3.4 Christianity during the Roman Empire

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3.4 Christianity in the Roman Empire

Introduction

- Who am I?

- Who are you?

- Where did you left off with Rob?

- What do my lessons look like?

Who am I?

Britt Rietvelt

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Who are you?

Your name

Do you like history?

Where did you left off? 

Test about the Roman Empire?

What do my lessons look like?

- We work on LessonUp

- We will start with the spread of christianity

Refresher: what is the correct order for the fall of the Roman Empire?

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2

3

4

6

5

The Roman Empire has a large army

The army needs to be paid

To get the money for the army, taxes are raised

A ot of farmers can't pay the higher taxes

Farmers leave their farms

Less products are being made and trade stops

Link the right words to the West Roman Empire or the East Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Capital: Rome

Language: Greek

Rich

Capital: Constantinopel

Ends in 1453

Ends in 476

Language: Latin

Poor

What are we going to do today?

At the end of this lesson you know:

- The difference between monotheism and polytheism 

- The definition of Judaism

- How Christianity grew

- The most important characteristics of Christianity

Tolerance

The Romans have multiple Gods. 

We call this polytheism. 

The Romans were very tolerant of people who had different ideas about religion.

Poly = many

Theos = god

Polytheïsme = religion with more than 1 god

What do you know about Judaism (jodendom)?

Judaism

In the Roman province Judea there were people who call themselves Jews. 

1. They believed 1 in God: monotheism 
2. They had a Holy Book
3. They believed God had given them a country: Israel. 

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What do you know about christianity?

3.4 Christianity in the Roman Empire

Write down what you still remember from last lesson.

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth is a Jew in Judea

He believes he is the son of God

He also tells people that if they live right, they will end up in heaven

A lot of Jews see Jesus as the promised saviour

Christianity

The followers of Jesus call him Christ. That means king. 

They call themselves christians, followers of christianity.

Christians believe they must spread their religion.

To do that they:

- travel to spread christianity

- write down the ideas of Jesus in the Bible.

The promises of Jesus

Jesus promises his followers the Kingdom of God. 

In this kingdom, everyone is equal. 

After death, his followers will be forever in heaven.

All people have to do is live a good life and be good to others. 

Think of a reason why poor people and women usually converted to Christianity.

Get to work!

MEMO: 

Question 1, 2, 4 and 5.

3.4 Christianity in the Roman Empire

Jesus and his enemies

Jesus gains popularity quickly but not everyone supports him. A lot of Jewish leaders are afraid that Jesus will take their place.

And the Romans are afraid he wants political power. 

Because of that, Jesus is arrested and crucified. 

Een kruisiging

The crucifixion

Een kleine misdadiger werd vastgemaakt met touw, maar Jezus met spijkers door zijn handen en voeten

Het probleem met een kruisiging is dat je moet kiezen tussen 2 opties:

- Je laat jezelf hangen, maar kan niet ademen

- Je trekt jezelf omhoog om te ademen, maar zet heel veel druk op je handen en voeten (pijn!)

Om Jezus belachelijk te maken zetten ze een bordje boven het kruis. Er stond "Jezus, de koning van de joden". Ook kreeg hij een kroon van doornen.

Voordat de spijkers erin werden geslagen werd Jezus wijn met kruiden aangeboden als verdoving. Deze sloeg hij af.

Jezus werd expres op een schuin stukje hout gezet zodat hij nooit echt kon steunen, maar altijd weggleed.

Video

Good Friday (in Dutch)

Persecution

Being a christian is dangerous in the Roman Empire!Christen Like the jews, the christians do not believe in the emperor. 
For this reason, the Roman emperors persecute the christians.

Onder sommige Romeinse steden bevonden zich catacomben waarin christenen (maar ook Joden) hun doden begroeven.

Veel van deze catacomben zijn mooi versierd met christelijke muurschilderingen.

De catacomben werden soms ook gebruikt voor kerkdiensten, omdat het boven de grond te gevaarlijk was om openlijk voor je geloof uit te komen.

Video

Persecutions (also, in Dutch)

State Religion

The persecutions stop with emperor Constantine in 313. 

In 392 Christianity even becomes the state religion.

This means that only Christianity is allowed. 

Bisshops take over power, with the most important bisshop the pope

Alle andere geloven worden verboden

Video

The pope