Ancient Rome - Christianity

What type of religion is Christianity?

Monotheistic

Christianity is based around…

The life and teachings of Jesus

Christians believe that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God and the…

Messiah

Who is believed to be the incarnation of God, savior of humanity, a teacher and a model of victorious life?

Jesus

Christians believe that Jesus ascended into Heavan and…

Will return to judge the living and the dead, granting everlasting life to his followers.

Like Judaism and Islam, Christianity is classified as an…

Abrahamic Religion

What is an Abrahamic Religion?

a religion whose followers believe in prophet Abraham

Homeland of the Jews

Judea

Judea was conquered…

by the Roman Empire

The polytheistic beliefs of Rome were…

intrusive to Jewish life

Some Jews accepted…

being conquered and became more Roman like

guerilla means

a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting

Religious Zealot means

a member of an ancient Jewish sect that aimed at a world Jewish theocracy and resisted the Romans

Jewish people who refused to become Roman like became…

Religious Zealots who formed pockets of guerilla resistance against Rome

The Jewish people were waiting on their…

Messiah to free them from Roman rule

Jesus was born in

Bethleham

Jesus was raised in

Nazareth

Jesus was well acquainted with the…

Jewish Law

The main source of Jesus’s life is found in…

the Gospels

The Gospels are

The first four books of the New Testament

What is a Testament?

A division of the Bible

The Gospels are believed to be written by…

The disciples

The disciples were later called…

apostles

Jesus appealed to the

poor

When Jesus visited Jerusalem in…

crowds proclaimed him as the Messiah

Chief Priests of the Jews denied

that Jesus was the savior

Jesus was arrested for his

heretic teachings

what does heretic mean

The crime of going against the church

After Jesus was arrested, he was handed over to…

Pontius Pilate

Who was Pontius Pilate

Roman Govenor

Pilate found……. In Jesus

no fault in Jesus

Fearing revolt, Pilate…

sentenced Jesus to death and he was crucified

In Christian belief, Jesus Physically died but…

rose from the dead three days later

The most important events in Christian Theology were when

Jesus died and was resurrected

Greek for Messiah or Savior

Christos

The first apostle was named

Peter

Peter helped to spread…

The teachings of Jesus

Apostle Paul was also called

Saul

Who traveled throughout the Roman Empire spreading the word of Jesus

Paul

Christianity gave hope to the

powerless

Christianity appealed to those who were

repelled by extravagances

Christianity offered a

personal relationship with God

Christianity promises

eternal life

Jewish people in Judea continued to

revolt against Roman rule

In 70 AD Romans

Destroyed Jerusalem

Romans were fearful of more revolts so they

Spread the Jewish population through the Roman Empire

Diaspora means

spread of Jewish people

Peter and Paul were

Crucified

Nero hated

Christians

Christians refused to worship

the emperor

After Jesus’s death most Romans still worshiped

Pagan

Pagan means

gods and goddesses

Which Emperor converted to Christianity?

Constantine

Emperor Constantine made Christianity

A legal religion

1st Christian Emperor of Rome

Constantine

Loyalty to the church became more important then

loyalty to the emperor

The Church became

the main unifying force of Western Europe

Largest Religion in the world

Christianity