Flashcards
Origins of Christianity
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- 1Where is Rome?Italy
- 2A priest that supervised several local churches.Bishop
- 3Where was Jesus born?Bethlehem in Judea
- 4Where was Jesus raised?Nazareth in northern Palestine
- 5Why was Jesus sentenced to be crucified?The chief priests of the Jews accused him of blasphemy and the Roman governor accused him of defying the authority of Rome
- 6What did Jesus teach?Ideas from the Jewish tradition as well as the idea that God would establish an eternal kingdom for people who repented their sins.
- 7Jesus's 12 disciplesapostles
- 8The Messiah of ChristianityJesus
- 9Why was Jesus's message so popular?It ignored wealth and class, appealed to the poor.
- 10The apostle that wrote influential letters to Christians called EpistlesPaul
- 11The dispersal of the Jews after they made a second attempt to break free of the RomansDiaspora
- 12Why were Christians initially a problem for Roman rulers?They refused to worship Roman gods which was seen as an opposition to Roman rule.
- 13The first bishop and popeapostle Peter
- 14Head of the Christian Churchthe Pope
- 15The bishop of Rome wasthe Pope, because Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire
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