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What is emphasized as the starting point of black history?
What is emphasized as the starting point of black history?
- The contributions of black Americans
- Cultural practices in the Caribbean
- Historical events in Europe
- African origins (correct)
How did the black Catholic community in America define its roots?
How did the black Catholic community in America define its roots?
- By historical texts
- Through African saints (correct)
- Via American revolutionary ideas
- By European traditions
Who was Origen and what was his role regarding the Song of Songs?
Who was Origen and what was his role regarding the Song of Songs?
- A church father who interpreted it spiritually (correct)
- A philosopher who dismissed its significance
- A historian who cataloged its verses
- A poet who wrote about Solomon's life
What does the verse 'I am black and beautiful' symbolize in Origen's interpretation?
What does the verse 'I am black and beautiful' symbolize in Origen's interpretation?
What type of relationship is depicted between Solomon and the queen of Sheba?
What type of relationship is depicted between Solomon and the queen of Sheba?
According to Origen, who does the queen of Sheba represent?
According to Origen, who does the queen of Sheba represent?
What is the significance of Ethiopia in the context of the black experience described?
What is the significance of Ethiopia in the context of the black experience described?
What does the queen of Sheba's 'blackness' imply about the church according to Origen?
What does the queen of Sheba's 'blackness' imply about the church according to Origen?
What is the name of the bishop whose remains were found in Q'asr Ibrim?
What is the name of the bishop whose remains were found in Q'asr Ibrim?
What language were the ordination documents written in?
What language were the ordination documents written in?
In which city did the ordination of Timotheos take place?
In which city did the ordination of Timotheos take place?
What period did the episcopacy of Gabriel IV span?
What period did the episcopacy of Gabriel IV span?
How long did the Christian church in Nubia exist?
How long did the Christian church in Nubia exist?
What was a significant feature of Ethiopian civilization in relation to writing?
What was a significant feature of Ethiopian civilization in relation to writing?
What group contributed to the establishment of the Christian community in Ethiopia?
What group contributed to the establishment of the Christian community in Ethiopia?
What was the nature of Christianity that persisted in Nubia?
What was the nature of Christianity that persisted in Nubia?
What was the role of Tirhakah in the context of Assyria's military actions?
What was the role of Tirhakah in the context of Assyria's military actions?
What does the term 'Ethiopian' refer to in the context of the New Testament?
What does the term 'Ethiopian' refer to in the context of the New Testament?
What significant event is associated with 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 regarding Assyria?
What significant event is associated with 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 regarding Assyria?
What does the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts signify in the context of early Christianity?
What does the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts signify in the context of early Christianity?
Which title is associated with the queen mother in Nubia during the time of the Ethiopian Eunuch?
Which title is associated with the queen mother in Nubia during the time of the Ethiopian Eunuch?
What was a notable attribute of the Ethiopian Eunuch according to the account in Acts?
What was a notable attribute of the Ethiopian Eunuch according to the account in Acts?
What ultimately happened to the Nubians after the Assyrian invasion of Egypt?
What ultimately happened to the Nubians after the Assyrian invasion of Egypt?
Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between the Assyrians and the siege of Jerusalem?
Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between the Assyrians and the siege of Jerusalem?
What doctrine did the Monophysites hold regarding Christ's nature?
What doctrine did the Monophysites hold regarding Christ's nature?
Who sent the initial missionaries to Nubia during the sixth century?
Who sent the initial missionaries to Nubia during the sixth century?
Which council's declaration did the Monophysites reject?
Which council's declaration did the Monophysites reject?
What was the primary religious alignment of the middle kingdom of Makouria?
What was the primary religious alignment of the middle kingdom of Makouria?
What historical event in the 20th century led to increased archaeological study of Nubia?
What historical event in the 20th century led to increased archaeological study of Nubia?
Which of the following kingdoms was NOT part of the original kingdom of Nubia?
Which of the following kingdoms was NOT part of the original kingdom of Nubia?
What characterized the church in Nobatia and Alwa by the next century after the initial conversions?
What characterized the church in Nobatia and Alwa by the next century after the initial conversions?
What was one reason for the delay in the study of Christian Nubia?
What was one reason for the delay in the study of Christian Nubia?
What title did the king of Axum hold by the fourth century?
What title did the king of Axum hold by the fourth century?
Who were Frumentius and Edesius?
Who were Frumentius and Edesius?
Which event contributed to the conversion of Ezana and the royal court to Christianity?
Which event contributed to the conversion of Ezana and the royal court to Christianity?
What did Frumentius request from St. Athanasius?
What did Frumentius request from St. Athanasius?
By the last quarter of the fourth century, what was noted about Ethiopian pilgrims?
By the last quarter of the fourth century, what was noted about Ethiopian pilgrims?
What helped establish Christianity in Ethiopia by the end of the fifth century?
What helped establish Christianity in Ethiopia by the end of the fifth century?
What is noted about Ethiopia's currency during this historical period?
What is noted about Ethiopia's currency during this historical period?
Which areas did the kings of Axum extend their influence over?
Which areas did the kings of Axum extend their influence over?
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Study Notes
African Roots
- American blacks, both Catholics and Protestants, looked to Africa for their religious and historical roots in the 19th century.
- Origen, an Alexandrian church father, saw the Queen of Sheba as an Ethiopian queen, symbolizing the church's universality with her dark skin.
- The Ethiopian Eunuch, from Nubia, is the first black person mentioned in the New Testament as a Christian convert.
- The text in Acts describes him as a wealthy, powerful man who possessed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
Early Christianity in Nubia
- Missionaries from Constantinople were sent to Nubia in the 6th century, leading to the spread of both Monophysite and Chalcedonian Christianity.
- Nubia was divided into three kingdoms: Nobatia, Makouria, and Alwa, with different Christian denominations.
- The discovery of ordination documents of Bishop Timotheos in 1964 suggests that the Christian church in Nubia persisted until the late Middle Ages.
Early Christianity in Ethiopia
- Located in the Horn of Africa, across the Red Sea from southern Arabia, Ethiopia's civilization was established by Semites.
- A large civilization of indigenous black people emerged in the 1st century A.D. with a written language.
- Ethiopia became a Christian country in the 4th century through the efforts of Frumentius and Edesius, two Syrian slaves who converted the king and court.
- Frumentius is considered the founder of the Ethiopian church, having been ordained by St. Athanasius, the patriarch of Alexandria.
- The conversion of Ezana, the king of kings, is evident in inscriptions on monuments and symbols on coins.
- By the late 4th century, Ethiopian pilgrims were frequent visitors to Jerusalem.
- Christianity became firmly established in Ethiopia by the late 5th century, and by the 6th century, Ethiopia was a powerful nation safeguarding Christianity in the region.
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