The Rise of Christianity Jesus Attracts Followers Causes

Jesus Attracts Followers Causes: • Word spread that he had performed healing miracles Effects:

Christianity Spreads Causes: • Paul spreads the teaching of Jesus to Jews & non-Jews

Church Gains Power Causes: Effects: • Clergy, such as bishops, gained power w/ in

Ch 1 sec 4 Review Questions Principles of Christianity

1. Peter was an ____, close follower of Jesus. 2. Rome had a long

8. Why did the Romans persecute/harass early Christians? 9. An achievement of Thomas Aquinas

1. Apostle 2. Tolerance 3. Paul 4. Clergy 5. Messiah 6. Jesus interpreted Jewish

10. Galilee & Judea or Palestine or Middle East 11. The Jewish & Christian

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The Rise of Christianity

Jesus Attracts Followers Causes: • Word spread that he had performed healing miracles Effects: • Chief Jewish priests see Jesus as a troublemaker • Many people believed that he was the messiah • Jesus was the crucified

Christianity Spreads Causes: • Paul spreads the teaching of Jesus to Jews & non-Jews • Christian ethics & belief in the equality & dignity of all brought widespread support Effects: • Christianity became separate from Judaism • Christianity started on the road to becoming a world religion

Church Gains Power Causes: Effects: • Clergy, such as bishops, gained power w/ in the hierarchy of the church • Disputes led to a split resulting in an eastern & western church • The pope began to claim authority over all the bishops • The Roman Catholic Church became the leading religion in medieval Europe

Ch 1 sec 4 Review Questions Principles of Christianity

1. Peter was an ____, close follower of Jesus. 2. Rome had a long history of ___, or acceptance, of other religions. 3. ___ spread the teaching of Jesus to non-Jews. 4. Christian ___ perform religious ceremonies. 5. Christians believe that Jesus was the ___ a savior sent by God. 6. Explain why Jesus upset some of the Jewish authorities? 7. Christians fulfill their covenant w/ God w/ this.

8. Why did the Romans persecute/harass early Christians? 9. An achievement of Thomas Aquinas was, to do ______? 10. In what part of the world did Jesus live & carried out his message? (book pg 34) 11. How is the Judeo-Christian tradition linked to the democratic traditions? (book pg 39)

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1. Apostle 2. Tolerance 3. Paul 4. Clergy 5. Messiah 6. Jesus interpreted Jewish beliefs in new ways 7. Their faith in Jesus 8. Romans suspected Christians of disloyalty 9. He declared that faith & reason exist in harmony

10. Galilee & Judea or Palestine or Middle East 11. The Jewish & Christian moral & ethical principles form the basis for many democratic ideals such as equality & human rights