Imperial appropriation of Christianity

Question 1

Trial of Peter and the Apostles

Answer 1

The insistence of Peter and the apostles to obey God rather than any other authority.

Question 2

Ananias and his wife

Answer 2

An example of the communal ethos: no private property, all possessions held in common

Question 3

Pliny’s Letter to Trajan (113 CE)

Answer 3

Pliny sent a letter to emperor Trajan about how he didn’t know how to deal with the Christians. Trajan told him that they shall not be punished or be captured without reason, but that this was allowed on correct circumstances.

Question 4

Calumny about Christians

Answer 4

Anyone who said that they were Christian was obviously not worshiping the emperor. They were believed to form a group that was hightl active at night and that performed numerous deplorable acts.

Question 5

Perpetua and Felicity (203 CE)

Answer 5

Perpetua and Felicity were both arrested for refusing to worship the emperoro an be Christians instead. They were sent to prison and forced to battle against beasts. Even in the thoughest of situations, their worship towards God didn’t falter.

Question 6

The Hijra (662)

Answer 6

The thought that the holy spirit or God is neither male or female.

Question 7

Umma

Answer 7

Arab word for community,

Question 8

Hilm

Answer 8

Meand forbearance and fairness, part of the political norms of the Bedouin Tribal ethos.

Question 9

Banu Qurayza

Answer 9

A Jewish tribe of Medina that had considrable military importance and has large amounts of weaponry.

Question 10

Change in qilba

Answer 10

The change in the direction of prayer from Jerusalem to Mecca