19.The first religions were Polytheistic which believed in many gods.
20. Monotheism was the belief in One god and it was started by the Hebrews with the religion Judaism which was the world’s first major monotheistic religion and influenced the later monotheistic religions of Christianity and Islam.
21.Today’s major monotheistic religions are Judaism, Christianity and Islam and they all expect Moral Behavior from their followers.
Judaism guided notes
22. Abraham is the founder of Judaism and the father of the hebrews/Jews.
23.Judaism was founded in Canaan and the Jewish sacred book is the Torah.
24.Judaism was the first monotheism religion with the belief in just One god.
25.The Hebrews/Jews believed their relationship with their god was based on a covenant by which he would protect them if they solely worshiped and obeyed him.
Christianity guided notes
26.Christianity’s founder is ____Jesus___, it started in the Roman province of ___Judaea__, and its sacred book is the ____Bible_____.
27.Before he started Christianity, Jesus was born __Jewish___.
28.After Jesus died, _____st. paul___ and other missionaries spread Christianity throughout the ___Roman Empire______ using the Roman road system.
29.The Romans at first _____persecuted______Christians for rejecting the Roman gods and for refusing to worship the Roman emperors.
30.The 1st Christian Roman Emperor was __Constantine____ who ended the Roman persecution of the Christians by making Christianity an approved Roman religion. Later, Emperor ____Theodosius____ made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Monotheism + Judaism guided notes
19.The first religions were Polytheistic which believed in many gods.
20. Monotheism was the belief in One god and it was started by the Hebrews with the religion Judaism which was the world’s first major monotheistic religion and influenced the later monotheistic religions of Christianity and Islam.
21.Today’s major monotheistic religions are Judaism, Christianity and Islam and they all expect Moral Behavior from their followers.
Judaism guided notes
22. Abraham is the founder of Judaism and the father of the hebrews/Jews.
23.Judaism was founded in Canaan and the Jewish sacred book is the Torah.
24.Judaism was the first monotheism religion with the belief in just One god.
25.The Hebrews/Jews believed their relationship with their god was based on a covenant by which he would protect them if they solely worshiped and obeyed him.
Christianity guided notes
26.Christianity’s founder is ____Jesus___, it started in the Roman province of ___Judaea__, and its sacred book is the ____Bible_____.
27.Before he started Christianity, Jesus was born __Jewish___.
28.After Jesus died, _____st. paul___ and other missionaries spread Christianity throughout the ___Roman Empire______ using the Roman road system.
29.The Romans at first _____persecuted______Christians for rejecting the Roman gods and for refusing to worship the Roman emperors.
30.The 1st Christian Roman Emperor was __Constantine____ who ended the Roman persecution of the Christians by making Christianity an approved Roman religion. Later, Emperor ____Theodosius____ made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.