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Paul
Paul
Persecution
Trial and Triumph
100

Paul was trained to be a...

Pharisee

100

True or False: Christians accepted Paul into the church easily.

False

100
How many waves of persecution against Christians took place in the Roman Empire?

10

100
This man was a bishop in Smyrna who had been taught by the Apostle John. He was brought to the arena to be questioned by a Roman governor, and he boldly said to the governor, "Hear me plainly, I am a Christian." He was burned in the arena. What was his name?

Polycarp

200
How many missionary journeys taken by Paul are recorded in the Bible?

Three

200

How did Paul minister to churches when he was far away?

He wrote them letters.

200

Who was the emperor who was responsible for the first wave of persecution against Christians in the Roman empire?

Nero

200

This man lived in England. One day, he was kidnapped and taken to Ireland where he was a slave. He escaped slavery and returned to his home, but he felt compassion for the Irish people. He trained at a monastery and then returned to Ireland to be a missionary. What was his name?

Patrick

300

What city was Paul on his way to when Jesus appeared to him?

Damascus

300

On his third missionary journey, a prophet told Paul that if he returned to Jerusalem, something would happen to him. What did the prophet warn would happen?

The prophet told Paul that he would be arrested.

300

Nero blamed the Christians for a tragedy in Rome. What was this tragedy?

Great Fire of Rome

300

This man was raised with a mother who was a Christian and a father who was not a Christian. When he grew up, he turned away from God, and his mother prayed for him. A bishop named Ambrose treated him like a son, and this man came to have faith in God. What was his name and his mother's name?

Augustine and Monica

400

After Paul was in Damascus for three years, he went to Jerusalem. Who did he want to meet there?

Peter
400

When Paul was arrested in Jerusalem, he appealed to Caesar. Why was he able to do this?

Because Paul was a citizen of Rome.

400

State two ways that Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire.

You could have said: They were put in prison, tortured, or had their possessions taken away. 

400

This woman lived in Lyons. She was a Christian who suffered much persecution in the arena. The pagans were amazed at her because she survived so much and looked so at peace while she suffered. What was her name?

Blandina

500

There was a meeting of the leaders in Jerusalem to decide whether new Christians must follow Jewish laws. What was this meeting called?

Jerusalem Council

500

Paul met this Roman emperor in Rome.

Nero

500

Which Roman emperor made Christianity legal?

Constantine the Great

500

This man was a missionary Monk who was sent to the Germanic tribes. He chopped down Donar's Oak, proving that the god Thor was powerless. What was his name?

Boniface