Rome Day 5

The Rise of Christianity
Questions P.172

1.
Jesus - Born around 6 to 4 B.C., a Jew raised in the town of Nazareth. Began public ministry at age 30. For the next 3 years, Jesus would preach, teach, do good works, and preform miracles. His teachings were close to that of Judaism but would eventually come to create their own religion, Christianity.
Apostles - 12 men who were Jesus' closest disciples. Most would carry on his ministry after his death.
Paul - Jew who originally was an enemy to Christianity, would later convert after having a vision on a road to Damascus. Spent the rest of his life spreading and interpreting Jesus' teachings. Would become an important part to the early church by spreading the word to lands far and wide.
Diaspora - Dispersal of the Jews from their homeland.
Constantine - Roman Emperor who made Christianity an allowed religion in Empire after having a vision which caused him to win a battle after he was praying.
Bishop - Also a priest but supervised several local churches.
Peter - Apostle of Jesus who traveled to Rome from Jerusalem and became the first bishop there. According to scripture, Jesus referred to Peter as the "rock" on which the Christian church would be built upon. As a result, all priests and bishops trace their authority to him.
Pope - Father or head of the Christian Church. Pope is would have been who the bishop of Rome was.

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Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Along with Give to everyone who asks you for something, and when someone takes what is yours, do not ask for it back. Do for others just what you want them to do for you. Jesus emphasized that we should not fight back, but rather pray for these people, and that one day, we will inherit the Earth.

4.
The reason why Christians faced persecution from Rome is because they refused to worship Roman gods, which was seen as opposition to Roman rule.

5.
The importance of the Nicene creed is that it established a borderline for Christian belief and made the religion more universal by setting and making clear Christian beliefs. Prior, there was no set belief system which confused Christians.