Philippine Missionary Institute
(Bulacan Extension)
Ericson Roxas
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION DURING IMPERIAL PERIOD
OF THE CHURCH
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
Paul
Emperor Theodosius I,
Emperor Constantine
Arius (ca. 250-336 CE),
CONTRIBUTION
Saint Paul (ca. 3-67 CE) was the greatest of
Christ's interpreters in the wake of his
crucifixion. Often called the "second founder
of the Christian church,". This apostle stands
out from the others as a visionary, organizer
and motivator who gave the religion he
adopted a definite form, molding inspired
teaching into a working belief system.
Christianity became the state religion of the
Roman Empire by the decree of the emperor,
which would persist until the fall of the
Western Empire, and later with the Eastern
Roman Empire until the fall of
Constantinople.
Issued the Edict of Milan, which granted
Christianity—as well as most other religions
—legal status. In 325, Constantine called
the Council of Nicaea, which was a gathering
of Christian leaders to determine the formal—
or orthodox—beliefs of Christianity. The
result of this council was the Nicene Creed,
which laid out the agreed upon beliefs of the
council
who championed a more remedial version of
Christ than the mystical, enigmatic vision
offered by the orthodox Church. Seeing Jesus
as a divine being and the offspring of God but
not a god exactly like God—in other words, a
very high-level, celestial messenger sent to
earth—this heresy later
called Arianism endorsed the position that, if
Jesus is the Son of God, then he cannot be
allowed to assume precedence over his Father
in heaven or on earth. In essence, Arius'

Eusebius of Caesarea AD 260/265 –
339/340)
conclusion was that the orthodox
interpretation of the Trinity made no sense, at
least not in terms of power-sharing; rather,
logic dictated the Father had to be primary
and central, and thus should be respected as
such.
He became the bishop of Caesarea
Maritima about AD 314. Together with he
Pamphilus, was a scholar of the biblical
canon and is regarded as one of the most
learned Christians of his time.[1] He
wrote Demonstrations of the
Gospel, Preparations for the Gospel and On
Discrepancies between the Gospels, studies of
the biblical text. As "Father of Church
History"[note 1] (not to be confused with the title
of Church Father), he produced
the Ecclesiastical History, On the Life of
Pamphilus, the Chronicle and On the Martyrs.
He also produced a biographical work
on Constantine the Great, the first Christian
Emperor, who was augustus between AD 306
and AD 337