t1 chrisitianity continued

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

T1 today

program:

• Quick recap of last lesson
• Explanation + quiz questions
• Short movie about emperor constantine

goal:

You should be able to explain how Christianity became the offical religion of the Roman empire

You should know the following words:

-persecution, civil war, toleration,  to legalize, state-religion

What did this have to do with Jezus?

1. Jezus was born at christmas under a pine tree
2. Jezus was a carpenter (timmerman) so heliked trees
3. Nothing
4. There were a lot of tehse trees were Jezus lived

Why did this make the christians more populair

1. People felt sorry for the christians
2. It gave the christians a lot of publicity (reclame)
3. It made the christians look brave

A religion with only 1 god is called

1. polytheistic
2. judaic
3. monotheistic
4. islamic

What was not a reason christianity quickly got bigger?

1. good roads in the empire
2. lots of trade in the empire
3. the idea of heaven was populair
4. It was the only mono-theistisc religion

Give me 4 reasosn christianity got populair.

How do we get from this

and this

To this

note 3.6

• The Romans used to hate and persecute  Christians
• To persecute - to punish someone for their beliefs
• This persecution didn't really work, christianity grew bigger and bigger
• At the same time there are a lot of problems inside the Roman empire --> lots of civil war
• Civil war = a war between people of the same country (burgeroorlog

• Around 300 AD there are 4 people who want to be emperor who are fighting each other
• 1 of them is called constantine . 
• Constantine is the boss in the west, but wants to control the whole empire
• He knows that there are lots of christians and he wants them to help him fight.

Think about how the roman emperors treated the christians. What could Constantine promise the church to get their help?

• Constantine promises to legalize christianity
• To legalize - to make it allowed/stop punishing it
• In return the christians help him win his wars.
• In 312 the roman emperor starts tolerating christianity

the battle of milvian bridge

Constantine wants a more spectacular story.

The following video is his story of why he was nice to christians

watch the clip and try to answer the following questions:

-What does he say happened before the battle?

-what does the symbol on the picture mean?

-do you think christians liked his story? why/why not?

what did constantine say happened before the battle?

What does this sign mean?

Do you think the christians liked this story?

1. yes
2. no

In hoc signo vinces --> under this sign you will win