6.3 Flashcards
Where did Roman power spread and what happened to the Jews
It spread to Judea, then rome took over the Jewish kingdom and made it a province of the empire. Jews believed a savior would free them.
What tells us about Jesus’ life and teachings
The Gospels, the first four books of the new testament of the Christian Bible.
Where was Jesus raised
Village of Nazareth in northern Judea.
Who was Jesus baptized by
A prophet known as John the baptist
At the age of 30 what did Jesus do
Began public ministry. Next three years he preached, taught, and did good works, and reportedly performed miracles.
He taught monotheism, loving others, and the principles of the ten commandments.
Define apostles
One of the followers of Jesus who preached and spread his teachings that were thought to have written some of the Gospels.
Why did christianity grow
Because it appealed to all and ignored social status
How did Jesus die and why
Because his popularity concerned roman leaders. When he visited Jerusalem crowd greeted him as the King. Roman governor pontius pilate accused Jesus of defying authority over Rome and arrested him and crucified him.
Explain Paul’s mission
An apostle paul had enormous influence on christianity’s development.
He never met Jesus and was at first an enemy of Christianity. He had a vision of Christ. Spent rest of life spreading Jesus’ teachings
Define epistles
Letters written that spread Jesus’ teachings
Describe Jewish rebellion
Band of Jews rebelled against rome
The romans stormed Jerusalem and destroyed the temple complex
Half a million Jews killed
Define Diaspora
The dispersal of jews from their homeland because of another rebellion
Why did persecution of Christians occur?
Because christians refused to worship Roman gods.
Christianity grew because of what
Embraced all people
Gave hope to powerless
Appealed to those who were repelled by imperial rome
Offered a personal relationship with loving god
Promised eternal life after death
A critical moment that spread christianity
Constantine accepts christianity because he prayed for help and saw a vision of the cross he then put the symbol of the cross on shields and won the battle.
Christian hierarchy
Bishop: who was also a priest supervised local churches.
Pope: the father or head of the christian church.
Who was Peter
An apostle who travelled to Rome and became the first bishop. Referred to as rock on which the christian church would be built was the first pope.
Define hersey
Any belief that appeared to contradict basic teachings.
Nicene creed
Defined basic beliefs of Christian church,
Who was Augustine and what did he teach
Bishop of the city of Hippo in north africa.
Taught humans needed the grace of God to be saved. Said people could not recieve gods grace if they did not belong to church and received sacraments.
Augustines books;
City of god
