Western and Eastern Empires Split Quick Check
Which of the following statements assesses Bishop Donatus’s reaction when Emperor Constantine recommended forgiveness for the church officials who were not protecting the church’s integrity?
Donatus met with Constantine and asked him to reconsider his decision because Donatus felt that the decision could cause further harm to the church.
Donatus convinced Constantine to make Donatus the religious sovereign of the empire in order to punish the previous church leadership.
✅ Donatus and his followers did not agree with Constantine’s assessment and moved to the northern part of Africa. ✅
Donatus and his followers accepted Constantine’s recommendation, revising their beliefs and choosing to work things out with the local church leadership.
Which of the following statements assesses why Constantine thought that the vision in the sky the night before the Battle of Milvian Bridge was a sign from the Christian God?
Constantine claimed that he saw a vision of a Christian symbol in the heavens before the battle because he had just converted to Christianity.
Constantine claimed that he saw a vision in the heavens because of his role in the Edict of Milan.
Constantine claimed that he saw a vision of the Messiah in the heavens, sent by the Christian God.
✅ Constantine claimed that he saw a vision of a cross in the heavens, and the cross was a known symbol of Christianity. ✅
Using the information in the table, investigate how geography affected the East-West Schism.
The Eastern Church was more influenced by geography than the West because of caesaropapism.
✅ Geography influenced the language, politics, and power centers of both the Eastern and Western Church. ✅
Cultural differences such as the language of religious services are the only example of geographic influence.
Disputes over political control of the Church played a more important role than geographic differences between the Eastern and Western Churches.
Which of the following statements best evaluates why Constantine I converted to Christianity during his fight to gain control of the Roman Empire?
Constantine never became a Christian; he died a pagan.
Constantine and Licinius, the emperor of the eastern half of the Roman Empire, met and announced a decision to let people publicly believe in Christianity without fear of being persecuted. After that, Constantine thought it was safe to convert.
✅ Constantine thought he saw a cross in the sky the night before a big battle and believed this celestial clue helped him win the battle. ✅
Constantine was already a Christian before he began fighting to gain control of the western portion of the empire and only made it public after the fighting started.
Compare the maps of the Byzantine Empire under the rule of Justinian I and the Roman Empire under the rule of Trajan. Which statement best identifies a similarity between the territories controlled?
Neither empire controlled the entire Mediterranean coastline.
✅ Both empires controlled Asia Minor and the Italian Peninsula. ✅
Neither empire controlled the entire Iberian Peninsula.
Both empires controlled Mesopotamia and the Italian Peninsula.
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