Cristianity
Background
- Religion always played a large part in Roman Society
- However, the Polytheistic system was very impersonal
- So...... as the empire grew so did the new religion cristianity
Jesus fo Nazareth
- Viewed as the Messiah or savior by Cristians
- Born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea
- Baptized by John the Baptized
- He toop up carpentry
- At the age of 30, he then too up ministry
- For the next 3 years he preacehd, taught, did good workds, and reporttedly performed miracles
History of Jesus
- Historical recods of the time metion very littel about Jesus
- Main source of information abaout his main teachings are the Gospels
- These gospels were written by his disciples or pupils called the apostles.
Jesus Death
- Jesus was growing in popularity and this concerned Roman and Jewish leaders
- A governer of Rome named Pontius Pliate accused Jesus of defying the authority of rome
- he then was crucified on a wooden cross
Spreading of Cristianity
- After Jesus's death, the followers of jesus continued to spread his ideas
- despite the large amount of political and religious opposition, the new religion of y began to spread
Paul
- a man who really influenced the spreading of Cristianity
- was once a Jew, and against Cristianity
- He was able to do many things with his speeches, and travel throughout the Roman Empire be it was during the Pax Romana( roman Peace time)
Charts
Cristian
- Belief that Jesus is the Messiah
- Acceptance of Gentiles and Jews alike
Jewish
- Belief that Jews are the chosen people Adherence to Jewish law
- Both belief in god
- Both belief in the ten commandments
Organization chart
Pope
Bishopes Bishops Bishops
Priest Priest Priest
The people the people the people
Persecution of Cristians- were p
- The main reasons was that they refused to worship Roman gods
- As Pax Romana begam to crumble, persecutaion of the Cristians increased
- Thousands were crucified, burned, or killed by wild animals in circus arenas
- Other Cristians and even some Non- cristians regarded persecuted Cristians as Martyrs
- Martyrs- were people are willin g to sacrife his or her life for the sake of a belief of cause
Popularity
- Became a world religion for multiple reasons
- Embraced all people
- gave hope to the powerless
- appealed to those who were repelled by the extravagances of Imperial Rome
- Offered personal relationship with a loving god
- Promised eternal life after death
Constantine Accepting Christianity
- Constantine was fighting over the leadership of Rome
- He then prayed to the Christian God, and saw a cross
- He then ordered the artisans to paint the Christians symbol on the shields
- He was a successful in battle so he began to accept Christianity
Research
Attila the Hun
one paragraph of basic information
who would you rather have as your leader Attila the Hun or Alexander the Great
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