4.4 The rise of Christianity- III

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H4 The Romans

4.4- The rise of Christianity

Answers the learning goals:

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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The Victory of Christianity

• The persecutions ceased when Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity

• He gave Christians freedom of religion in 313

• In 392, Emperor Theodosius made Christianity the state religion
  
  

• Temples were destroyed or converted into churches
  

• Each Roman province was headed by a bishop
  

• The bishop op Rome became the Pope, the leader of the Church
  

• Even today, the Pope is still the leader of the Roman Catholic Church

Do you have any questions about the rise of Christianity?

Jesus was crucified because he

1. criticized the Romans
2. criticized the religious leaders of the Jews
3. criticized the religious leaders of the Jews and was seen as a nuisance by the Romans
4. criticized the religious leaders of the Jews and the Roman emperor

Jezus had voor zover wij weten geen directe kritiek op de Romeinse keizer. Ook had hij de bijnaam 'koning der joden' niet zelf bedacht. Dat was door zijn volgelingen, die in hem de Messias zagen, gedaan. Pas na de dood van Jezus is bekend dat christenen weigerden om de keizer als god te vereren.

Due to the persecution of Christians in the third century AD, there were fewer and fewer Christians

1. True
2. Not true

Which emperor persecuted the Christians?

1. Constantine
2. Theodosius
3. Nero
4. Augustus

The first Roman emperor to become Christian was

1. Theodosius
2. Augustus
3. Nero
4. Constantine

When Christianity became the state religion in 392, it meant

1. that from then on Christians could only pray standing and not sitting
2. that Christianity became the only permitted religion in the Roman Empire
3. that the Roman gods should be worshiped together with the god of the Christians
4. dat de Olympische Spelen nu in naam van God in plaats van Jupiter (Zeus) werden gehouden