Lesson 1: Early Christianity
Ruled Judah even after Rome had taken control.
What are Jewish Kings?
Helped Christianity spread throughout the Roman empire.
What are well-constructed roads and the common languages of Latin and Greek?
The Byzantines believed that ____ was god's representative on Earth.
Who is the emporer?
How Jewish people reacted to Roman rule.
What is disagreement?
Jesus was ___ 3 days after being crucified.
What is resurrected, the act of rising from the dead?
Ruled Judaea after it was made a Roman province.
What is a procurator?
The reason that Romans believed Christians were becoming dangerous to the empire.
What is they believed that the Emporer should be worshipped like a god?
_____ was the leading defender of icons.
Who is John of Damascus?
The effects of the Zealot rebellion against Roman rule.
What is the temple in Jerusalem being destroyed and thousands of Jews being killed?
Early Christian leaders who spread the message of Jesus.
What are apostles?
Rebelled against the Romans in A.D. 66.
What are Zealots?
This emporer made a failed attempt to persecute Christians.
Who is Diocletian?
This Byzantinian emporer gave the order to remove icons from churches.
Who is Leo III?
How Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan reinforced his teachings.
What is reinforcing the teaching of loving thy neighbor?
Stories about things that listeners could understand.
What are Parables?
On a southeastern mountaintop.
What is Masada?
This emporer had a dream that if he painted the cross on his soldiers' shields, he would win.
Who is Constantine?
This disagreement caused the schism between the two churches of Rome.
What is disagreement between the true head of all Christian churches?
How early Christianity was able to attract many followers while under threat of persecution.
What is providing comfort to people during difficult times?
People who would rather die than give up their beliefs.
What are martyrs?
Simple rules to live by.
What are The Beatitudes?
This emporer made Christianity the main religion of Rome.
Who is Theodosius?
This Germanic tribe supported the pope as head of the Christian church.
Who are the Franks?
How the dispute over the use of icons reflected a larger issue in the early Christian church.
What is revealing a split between people who disapproved of icons and people who supported icons.
People who would remove icons from churches.
What are iconoclasts?