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Setting the Stage: Religion in Rome • The worship of Roman ______ was impersonal, practiced without a great deal of _________. Priests used sacred ____________ to intercede on behalf of worshippers.
• The religion ______________, was born in _________ times as a movement (or sect) within ________, emphasized the personal relationship between _____ and people.
• It would attract many Romans seeking “___________” during __________ times in the Roman Empire’s latter 3 ______________.
During those difficult ________, this new “________” would spread like ________________!
Setting the Stage: Jews Come Under Roman Rule• Roman power spread to ______, the homeland of the _________, around _____ B.C. when Judea became a province of _________.
• The ruler _____, in Jesus’ day, for example, was a “Romanized” Jew.
• Jewish ___________ were allowed to rule as representatives of _________. Some Jews allied with the Romans and accepted their plans to “_____________” Jerusalem - Jerusalem was the Jewish ________ city.
• His loyalties were ________ between ________ and the Jewish ________, but he ruled with an iron hand and ___________ many Jews.
• There were many Jewish resistors fighting against ________ occupation – particularly violent and militant were the “__________.”
PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.
• Jewish ______________ against Roman occupation was strong and a constant nuisance to the Romans. The ___________ were a militant group of Jews who wished to ____ their homeland of Roman _______________.
• Many devout Jews believed that the __________, or Savior sent by _____, would be coming soon to ___________ them from this Western Empire that was defiling their ___________________.
According to their Biblical tradition, God had promised such a Messiah would come to _______ the ___________ of the Jews.
Setting the Stage: Jews Come Under Roman Rule
“Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a Virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call his name Immanuel,” which means: God is with us.”
(Isaiah 7:14)
• He was a _____. Became a rabbi, or _______________, at 30.
• During his 3 year ministry, he:• Preached a message emphasizing a personal
_________________ to God• Did ______________• Purportedly performed _______________• Gained a large _____________ because his message
appealed to the _________ and outcasts in Roman society• Gathered around him 12 special ____________, or students.• Many began to suspect he was the long-awaited
“___________” (savior).
• His ideas contained __________ teachings – ___________, emphasized the __________________ and other ethical guidelines to living one’s life.
• Jesus sought to __________ the Judaism of his day - which he believed to be too legalistic - he never indicated a desire to ________________________________.
6 B.C. – 30 A.D.
“Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth…”
Jesus of Nazareth
• Jesus’ growing popularity _____________ both Roman and Jewish leaders.
• They said his teachings were _____________, or contempt for ______.
• In a day when Roman Caesars were demanding “emperor-worship,” Jesus’ message appealed to ____________ in the cities to which he traveled and spoke.
• Those in power were _____________ the type of “discontented” crowds Jesus _______________ might be easily incited to mob behavior or _____________…leading to a brutal response from Rome.
• For this reason, it was believed he needed to be ________________.
Pontius Pilate• Pontius Pilate was the Roman __________ to whom
________ was brought and accused of _______________.
• Pontius Pilate, after questioning Jesus, decided that, indeed, Jesus was challenging the ____________ of Rome.
• Pilate sentenced Jesus to _____________ – a form of capital punishment in Roman times where an individual was nailed to a cross.
• After Jesus’ death his _____ was removed from the cross and placed in a _________.
PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.
• According to the Gospels, _____ days later his body was ________, and rumors spread that a _____________ Jesus was _____________ to his followers. •Today, Christians believe he was “resurrected” – or, ______________________________.
• The apostles were more than ever convinced that __________ was the ______________.
• “______________” is the Greek word meaning “Messiah”or “savior.”
• So, they began to call him Jesus “_________”
• The name “______________________” was derived from this Greek title given to Jesus.
•The ______ on which Jesus had been crucified became a _________ of this new religious sect as well as the sign of the _________.
PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.
REASONS FOR CHRISTIANITY’S WIDE APPEAL
• Embraced all _____________ (universal) – Men, women, and slaves, the poor, and nobles.
• Gave ___________ to the powerless.
• Appealed to those who were repelled by the extravagances of ____________________________.
• Offered a personal _____________ with a ____________ God.
• Promised a ______ after _________ – a promise that gave much ___________ to those living under ____________ circumstances in Rome at the time
PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.
Jewish Rebellion• In 66 A.D., a band of Zealots
___________ against Rome. • In 70 A.D., the Romans stormed
_________ and destroyed the __________ complex.
• All that remained was a western portion of the _____, which today is the holiest Jewish shrine.
• The Jewish fortress near Masada held out until 73 A.D.
• About a ____________ Jews were killed in the course of this rebellion.
• Most Jews were driven from their homeland into _________.
• This dispersal of the Jews is called the _______________.
Persecution of the Christians
• ___________ also posed a problem for Roman rulers because Christians __________ to worship Roman gods.
• This refusal was seen as opposition to Roman _________.
• In A.D. 64, for example, when the emperor ______ was blamed for a disastrous ______ in Rome, he said ______________ were responsible and ordered them to be persecuted.
• Both the apostles Peter and Paul were put to __________ in Rome some time after A.D. 60.
Emperor Nero
Persecution of the Christians
• Thousands were ________, burned, or killed by wild animals in the circus _________.
• Other Christians and even some non-Christians regarded persecuted Christians as _________. – Martyrs were people willing to sacrifice
their ___________ for the sake of a ________ or a _________.
• Despite persecution, Christianity became a powerful __________________.
• By the late third century A.D., there were millions of __________ in the Roman ____________.
CHURCH HIERARCHY
Lay people (Laity)
Pope
Archbishop
Bishops
Priests
Constantine Accepts Christianity
• The Roman emperor _________________ was fighting three rivals for his title.
• On the day before a major battle
Constantine ___________ for divine help.
• He reported that he then saw
a _______ of light in the ____________
bearing the inscription:
“In this sign, ___________”
• Constantine and his troops were ______________ in battle.
• In the next year, A.D. 313, Constantine announced an end to the ___________ of
______________. PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.