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Ch16 Christianity
Question | Answer |
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Why did Jews await the arrival of the messiah? | There was lots of unrest and Jews had to pay high taxes and they were in lots of pressure. The Roman treated the Greeks ver unfairly. |
Why is Paul considered the first missionary? | He believed in CHristianity and was the first to spread religious beliefs. |
Why did Romans charge Jesus of treason? | They were worried because many Jews greeted him as a messiah. They started to only worship their one true god. |
What changed did Paul make in the Christian religion? | He said that gentiles could be Christian. They just had to have faith in Jesus. |
What factors brought about a change in attitude between Romans and Christians? | They became tired of way and feared the end of the empire. |
Why did early Christians form churches? | Christiand thought the end of the world was near. |
What did the bishops consider as heresy? | Points of view the bishops didn't accept. |
How was the early Christian church organized? | Each church is called a Parish. Each Parish had a leader known as a priest. Several ch urches were put into larger groups called diocese, which was headed by a bishop.The most important bishops were Archbishop and most important archbishop were patriarchs |
Where did christianity start? | Palastine |
Why did Jesus teach in Parables? | People could understand religious principles he was trying to teach |
Why did the Roman blame and punish christians? | Because the Christians and jews refused to worship the roman emporer |
Why did the latin and greek churches split into 2 groups? | Christians who spoke latin saw him as the head of all the churches. Christians who spoke greek however did not accept the pope as their leader |
Scriptures | Sacred writings of any religion |
Patriachs | Five leading archbishops in the early church |
Gentiles | Term applied to anyone who is not jewish |
Diocese | Church division ade up of several parishes |
Missionary | Person who spreads religious beliefs to others. The roman system of roads helped them spread their word |
Resurrection | Rising from the dead, Christians believed Jesus's death and this happned to forgive them of their sins |
Heresy | Doctrines that church authorities disapprove |
parables | stories |
Parish | Term for a local church in early christianity |
Messiah | Someone who would save the greeks |
Abbot | person who heads a monstery |
Apostles | The people chosen by Jesus to spread his teachings |
Convents | Religious communities for christian women |
Romans | Blamed christians for plagues and famines |
Roman Catholic Church | The latin churches as a groups |
Priest | leader of a church |
Bishop | The person who handled each diocese |
Archbishop | Most important Bishop |