Day 5 classwork

Pg 168-172 notes

• Christianity arose in Roman-occupied Judea and spread throughout the Roman empire
• Roman power spread to Judea, the home of the Jews, around 63 BC
• around 6 to 4 BC a Jew named Jesus was born in Bethlehem
• taught that god would end wickedness in the world
• most of all our information comes from the Gospels about Jesus
• Jesus' growing popularity concerned both Roman and Jewish leaders
• Pilate arrested Jesus and sentenced him to death
• Christos is greek meaning savior or messiah
• followers of Jesus continued to spread his ideas
• Paul had enormous influence on Christianity development
• Paul wrote Epistles to groups of believers
• AD 66 a band of jews rebelled against Rome
• Ad 70 Romans stormed Jerusalem and destroyed the temple complex
• Ad 132 half a million jews died in three years of fighting
• Romans exiled, imprisoned, or executed christians for refusing to worship roam deities
• Christianity grew because it embraced all people, gave hope to the powerless, appealed to those who were repelled by the extravagances of imperial Rome, offered personal relationship with god, and promised eternal life after death
• AD 312 roman emperor Constantine was fighting three rivals for leadership of Rome
• he won
• AD 313 Constantine announced the end of persecution of christians
• church leaders called any belief that appeared to contradict the basic teachings a heresy
•  one of augustines most famous books was The City of God

Terms + Questions

• Jesus-leader who came to be know as christ and was believed to be a savior
• apostle-close follower of Jesus
• Paul- apostle who played a key role in the spread of christianity throughout the empire
• Diaspora- moving away of the jews from their homeland in Palestine
• Constantine-roman emperor who ended the persecution of christians
• bishop- head of all the churches in one area
• peter- first apostle who helped spread christianity through Syria and Palestine
• pope-head of all the christian church

1.    Personal relationships with God, importance of people's love to God, neighbors and enemies. Also, offered eternal life if you repented for your sins

2.    Because they refused to worship the Roman gods

3.    It defined the Church basic beliefs