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    1. Christianity became popular because Jesus' teachings emphasized love and salvation, and his resurrection was seen as a sign he was the Messiah. 2. Some Roman officials saw Christianity as a potential threat and arrested or killed Christians who refused to worship Roman gods, fearing it could cause unrest, until Constantine legalized Christianity in the 300s CE. 3. Both reasons contributed to the rise and challenges of early Christianity in the Roman Empire. Jesus' message appealed to many people, while some Romans viewed the new faith as politically subversive.

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    1. Christianity became popular because Jesus' teachings emphasized love and salvation, and his resurrection was seen as a sign he was the Messiah. 2. Some Roman officials saw Christianity as a potential threat and arrested or killed Christians who refused to worship Roman gods, fearing it could cause unrest, until Constantine legalized Christianity in the 300s CE. 3. Both reasons contributed to the rise and challenges of early Christianity in the Roman Empire. Jesus' message appealed to many people, while some Romans viewed the new faith as politically subversive.

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    1. Christianity became popular because Jesus' teachings emphasized love and salvation, and his resurrection was seen as a sign he was the Messiah. 2. Some Roman officials saw Christianity as a potential threat and arrested or killed Christians who refused to worship Roman gods, fearing it could cause unrest, until Constantine legalized Christianity in the 300s CE. 3. Both reasons contributed to the rise and challenges of early Christianity in the Roman Empire. Jesus' message appealed to many people, while some Romans viewed the new faith as politically subversive.

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    7 April 2016

    Goal – Basic beliefs of Christianity

    Bellringer – What was the Exodus? Explain all that you know.
    ◦ People, places, times & events – along with why they are important
    – see if you can apply it to today.

    A New Religion in Rome

    HW : Read Section 11.2 – you will have a quiz on this


    Thursday!
    16 April 2015
    Bellringer – How did the Romans deal with religion – in
    regards to different lands/cultures they conquered? Why?
    Finish up Christianity in Rome Notes
    Rise of Christianity
    ◦Why did it spread?
    ◦Why was it seen as a threat?
    HW : Read Section 11.3 & do guided questions (we will
    discuss these tomorrow – so you need to have them done!)
    7 April 2016
    Bellringer – Use your notes to answer these questions
    1. What is Monotheism?
    2. What is the name of the Hebrew’s religion?
    3. Who was Abraham? Who is Moses?
    4. What is the Exodus?
    5. What is Canaan?
    6. What is the most sacred text in Judaism?
    Basic Beliefs of Christianity
    HW : Christianity and Judaism Quiz Monday
    The Beliefs of Christianity
    PowerPoint Notes
    Section 11.2
    You are a Roman soldier stationed in one of
    the empire’s provinces. You are proud that
    you’ve helped bring Roman culture to this
    place far from the city of Rome. But one
    group of local people refuses to take part in
    official Roman holidays and rituals, saying it
    is against their religious beliefs. Other than
    that, they seem peaceful. Even so, some
    soldiers think this group is dangerous.
    What will you do about this group?

    If you were there…


    As the Roman Empire expanded, ti came
    to include many people who spoke many
    different languages and followed many
    different religions. While Roman officials
    were generally tolerant of local religions
    and cultures, they did not allow anything
    —like the religion mentioned before—that
    might threaten their authority

    Building Background
    The Romans did not insist on imposing their
    beliefs on others.
    Roman would often adopt the gods of other
    cultures they conquered.
    In order to avoid offending any god, the Romans
    prayed to a wide variety of gods and
    goddesses.
    The Romans would only ban a religion when
    they thought that it would become a political
    problem.

    Religious Tolerance and Conflict


    Clashes with the Jews
    Clashes with Judaism-
    ◦ Since the Jews refused to worship any god but their
    own, some Romans thought the Jews insulted Rome’s
    gods by not praying to them.
    ◦ Also did not believe that the emperor was “part god”
    ◦ Still, the Romans did not attempt to ban Judaism.
    The Jews caused “trouble” by rebelling against
    Roman rule. The Jews were never successful.
    Rebellion in Judea AD 66-70
    Emperor Hadrian banned Judaism from being
    practiced in the Empire. Jews revolted, lost, and
    were forced out of the city of Jerusalem.
    Christianity-The religion based on the life and
    teachings of Jesus Christ.
    Jesus was considered to be the Messiah or
    “God’s Anointed One” by the Christians.
    Note – Later the Birth of Jesus will mark the
    switch from BC (Before Christ) to AD (anno
    Domini)
    By the age of 30 Jesus had started to travel and
    teach about religion.
    A New
    He Religion
    emphasized – love God and other people.
    And the teaching of salvation (recuse from sin)
    The stories of his actions are written in the
    New Testament in the Christian Bible.
    Jesus’ teaching challenged the authority of
    political and religious leaders.
    According to the Bible, Jesus was arrested
    around the year AD 30.
    Shortly after his arrest, Jesus was executed
    by crucifixion. It is the type of execution
    which a person was nailed to a cross.

    Jesus of Nazareth
    Resurrection
    According to Christian beliefs, Jesus rose from the
    dead three days after he was crucified. This rise
    from the dead is known as the Resurrection in
    Christianity. (According to the History Textbook)
    After the Resurrection, Jesus’ Apostles (12 disciples
    whom Jesus chose to receive special training)
    traveled widely telling about Jesus and his
    teachings.
    They also wrote about his life and teachings –
    which can be found in the New Testament (The
    Gospels – Mathew, Mark , Luke & John)
    At first Christianity was spread only among Jews.
    Messiah
    According to the World History
    Textbook, Early Christians believe that
    the Resurrection was a sign that Jesus
    was the messiah and son of God
    Some people began to call him Jesus
    Christ, from the Greek words for
    Messiah, christos
    ◦ It is from this word that the words
    Christian and Christianity later
    developed
    Prophet vs. Messiah?
    Christianity
    Within a hundred years of Jesus’ death, there
    were thousands of Christians in the Roman
    Empire.
    Some officials arrested and killed Christians
    who refused to worship Rome’s gods – some
    feared Christians would cause unrest, so they
    banned Christianity.
    Christianity became a “problem” and was
    persecuted until Emperor Constantine became
    Christian himself….in the early 300s CE.
    A later Emperor declared Christianity Rome’s
    official religion.
    Symbolism
    We do not know whether the story is true but we do know that
    the fish's first known use as a Christian religious symbol was
    sometime within the first three centuries AD. Possibly around the
    16th century Christians began using the Greek word ichthys for
    "fish". Ichthys is the most commonly used word in the New
    Testament for fish. Ichthys consists of five letters from the Greek
    alphabet: I-ch-th-y-s. When these five letters are used as initials
    for five words, we obtain this Christian Declaration: Iesous
    Christos Theou Yios Soter. This is an acrostic for 'Jesus Christ,
    I Iota God's Son,
    the first Savior.'
    letter in the Greek word Iesous Jesus
    . letter in the Greek word
    the first
    X Chi IXQUS ----- Ichthys ----- Jesus Christ,
    ..----- Christ
    Christos
    God's Son, Savior
    Q Theta the first letter in the Greek word Theos Of God
    the first letter in the Greek word Yios
    U Upsilon Son
    (Huois)
    Greek
    S Sigma the first letter in the Greek word Soter Savior
    Iesous Christos Theos Yios Soter
    meaning
    English
    transliter Jesus Christ Of God Son Savior
    ation ...
    1. A reason why
    Christianity became
    popular
    2. Viewed as a threat to
    the Roman Empire
    3. Both

    1, 2, or 3?

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