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Origins
Starts
in province of
Judea
Part of Roman Empire
Judea is #47
Roman Rule
Roman
Government is
cruel to Jews
Looking for a
Messiah or savior
Jesus of Nazareth
Or Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus from the
Renaissance
Jesus of Nazareth continued
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Preaches message to Jews
Calls disciples or followers (12)
Kingdom of God is at hand
Talks of loving and forgiveness (The
Beatitudes)
Blessed are the poor in spirit…
Blessed are the meek…
Blessed are the merciful…
Blessed are the peacemakers, persecuted…
Preaches
he is the Son of
God (Why might Jewish leaders not like him?)
Disciples believe he is the
Messiah
Romans view him as a
troublemaker. Why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHBmcCNcIOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG55ErfdaeY (John Greene) skip 2:00 to 2:24
 Central
Crucifixion
theme of
Christianity
 Crucified by
Pontius Pilate
 Rises after 3rd Day
(Easter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-EVfxABSoU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3ffhnInxzo
Spread of Christianity
Disciples believe he rose from the dead
 Preach he is the Son of God
 Apostle Paul spreads word of Christ by
traveling in Middle East & Turkey; beheaded
 Apostle Peter spreads word of Christ by
traveling to Rome; crucified
 Letters of Paul, Gospels, become New
Testament (life of Jesus Christ, defines
Christianity)
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Spread of Christianity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG55ErfdaeY 6:00
Persecution
 Believers
refuse to worship Emperor
 Early Christians hunted down and killed,
become martyrs (killed for beliefs)
 Bread and circus
 Deterred people from converting (duh?)
Romans adopt Christianity
 Constantine
sees fiery cross, soldiers
paint on shields
 Wins
battle, credits Christian God
 Becomes defender or Christianity in
Europe
 Theodosius makes it official religion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deioHlBslEQ (20:00)
Organization of the Catholic
Church
 Peter
is first Pope“you are the rock
upon which I found
my church”
 Hierarchy forms:
Pope, Cardinals,
Bishops, Priests
Christianity in
the Middle Ages
Education focused in
monasteries
 Catholic Church and the
Pope becomes very
powerful with Holy
Roman Empire
 Cathedrals: Constructed
to show the power of
God and the church
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Divisions of Christianity
 Great
Schism of 1054:
 Church is split into Western and
Eastern parts
 Western Church headed in Rome is the
Roman Catholic Church
 Eastern Church headed in
Constantinople becomes the Eastern
Orthodox Church
Protestant Reformation
 Martin
LutherGerman priest
 Sees corruption in
Catholic Church
 Splits, starts
 Lutheran Church &
Protestantism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFqWnEpZvjs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5AJr0wls0&feature=related
Christianity
Today
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Christianity
spreads
around the
globe
Most
widelypracticed
religion
worldwide