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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
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