The spread of christianity- par. 4.3 vht2a

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The spread of Christianity 

Unit 4.3- TTO 2-  6th December 2022

How did Christian people called non-christians who believed in multiple gods in the Middle Ages?

1. Non-believers
2. Pagans
3. Gods
4. Monasteries

Heathens

During the early Middle Ages, a lot of people are heathens:

people that do not believe in Christ, but in nature gods. 

Like Thor (the god of Thunder and the weather) or Freya (the goddess of fertility)

It is the job of missionaries, such as Bonifatius and Willibrord to convert them to christianity. 

Missionaries

Missionaries: were people who travelled around to convert people to Christianity. 

They did this by celebrating christian holidays on the same days as heathen holidays. 

This way, it was easier to change to Christianity for a lot of people. 

How did people spread christianity?

1. To tell people stories from the Bible
2. With destroying villages
3. With war
4. With bribing heathens

The spread of christianity is a ...... change.

1. Economic
2. Political
3. Cultural
4. Social

Where did christianity spread?

1. Everywhere in what used to be the Roman Empire.
2. In the northern and eastern part of the old Roman Empire.
3. In the Middle East and North-Africa
4. Asia Minor and Greece.

Who spread christianity?

1. bishops
2. knights
3. missionaries
4. monks

Which description best fits the term/concept 'convert'?

1. make someone take another religion
2. convince someone to become a Christian
3. convincing someone not to accept a religion
4. Convert is another word for the Roman religion

Class activity on the Spread of Christianity

Four pupils

One of you will hear a story about the origins of Christianity.

You will be the missionary that is going to convert the others to Christianity

You will tell the story on the next slide to the first person that comes into the room. After you have told the story, the first person has to pass on the story to the second person and so on. Finally, the last person will be asked to reproduce to original story as far as possible.

Story on Christianity

''Christians believe God sent his son Jesus, the Messiah, to save the world. They believe Jesus was crucified on a cross to offer the forgiveness of sins and was resurrected three days after his death before ascending to heaven.

Christianity developed in Judea in the mid-first century CE, based first on the teachings of Jesus and later on the writings and missionary work of Paul of Tarsus. Originally, Christianity was a small, unorganized sect that promised personal salvation after death

The core Christian belief is that through belief in and acceptance of the death and resurrection of Jesus, sinful humans can be reconciled to God, and thereby are offered salvation and the promise of eternal life.''

What can you recall from the story of the spread of Christianity?

What does this activity tell us about the way we know Christianity nowadays?

What do you take with you from today's lesson?