4.4 The rise of Christianity

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This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Last time?

The culture of the empire

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Explain that there was 'religious tolerance' in the Roman empire.

Slide 2 - Open question

Does it belong to the Greeks, Romans or both?

Greeks

Romans

Both

Columns

Arches

Poseidon

Dome

Polytheism

Democracy

Slide 3 - Drag question

4.4 The rise of Christianity

Open your notebook.

Slide 4 - Slide

Succes criteria

You can explain:

How Jews ended up everywhere in the Roman empire
How Christianity formed
How Christianity was spread and followed
How Christianity became the Roman state religion

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Jews in the empire

In 63 B.C. the Romans conquered the territory of the Jews
They made it into a Roman province and called it Judea
The Jews had their own monotheistic religion
After a revolt, the Jews are chased out of Judea by the Romans and spread around the world; Diaspora

Map of the jewish diaspora

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Explain the term 'monotheism'.

Slide 7 - Open question

Drag the pin to Judea

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Jesus

Jesus was a jewish preacher who announced his ideas about the jewish religion
The Romans saw Jesus as criminal because he undermined Roman authority
Because of this he was arrested and crusified
His followers came to see him as the 'Messiah' who died for their sins

In the ancient Jewish books it is written that one day a 'messiah' will come and free the people from their oppressors.

Many people thought that Jesus was that messiah, his followers are called Christians .

Christ = Greek for messiah

Jesus on the cross, which later became a symbol of christianity.

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4.4 The rise of Christianity

Open your notebook.

Slide 10 - Slide

Succes criteria

You can explain:

How Jews ended up everywhere in the Roman empire
How Christianity formed
How Christianity was spread and followed
How Christianity became the Roman state religion

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What kind of faiths are Judaism and Christianity?

Polystheistic

Monotheistic

Slide 12 - Quiz

Write down what you have learned about the life of Jesus.

Slide 13 - Open question

A forbidden religion

Followers of Jesus go out into the world to spread Christianity
More and more people in the Roman Empire convert to Christianity
Many Romans disliked Christians partly because they did not want to worship the state gods
If things were going bad in the empire, the Christians were blamed.
Christians were increasingly persecuted and killed

Christians being persecuted by the Romans.

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Around the year 100, the Roman historian Tacitus wrote:

In 64 there was a big fire: half of Rome burned down.

Soon it was told that Emperor Nero had ordered the fire to be started because he needed space for a new palace.

That is why Nero blamed the Christians. He had them severely punished.

For example, they were given beast skins to be torn apart by wild dogs, or crucified, or killed by fire: at the end of the day they were lit to serve as streetlights.

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Slide 16 - Video

Why were christians persecuted by the Romans?

Slide 17 - Open question

A new state religion

Persecution stopped when Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity
He gave Christians freedom of religion in 313 AD
In 392 AD, Emperor Theodosius made Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire

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