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AWH C6 S3
Advanced World History Chapter 6 Section 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What attracted Roman's to Christianity? | personal relationship with God |
| What were the Jews of Judea looking for to free them from the Roman empire? | A messiah |
| 12 men that were Jesus's disciples or pupils and wrote the Gospels | Apostles |
| Roman governor that sentenced Jesus to be crucified | Pontius Pilate |
| A greek word meaning messiah or savior | Christo |
| Apostle of Christ that had a huge impact on the spread of Christianity | Paul |
| What made Christianity easy to spread? | Pax Romana and common languages |
| Paul's letters to believers were called | Epistles |
| What was the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland called? | Diaspora |
| What actions did Jews take against Romans regarding occupation of Jerusalem? | 2 Jewish rebellions |
| Roman rulers opposed Christians because they refused to do what? | worship Roman gods |
| Romans used Christians as scapegoats for their troubles, and this lead to the Christians being | persecuted |
| 1. embraced all people 2. gave hope to powerless 3. appealed to those repelled by Rome's extravagance 4. personal relationship with loving God 5. eternal life after death | reasons Christianity grew |
| first Roman emperor to accept Christianity and end Christian persecution | Constantine |
| Roman emperor that made Christianity the empire's official religion | Theodosius |
| A group of persons organized in order or ranks | hierarchy |
| A priset who supervised several local churches | bishop |
| Person all priests and bishops traced their authority to, Jesus called "rock" of CHristian Church | Peter |
| Later bishops said Peter was the first of these | Pope (s) |
| Christians called the Hebrew Bible what? | The Old Testament |
| Church leaders established a standard of belief including Paul's Epistles called | New Testament |
| Church leaders gathered by Constantine to define Christian beliefs wrote this | Nicene Creed |
| "Father of the church" who wrote THE CITY OF GOD | Augustine |