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CHAPTER 9, THE GLORY OF ANCIENT ROME

SECTION 2-CHRISTIANITY AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE

  1. The Rise of Christianity
  2. Jesus founded ______.
  3. The empire included many lands with different ______, customs, and ______; the ______were tolerant of these people and let them have their own ______.
  1. Unrest in Judaea
  2. The Romans conquered the Jewish homeland of ______in 63 B.C.
  3. At first they respected the ______rights to worship their god, but many Jews resented ______rule.
  4. Some believed that a ______, or ______would come to bring justice and ______to the land.
  5. In 37 B.C., the ______senate appointed a new ruler of Judaea named ______.
  6. After Jesus’ death, His ______, or ______told stories about His life and teachings.
  7. Four stories of Jesus’ life were written from oral traditions by 4 ______, 1) ______

2) ______3) ______and 4) ______.

These writings are called ______, or ______.

  1. Christian Beliefs
  2. Jesus began teaching when He was ____ years old, as He traveled from place to place.
  3. Like all Jewish teachers, He taught that there was only one true ______.
  4. These teachings became known as ______, which taught that God was ______and forgiving.
  5. He said that people must love God with all their ______, and that all people had a responsibility to love their ______as they love themselves.
  6. Jesus promised that people who followed His teachings would have ______.
  7. His followers believed that He was their ______.
  8. Fears About Christianity
  9. Jesus’ teachings alarmed many people; some complained to the ______that Jesus was teaching that God was ______.
  10. The Romans feared that that Jesus would lead an ______revolt against the ______; so the Roman ______condemned Jesus to ______.
  11. Jesus was ______, or ______.
  12. According to the Gospels, Jesus rose from ______and ______to his disciples, telling them to spread His ______.
  1. Christianity Spreads
  2. The Greek equivalent for messiah was ______.
  3. Since many people of Jesus’ time spoke ______, He became known as ______.
  4. After His death, Jesus’ followers, called ______, spread the new religion from ______across the empire and finally to ______itself.
  1. The Letters of Paul
  2. Saul, one of Jesus’ most devoted followers had a vision that Jesus spoke to him, so he changed his name to ______, whom carried Christianity to cities around the ______spreading Jesus’ teachings.
  3. Paul’s ______helped turn the Christian faith into an organized ______.
  4. Paul wrote many ______, or ______, to Christian groups in distant cities; some epistles later became part of the ______.
  1. Christianity Moves to the Cities
  2. Others also helped spread ______beliefs throughout the Roman Empire gaining many followers; ______city dwellers welcomed the message of Christianity as ______.
  3. These early Christians used the word ______for anyone who did not share their beliefs.
  4. Ways of Worship
  5. They ______and sang, read from ______or from one of ______letters, someone ______the readings.
  6. Christians set aside ______, the day they believed Jesus had ______, as their day of worship.
  7. Jesus instructed Christians to practice 2 rites, or ______
  8. ______, a believer is dipped in water to wash away their sin
  9. ______, sharing bread and wine in a sacred meal called the Eucharist.
  1. Rome Reacts
  2. The fast growing religion alarmed the ______.
  3. Christians refused to worship the Roman ______and did not show the ______the respect that was required.
  4. Some cities even turned away from their responsibilities, such as working in the ______.
  5. Many Roman officials began to view Christians as ______of the state.
  1. Rome Burns
  2. Under the emperor ______, the first official campaign against the Christians began.
  3. One night a fire started in some shops in ______; the fires spread and burned for ______days.
  4. ______blamed the ______and ordered their ______, who were sent to death.
  5. Some were forced to fight ______, others were soaked with ______and ______, others were ______, and ______was imprisoned for ___ years and then killed.
  6. Treatment of Christians
  7. The ______persecuted Christians at various times for another ______years.
  8. Persecute: ______
  9. During the years, the Roman Empire began to ______power, so to explain the decline, the Romans looked for ______to blame, and they found them among the ______of the new religion, ______.
  10. In the Roman world it became a ______to be a Christian; the punishment was ______.
  11. The Appeal of Christianity
  12. Despite the ______of its followers, Christianity continued to ______throughout the Roman Empire.
  13. The help that Christian communities gave to widows, ______, and the poor drew people to the new religion.
  14. Its messages of ______and ______, and a better life after death appealed to many.
  15. The figure of ______also attracted followers
  16. He was not a ______from myth.
  17. He was a ______who lived among the people.
  18. The writings of the ______helped spread his teachings.
  19. The Gospels were written in an easy way for people to understand and in a language they used.
  20. ______outlawed Christian services, imprisoned Christian ______, and put many believers to death, but it only accomplished the ______of what Diocletian wanted.
  21. Many Romans ______the Christians and saw them as ______and heroes.
  22. Martyrs: ______
  23. By A.D. 300, about ______Romans had accepted the Christian faith.