Key learning points

1. The early Christian Church that Constantine allowed was organised into Bishops, Presbyters and Deacons.
2. Various councils were held over the years to agree on core beliefs like the three forms of God.
3. After the establishment of Constantinople, Christianity in the Western Roman Empire developed in its own way.
4. The Bishop of Rome, the Pope, was believed to have supremacy over the Christian Church as a whole.
5. In Western Europe various monastic orders developed where the members devoted their life to God.

Common misconception

Keywords

• Council - a council is a group of people that meet to give advice or make decisions

• Constantinople - Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire

• Supremacy - to have supremacy is to have ultimate power and authority

• Monk - a monk is a man who devotes his life to a religion and gives up regular, worldly life

• Nun - a nun is a woman who devotes her life to a religion and gives up regular, worldly life