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Students will define vocabulary associated with Chapter 5.4
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
 Define: Pages 168-173
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Procurator
Clergy
Laity
New Testament
Jerusalem
Jesus
Constantine
Theodosius the Great
Procurator
 An agent representing others in a court of law in
countries retaining Roman civil law.
 Judaea embraced the lands of the old Jewish kingdom
of Judah and had been made a Roman province placed
under the direction of an official called a procurator.
Clergy
 Church Leaders- the body of all people ordained for
religious duties
 Church goers or regular church members.
 Writings that give a record of Jesus’ life and teachings.
 The second portion of the Christian bible.
 A Jewish teacher who traveled and preached
throughout Judaea and neighboring Galilee.
 These teachings became known as Christianity.
 The first Christian Emperor.
 When Roman Emperor Constantine the
Great (reigned 306–337) ruled
Rome, Christianity became the dominant religion of
the Roman Empire.
 Under his reign the Romans adopted Christianity as
the official religion of the Roman Empire.
 Theodosius was the last emperor to rule over both the
eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire.
 In 63 BC, Rome took over Judea,
the home of the Jewish religion.
 Judea was controlled by King
Herod, a Jewish governor for
Rome.
 After Herod’s death, fighting
broke out among his sons.
 Rome sent troops to create
peace in Judea.
 Rome made Judea a province of Rome in A.D. 6
 Zealots wanted to rid their homeland of Romans.
 Another group awaited the ‘Messiah’.
 According to Biblical tradition, God had promised that the
Messiah would restore the kingdom of the Jews.
 Judaism was tolerated by the Romans at first.
 First Monotheistic Religion: Only one supreme
god.
 Jesus of Nazareth was born under the rule of
Octavian (Caesar Augustus)
 Grew up preaching the idea of one true god
 Spread a message of peace, love, forgiveness.
 Many Jews believed that Jesus was the Messiah or
Savior, from the Romans.
 Jesus was called Christ which means “savior” in
Greek.
 Born in Bethlehem,
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Judea, in 6 – 4 B.C.
Both a Jew and a Roman
Raised in the village of
Nazareth
Baptized by the prophet,
John the Baptist
Carpenter
 His followers spread the teachings of Jesus throughout
Palestine and Syria.
 The Pax Romana, which made travel and exchange of
ideas safe, provided ideal conditions for Christianity to
spread.
 The excellent Roman road system made traveling
easier, and common languages allowed the message to
be communicated.
 Jesus referred to Peter as
the ‘Rock’ on which his
church would be built.
 Peter was the first bishop
of Rome.
 Since Rome was the
capital of the empire, the
church was centered in
Rome.
 A critical moment in Christianity occurred in A.D. 312,
when the Roman emperor Constantine was fighting
three rivals for his title.
 He had marched to the Tiber River at Rome to battle
his chief rival.
 He prayed for divine help.
 He saw a cross of light in the heavens bearing the
inscription, “In this sign, conquer.”
 Constantine ordered the Christian symbol of the cross
to be put onto his soldier’s shields.
 His troops were successful on the battlefield.
 He gave all credit to the Christian God.
 In 312 AD, Constantine became Emperor of
Rome.
 During Battle, he saw an image of a cross and
won.
 313 AD- Constantine issues the Edict of
Milan making Christianity a legal religion in
Rome.
 To strengthen the religion he called the
Council of Nicaea to establish the core beliefs
of Christianity, leading to the Nicene Creed.
 Roman Emperor from
378-395 A.D.
 In 380 A.D. he made the
Christian religion the
official religion of the
Roman Empire.
 Embraced all people (men, women, slaves, poor,
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nobles)
Gave hope to the powerless
Appealed to those who were repelled by the
extravagances of imperial Rome.
Offered a personal relationship with a loving God.
Promised eternal life after death.