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The Rise of Christianity

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  • What was the Diaspora?
    This dispersal of the Jews from Judea.
  • What is the importance of the Edict of Milan?
    Constantine declared Christianity to be one of the religions approved.
  • Who wrote the Nicene Creed?
    Church leaders to Nicaea in Anatolia.
  • Why did Constantine The Great adopted Christianity?
    He said he had a vision and won an important battle.
  • Was Jesus a jew?
    yes, he was. He and his family.
  • What made so attractive Jesus teachings?
    Jesus ignored wealth and status, his message had special appeal to the poor.
  • Why was Jesus sentenced to be crucified?
    Jesus was accused of defying the authority of Rome.
  • What are the Gospels?
    The first four books of the New Testament of the Bible.
  • What did Jesus focus his teachings on?
    He stressed the importance of people’s love for God, their neighbors even their enemies
  • Who was Saul?
    A jew who hated and persecuted Christians when he converted he changed his name into Paul.
  • Why were Christian were considered scapegoats by Roman emperors?
    Because Christians refused to worship Roman deities.
  • Which is the holiest Jewish shrine today?
    A western portion of the wall of the Second Temple of Jerusalem.
  • What does the Greek word Christos mean?
    “Messiah” or “Savior”
  • Whow were Jesus's disciples or pupils called?
    Apostles
  • Why did Jewish people revolt against Romans?
    They thought the Messiah had arrived. (a savior or liberator)
  • What does pope mean in Latin?
    Father
  • What is the importance of the Nicene Creed?
    It defined the basic beliefs of the Church.
  • What was the mos important difference between Christianianity and the Roman religion?
    Christianity has a more personal relationship between God and people
  • Who were called gentile?
    Non-Jew
  • Who made Christianity the empire’s official religion?
    The Emperor Theodosius in 380.
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