Chapter 10 Part 1: The First Christians
Chapter 10 Part 1: The First Christians
I. The Jews and the Romans
-Jerusalem- capital of the kingdom of Israel
-900s B.C. Israel divided in to 2 kingdoms: Israel & Judah
-Emperor Augustus- Judah became Roman province in A.D. 6- Judaea
-Zealots- Jews who rebelled against Romans; A.D. 66 defeated & temple destroyed
-Jews rebel in A.D. 132 & defeated; Romans force Jews to leave Jerusalem
II. The Life of Jesus
-Jews believed God would send a messiah to restore kingdom
-Jesus- Jew born in Nazareth
-message in Sermon on the Mount; love & forgiveness, not simply following religious law
-used parables
-believed he was messiah Jews had waited for
-charged with treason & crucified
-resurrection
-religion Christianity
III. The First Christians
-people who accept Jesus as messiah
-Apostles- spread Jesus’ word
-Jews & Christians differ:
-Christians- Son of God, salvation though Jesus, Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
-Jews- Jesus not messiah, do not believe in Trinity
Chapter 10 part 2: The Christian Church
I. A Growing Faith
-Christianity spread throughout Rome
-appealed to lower class b/c offered hope; ideas similar to beliefs, part of caring group
-Romans persecute Christians
-Martyrs- die rather than give up belief
-Edict of Milan in A.D. 313- religious freedom; Christianity legal
-Helena- Constantine’s mother, helped built churches in Rome & Jerusalem
-Theodosius- Christianity official religion of Rome in A.D. 392
II. The Early Church
-modeled after Roman Empire’s gov’t structure
-hierarchy- different levels of authority; 5 levels: laity, clergy, bishops, archbishops, and
patriarchs
-laity- members; clergy- leaders, later called priests
-diocese- several churches grouped together, led by bishop
-archbishop- in charge of region
-patriarch- 5 leading archbishops
-doctrine- official church teaching
-Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John- gospel in New Testament of Bible
-pope- bishop of Rome, gradually claim power over all bishops
Roman Catholic Church- Latin speaking in West
Chapter 10 part 3: The Spread of Christian Ideas
I. The Byzantine Church
-Eastern Orthodox Church- Greek-speaking Christians in East
-Byzantines- emperor represented Jesus Christ on Earth
-emperor appointed patriarch of Constantinope- leader of E.O.C
-E.O.C. argued over use of icons; A.D. 726 Emperor Leo III ordered icons removed
-iconoclasts- image breakers
-Byzantines did not accept pope’s claim as head of Christian Church’s
-after stopping invasion of Italy by Franks, pope named Charlemagne (Frankish king)
Byzantine emperor
-E.O.C. and Roman Catholic Church excommunicated each other
-schism- split of 2 churches
-E.O.C. respected wishes of emperor, R.C.C. did not
II. Christian Ideas Spread
-helped achieve order after fall of Rome
-monasteries- formed by monks
-women- nuns, convents
-Paula- widow, gave up wealth to build churches, hospital, and convent in Palestine;
helped translate Bible into Latin
-Basil- bishop, Basilian Rule
-Benedict- Benedictine Rule, rules for Western monks
-Missionaries- teach religion to unbelievers
-Cyril- Cyrillic alphabet- Slavic’s could read Bible
-belief spread north of Byzantine into Slavic countries & west into Britain & Ireland
-Anglos & Saxons invade Britain- unit to form Anglo-Saxons
-Celts- lived in Britain b/4 invasion, fled to Ireland
-Patrick- priest who brought Christianity to Ireland
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related searches
- chapter 1 the nature of science
- chapter 1 the first americans
- the outsiders chapter 10 answers
- each part of the first amendment explained
- the first 10 amendments to the constitution
- the outsiders chapter 10 questions
- chapter 17 1 providing first aid
- the outsiders chapter 10 quiz
- chapter 1 the sociological perspective
- activity 1 1 match the word from the first column with the correct definition
- chapter 10 the substance of justice
- the outsiders chapter 10 quizlet