back ground info
- religion has always played a large role in roman society
-however the poluthesis system was very impersonal.
Jesus of nazareth
- viewed as the messiah or savior by christians
-born in the town of bethlehem in judea
-baptized by john the baptist
- he took up carentry
-at the age of 30, he then took up ministry
HIstory of jesus
- historical records of the time mention very little about jesus
-main source of information about his main teachings are the gospels
- these gospels were written by his discripes
jesu's death
- jesus was growing in popularity and this concerned roman and jewish leaders
- a governor of rome named rontius pilate accused jesus of defying the authority of rome
- he then was crucified on wooden cross
spreading christianity
- after jueses death, the followers of jesus continued to spead his ideas
- depite the large amount of political and religious opposition, the new religion of christianity began to spread.
Paul
- a man who really influenced teh spreading of christianity
- was once a jew, and agaist christainity
- hw was abe to do many of his speeches and travel through out the toamn empire becuase was during the pax romana
chart
christian
- belief that jesus is the messiah
- acceptance of gentiles and jews alike
jewish
- belife that jew are chose people
both
- belief in god
and the ten commandments
pope then the bishops then the priest and the people
Persecution of christians
- the main reason was that they refused to worship roman gods
- as pax romana began to crumble, persecution of the christian increaded
- thousandas were crucified, burned , or killed bu wild animals in the circus arenas.
- other christians and even some non christians regarded persecuted christian as martyrs
martyrs- were people willing to sacrifice tegere live the sake of a belief or a cause
popularity
became a world religion for muliple reasons
- embraced all people
- gave hoope to the powerless
- appealed to thos who were repelled by the axtravagences of imperial rome
- offered oersinal relarionshipd with a loving god
promied eternal life after death
constantine accepting christianity
- constanine was fighting over the leadership of rome
- he then preyed to the christian god, and saw a cross.
- he then ordered the artisans to paint the christian symbol on the shields
- he was successful in battle so began to accept christianity
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