics (how to interpret the scripture)” this was to help understand the meaning of the important passage of the Bible (Babcock 2011 p. 140). He established the church “liturgy” which was the way of worshiping, which included scripture reading, sermon delivery, and singing. This is still continue to be done though out many churches today. (Babcock 2011 …show more content…
At this time there were two men that play a role in this process. Leo was the first “so-called” of the popes. “He was the Bishop of Rome (they weren’t called popes at the time), and his reign was from 440 to 461, right to the end of the Roman Empire” (Babcock 2011 p.142). Leo was responsible for the Attila not destroying Rome, and this was the beginning of the name pope. Leo also merged his power over the church. He was the first to take ownership of what is called “Petrine authority” which was given to