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Things Fall Apart ChurchChurch HistoryHistory ChurchChurch HistoryHistory IntroductionIntroduction toto ChurchChurch HistoryHistory st rd TheThe AncientAncient ChurchChurch AD 11st-3-3rd centuriescenturies th th TheThe RiseRise ofof ChristendomChristendom AD 44th-5-5th centuriescenturies th th TheThe EarlyEarly MiddleMiddle AgesAges AD 66th-10-10th centuriescenturies th th TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades AD 1111th-13-13th centuriescenturies th th TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance AD 1414th-15-15th centuriescenturies th ConquestConquest andand ReformationReformation AD 1616th centurycentury th th TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AD 1717th-18-18th centuriescenturies th TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution AD 1919th centurycentury th TheThe ModernModern AgeAge AD 2020th centurycentury st TheThe PostmodernPostmodern AgeAge AD 2121st centurycentury ChurchChurch HistoryHistory IntroductionIntroduction toto ChurchChurch HistoryHistory st rd TheThe AncientAncient ChurchChurch AD 11st-3-3rd centuriescenturies th th TheThe RiseRise ofof ChristendomChristendom AD 44th-5-5th centuriescenturies Constantine: The Thirteenth Apostle The First Ecumenical Council The Constantinian Line The Establishment of Christendom The Second Ecumenical Council Fathers of the New Church Things Fall Apart... 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thethe wrongwrong sideside ofof thethe Danube)Danube) thethe RomansRomans wouldn'twouldn't feelfeel tootoo badbad ifif theythey nevernever gotgot himhim back—theyback—they consideredconsidered himhim half-barbarianhalf-barbarian anywayanyway TheThe RiseRise ofof ChristendomChristendom FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— OneOne ofof thethe waysways thatthat relativerelative “peace”“peace” waswas maintainedmaintained inin thosethose daysdays waswas thethe exchangeexchange ofof high-levelhigh-level hostageshostages AroundAround 410,410, aa teenagedteenaged RomanRoman aristocrataristocrat namednamed FlaviusFlavius AetiusAetius waswas sentsent offoff toto livelive asas aa hostagehostage inin thethe HunnicHunnic courtcourt ofof KingKing RugilaRugila AtAt thethe samesame time,time, thethe nephewnephew ofof Rugila—namedRugila—named Attila—wasAttila—was sentsent offoff toto livelive asas aa hostagehostage inin RomeRome There,There, hehe waswas treatedtreated poorly,poorly, learnedlearned Latin,Latin, andand trainedtrained inin thethe RomanRoman artsarts ofof war—whichwar—which hehe foundfound thatthat hehe excelledexcelled at,at, tootoo TheThe RiseRise ofof ChristendomChristendom FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching momentmoment2—— You'llYou'll noticenotice thatthat RomanRoman artart depicteddepicted thesethese twotwo asas antithesesantitheses ofof oneone another—whichanother—which theythey werewere TheyThey werewere likelike flip-sidesflip-sides ofof thethe samesame coincoin AndAnd afterafter theythey eacheach werewere returnedreturned toto theirtheir peoplepeople yearsyears later,later, theythey spentspent thethe restrest ofof thethe nextnext fewfew decadesdecades asas near-equalnear-equal opponentsopponents onon thethe battlefields—Aetiusbattlefields—Aetius isis thethe onlyonly personperson whowho everever beatbeat AttilaAttila thethe HunHun inin thethe fieldfield Ironically,Ironically, theythey hadhad actuallyactually becomebecome goodgood friends—Aetiusfriends—Aetius understoodunderstood Attila'sAttila's motivationsmotivations andand respectedrespected hishis abilities,abilities, andand AttilaAttila feltfelt thatthat AetiusAetius waswas thethe onlyonly RomanRoman hehe couldcould relaterelate toto BeforeBefore openopen hostilitieshostilities brokebroke out,out, theythey spentspent aa greatgreat dealdeal ofof timetime withwith oneone anotheranother andand learninglearning fromfrom oneone anotheranother InIn fact,fact, AetiusAetius eveneven usedused anan armyarmy ofof HunsHuns toto defeatdefeat thethe BurgundiansBurgundians inin 436436 TheThe RiseRise ofof ChristendomChristendom FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching momentmoment3—— ButBut
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