9. Cha. 6: The Rule of Books
What do you think was the most important factor influencing the canon of Scripture?
10. Chapter 7: The School for Sinners
If you had been an early church leader in the era of persecution, how would you have handled the believers who had denied the faith under torture?
11. Chapter 8: Apostles to Intellectuals
What is important today about Origen’s work concerning the interpretation of Scripture in the third century?
12. Chapter 9: Laying Her Scepter Down
Would you want to live in a completely “Christian Empire?” Why, or why not?
13. Chapter 10: Splitting Important Hairs
Does it really matter that Arius taught that Jesus was not truly God? Why, or why not?