t1 chrisitianity continued

T1 today
program:
  • Quick recap of last lesson
  • Explanation + quiz questions
  • Short movie about emperor constantine
goal:
You should be able to explain how Christianity became the offical religion of the Roman empire
You should know the following words:
-persecution, civil wartoleration,  to legalize, state-religion

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This lesson contains 22 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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T1 today
program:
  • Quick recap of last lesson
  • Explanation + quiz questions
  • Short movie about emperor constantine
goal:
You should be able to explain how Christianity became the offical religion of the Roman empire
You should know the following words:
-persecution, civil wartoleration,  to legalize, state-religion

Slide 1 - Slide

What did this have to do with Jezus?
A
Jezus was born at christmas under a pine tree
B
Jezus was a carpenter (timmerman) so heliked trees
C
Nothing
D
There were a lot of tehse trees were Jezus lived

Slide 2 - Quiz

Why did this make the christians more populair
A
People felt sorry for the christians
B
It gave the christians a lot of publicity (reclame)
C
It made the christians look brave

Slide 3 - Quiz

A religion with only 1 god is called
A
polytheistic
B
judaic
C
monotheistic
D
islamic

Slide 4 - Quiz

What was not a reason christianity quickly got bigger?
A
good roads in the empire
B
lots of trade in the empire
C
the idea of heaven was populair
D
It was the only mono-theistisc religion

Slide 5 - Quiz

Give me 4 reasosn christianity got populair.

Slide 6 - Open question

How do we get from this

Slide 7 - Slide

and this

Slide 8 - Slide

To this

Slide 9 - Slide

note 3.6
  • The Romans used to hate and persecute  Christians
  • To persecute - to punish someone for their beliefs
  • This persecution didn't really work, christianity grew bigger and bigger
  • At the same time there are a lot of problems inside the Roman empire --> lots of civil war
  • Civil war = a war between people of the same country (burgeroorlog

Slide 10 - Slide

Slide 11 - Slide

Slide 12 - Slide

  • Around 300 AD there are 4 people who want to be emperor who are fighting each other
  • 1 of them is called constantine . 
  • Constantine is the boss in the west, but wants to control the whole empire
  • He knows that there are lots of christians and he wants them to help him fight.

Slide 13 - Slide

Think about how the roman emperors treated the christians. What could Constantine promise the church to get their help?

Slide 14 - Open question

  • Constantine promises to legalize christianity
  • To legalize - to make it allowed/stop punishing it
  • In return the christians help him win his wars.
  • In 312 the roman emperor starts tolerating christianity

Slide 15 - Slide

the battle of milvian bridge
Constantine wants a more spectacular story.
The following video is his story of why he was nice to christians
watch the clip and try to answer the following questions:

-What does he say happened before the battle?
-what does the symbol on the picture mean?
-do you think christians liked his story? why/why not?

Slide 16 - Slide

Slide 17 - Video

what did constantine say happened before the battle?

Slide 18 - Open question

What does this sign mean?

Slide 19 - Open question

Do you think the christians liked this story?
A
yes
B
no

Slide 20 - Quiz

Slide 21 - Slide

In hoc signo vinces --> under this sign you will win

Slide 22 - Slide