4.4 The rise of Christianity

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Welcome!

• Sit down on your fixed place 
  
• Place your history books on the table
• No phones
• Wait for the lesson to start

Today

- Checkup 4.3 
- 4.4 choice:
Reading & mindmapping    OR
Making a quiz

4.4 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

4.4 The rise of Christianity

Choice: 
Together: Reading & mindmapping 

or
On your own: Read 4.4 and make a quiz
with 10 open questions about the text,
(write down answers too!)

Jews in the empire

Map of the jewish diaspora

Jesus

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.

4.4 The rise of Christianity

Open your notebook.

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

What kind of faiths are Judaism and Christianity?

1. Polystheistic
2. Monotheistic

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

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.

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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Why were christians persecuted by the Romans?

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

What kind of faiths are Judaism and Christianity?

1. Polystheistic
2. Monotheistic

Explain what attracted people to Christianity.

Why did many Romans hate the Christians in the beginning?

Explain why religious tolerance in the empire ended in 392 AD.

Welcome!

• Sit down on your fixed place 
  
• Place your history books on the table
• No phones
  
• Jackets in locker
• Wait for the lesson to start

4.4 The rise of Christianity

Open your notebook.

Today 

- Check up Quiz: questions 4.4!

- 4.4: how did the Christians survive?

- Assignments 1- 9
Page 100 workbook 

-Type your 3 best questions
- Read page

Quiz

1. What is monotheism (Ime)

2. Why was Jesus murdered? (Bram H)

3. How did the Romans disrespect the Jews (Sahanu)

4. What is ‘Messiah”translated to (Jason)

5. Why did the crucifixion of Jesus support the Christian religion? (Luna)

6. What is a synagogue en what is it’s use? (Sacha)

Ready? Start with the assignments 4.4 page 100 workbook

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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assignments 4.4 

ready? come to me for a correctionbook .

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