Christianity

Question 1

How popular is Christianity (e.g. 1st, 2nd) ?

Answer 1

It is the most popular religion worldwide, so 1st

Question 2

How many Christian followers are there?

Answer 2

2.2 billion (31% of population)

Question 3

Whose teachings is Christianity based on?

Answer 3

Jesus’

Question 4

When was Christianity developed?

Answer 4

1st century CE

Question 5

How many gods do Christians believe in?

Answer 5

One

Question 6

What do Christians believe regarding Jesus and his relationship with God?

Answer 6

That Jesus is the Son of God

Question 7

What is believed in terms of Jesus and the Messiah?

Answer 7

Jesus was the Messiah

Question 8

What is the trinity?

Answer 8

God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit / Ghost

Question 9

What is the Christian Holy Book?

Answer 9

The Bible

Question 10

The Old Testament is also sacred to which other two religions, besides Christianity?

Answer 10

Judaism and Islam

Question 11

Where do Christians worship?

Answer 11

Church

Question 12

Who leads church services?

Answer 12

Pastors, priests, or reverends

Question 13

What religion did Jesus grow up in?

Answer 13

Judaism

Question 14

Who developed ideas of monotheism and the covenant?

Answer 14

Hebrews

Question 15

What group of people crucified Jesus?

Answer 15

The Romans

Question 16

Who was the Roman Emperor when Jesus was born?

Answer 16

Augustus

Question 17

Who was considered the “Son of God” when Jesus was born?

Answer 17

Augustus

Question 18

What two people both had their faces on coins?

Answer 18

Jesus and Augustus

Question 19

What is a rule about God and his form?

Answer 19

He does not take physical form

Question 20

What was the land of the Israelites called when it was originally under Roman rule?

Answer 20

Judea

Question 21

Who originally controlled Judea?

Answer 21

Herod the Great

Question 22

Who built the Temple?

Answer 22

Herod the Great

Question 23

Who ruled Judea after Jesus had passed?

Answer 23

Herod the Antipater

Question 24

What is a similarity between the two Herods?

Answer 24

The were both oppressive to Jews, as they took orders from Romans

Question 25

What groups of people wanted the Jews to return to older religious traditions?

Answer 25

The Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes, and Zealots

Question 26

What land was Jesus “of”, so to speak?

Answer 26

Nazareth

Question 27

What principles did Jesus preach across Judea

Answer 27

Peace, love and justice

Question 28

Why did the people of Judea immediately believe that Jesus was the Messiah?

Answer 28

In that time, Jews had a long tradition of believing in a savior who would come in their time of need. Jesus seemed to fit the description perfectly

Question 29

What was the first reason that Jesus was popular?

Answer 29

Romans kept making things bad for the Jews, primarily by destroying the Temple and putting them into exile between 66 and 73 CE

Question 30

What was the second reason Jesus was more popular than Augustus?

Answer 30

Saul / Paul of Tarsus

Question 31

What did Paul do that made Christianity different than Judaism?

Answer 31

He made it so that if you wanted to be Christian, you didn’t have to follow Jewish law (e.g. circumision, other laws)

Question 32

How could Paul easily spread the word of Christianity around the Roman Empire?

Answer 32

He was a Roman citizen

Question 33

What is the fish called?

Answer 33

Ichthys

Question 34

What is the fish?

Answer 34

A secret symbol of Christianity

Question 35

What is the acronym of the fish?

Answer 35

Jesus
Christ
God’s
Son
Savior

Question 36

In what region of the world is Christianity most prevalent?

Answer 36

Everywhere