Religious Environment of the Early Christians

Question 1

Second Temple Judaism

Answer 1

designation for the Jewish traditions that flourished between the return of exiles from Babylon and the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple under Persian patronage

Question 2

Roman view of Christians-

Answer 2

• they did not like the christians because they were monotheistic
• romans believed that they were cannibalistic
• romans thought they practiced incest

Question 3

Persecution of Christians-

Answer 3

• christians were heavily persecuted by rome form the year 303 ad-313 ad in The Great Persecution
• lasted 10 years

Question 4

Tacitus-

Answer 4

• Roman historian and politician.

- regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars.

Question 5

Pliny-

Answer 5

• birth of equestrian rank,
• elected a quaestor(governor of ponthus Bithium).
• was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome.
• Pliny’s uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him.

Question 6

St. Perpetua-

Answer 6

• Christian martyrs of the 3rd century.
• Perpetua was a recently married well educated noblewoman,
• 22 years old at the time of her death,
• mother of an infant she was nursing.