CHAPTER 9 Flashcards
Jewish local places of worship
Synagogues
“Non-Jews”
Gentiles
Term used to describe the conversion of the Gentiles
Proselytes
The “Anointed One” of God
Messiah
Who was the Roman ruler of Palestine during the life of Jesus Christ
Herod the Great
Title for the 12 men that Jesus appointed to carry on his work of preaching and teaching after His death, resurrection, and ascension
Apostles
Who is the true King of the Jews and Savior of all mankind
Jesus Christ
By what year had all the books of the New Testament been written?
A.D. 100
Local assemblies or bodies of believers
Churches
The early Christians’ continuing need for order and direction from God was met through the writing of the …… …… Scriptures
New Testament
Word meaning “witness” in Greek
Martyrs
Person that declared: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”
Tertullian
What year was the first major persecution by the Romans?
A.D. 64
Who was beheaded by Nero at Rome during the persecution
The apostle Paul
Who asked to be crucified upside down?
Apostle Peter
How did the second great persecution start?
When Domitian demanded to be worshipped
Who did Domitian exile to the Isle of Patmos?
Apostle John
What prophetic visions did Apostle John receive and record when he was in the Isle of Patmos
Book of the Revelation
Vast galleries beneath the city of Rome
Catacombs
Under who did the third Christian persecution come under?
trajan