Lesson 1
Christians belived is one god this is called _______.
monotheism
The _____ was the head of the Roman Catholic church.
Pope
In the A.D. 400 ________ brought Christianity to Ireland.
Patrick
____ is a story with a message.
parable
A Jew named _____ grew up in a small town called Nazareth.
Jesus
The teachings of Jesus are summarized in _________.
The Sermon on the Mount
As the number of Christians grew, some Romans believed that they were ______.
dangerous
Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire formed religious communities called ________.
monasteries
______ refers to different levels of athority.
heirarchy
Jesus's followers spoke of times in which he healed the sick and performed other _____.
miracles
One group of Jews believed that they should fight the Romans for their freedom were called _____.
Zealots
Christianity gave people the hope that even if life on Earth was bad there was the promise of a better _________.
afterlife
_____ were one of the issues that divided the Eastern and Western Christian churches.
Icons
_____ means to declare that someone is no longer a part of the Christain church.
excommunicate
Romans expected everyone to treat the ___ as a god.
emporer
The Romans charged Jesus with _______.
treason or disloyalty to the government
_________ became a strong supporter of Christianity
Constantine
The emperor of the ________ empire and the officials of the Eastern Orthodox Church worked closely together.
Byzantine
____ refers to the split between the two churches.
schism
Christians buried their dead outside _______ or underground burial places
catacombs
The word Christ comes from Christos, which is a Greek term that means "_________."
the anointed one
In A.D. ____ Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of Rome.
392
______ teach their religion to those who aren't followers.
Missionaries
____ is a person who will die for their belifes.
martyr
By A.D. 300 individual churches were headed by _______ called priests.
clergy