Saint Apollonius (d. c. Events Births April 4 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (+ 217) Deaths Categories: 186 ... 186) is a 2nd century For other uses of the term Christian, see Christian (disambiguation). Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. Although Christians are monotheistic, the one God is thought, by most Christians, to exist in... Christian Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. Or sometimes, it is for a noble cause - like patriotically dying for a nations glory in a war. During the early Roman Empire, the independent cities of Asia Minor made efforts to reward benefactors for... martyr and Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position. Someone who engages in apologetics is called an apologist. The term comes from the Greek word apologia, meaning the defense of a position against an attack, not from the English word apology, which is exclusively understood... apologist who is not to be confused with Claudius Apollonius, an apologist of the same time frame.

In For other uses, see number 180. Events Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius as Roman Emperor. In his Methodus Medendo Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and severance of the spinal cord. The oldest Iron Age artifacts from Zimbabwe date from this time. Deaths March 17 - Marcus Aurelius... 180, Marcus Aurelius Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121 - March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was born Marcus Annius Catilius Severus, and at marriage took the name Marcus Annius Verus. When he was named Emperor, he was given the name... Marcus Aurelius died. Aurelius had softened the perseuction of Christians during his reign. When Commodus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (originally Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus) (August 31, 161–December 31, 192 A.D.) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 A.D. He is often considered to have been one of the worst Roman Emperors, and his reign brought to a... Commodus came to the throne of History - Ancient history - Ancient Rome This is a List of Ancient Rome-related topics, that aims to include aspects of both the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. An index of important figures in Ancient Rome can be found in List of ancient Romans. The topics in this list cover... Ancient Rome, he was a notoriously vicious ruler, but he relaxed the persecution of Christians further. Apollonius converted to Christianity some time around the last years of Aurelius, and some time around Events Births April 4 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (+ 217) Deaths Categories: 186 ... 186 one of Apollonius's slaves, a man named Severus, formally accused his master of being Christian (and therefore of denying the emporer cult of Rome). Severus himself was executed, under a law of Aurelius's that stipulated that anyone accusing another of being a Christian must himself be put to death. However, Christianity was still illegal, and Apollonius was arrested. Commondus referred his case to the The Roman Senate (Lat., Senatus) was a deliberative body which was important in the government of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. The word Senatus is derived from the Latin word senex (old man or elder); literally, Senate is understood to mean something along the lines of council... Senate of Rome for settlement, and Apollonius composed an eloquent apology for the senators, saying,

". . . if it were a delusion (as you assert) which tells us that the soul is immortal, and that there is a judgment after death and a reward of virtue at the resurrection, and that God is the Judge, we would gladly be carried away by such a lie as that, which has taught us to lead good lives awaiting the hope of the future even while suffering adversities."

The apology made no difference in the end, however, and Apollonius was beheaded around the year 186.

His The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. This calendar system, when combined with major church festivals and movable... feast day in the The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. Members generally prefer the term Catholic Church, but this term has multiple meanings (see Catholicism); the term Roman Catholic Church is used in this article to avoid... Roman Catholic Church is April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). There are 257 days remaining. Events 1025 - Bolesław I Chrobry is crowned as the first king of Poland. 1042 - Michael V attempts to remain sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire by... April 18.