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Chapter 6.4 THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY When Christianity began, Rome was polytheistic? True or False Among the diverse religions of Rome was a cult religion called ____________. This offered women equal status with men. Another religion well liked by the Roman soldiers was _________________ . They liked this because: _____________________________________________________________________________________ By 63 BC the Romans had conquered Judea. The group that lived there were the ____________________. Because of Jewish beliefs, the Romans excused Jews from what? Not all Jews were willing to live under the control of the Romans, these people were called _________________. These people wanted Jews to rise up against the Romans and establish ____________________________________________________ . Some believed a ______________ would be sent to lead the Jewish people to freedom. In 66 AD, Jewish discontent led to rebellions and uprisings. As a result, the Roman armies crushed the rebels, captured Jerusalem and destroyed their temples. For the Jewish people this happened to them: A new religion that developed was called Christianity. Its founder was ______________. What is known about him comes from the _________________, which are the first ____ books of the New Testament. To help him spread his word, he recruited this many followers: __________ Their title was _________________. It comes from the Greek word meaning “a person sent forth.” Jesus was a threat to the Roman authorities because His threat to the Roman authorities led to his hanging on a cross. Following Jesus’ death, the apostles spread his word and established Christian communities. The preachings started among the Jews in Judea and gradually spread throughout the Roman world. The person who played the most influential role in the spread of Christianity was _________________. The Roman authorities did not like Christianity. It was not tolerated because ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Despite attacks by Roman authorities, Christianity spread due to its appeal to ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ The Christian teachings appealed to educated Romans because ___________________________________ The Christian teachings spread throughout the Roman Empire. It spread because ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Despite the persecution of its followers, Christianity continued to gain converts. The persecution ended in 313 AD with the issuance of ______________________________. Then around 400 AD the official religion of Rome became _______________________. In the early Christian church, women held the positions ________________________________________________________________________ In the early Christian church these clergy members were believed to be successors of the apostles ______________________________. Their responsibility consisted of ___________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________. Gradually the Christian Church developed into a hierarchy. This means that ________________________ As the Church became more defined with rituals and structure divisions developed. In addition to power struggles between Church officials, heresies developed. Heresy is ________________________________ As the Christian Church continued to grow, the Roman Empire faded until it finally collapsed. The Church assumed the following responsibilities following the Roman collapse ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________