What did these 3 saints suffer for the sake of Christ ? What do you think made them willing to suffer like that ? St Paul St Stephen St Peter Look up Acts 1:19-21

To describe how the Church spread (L4) To explain who Constantine was (L4) To evaluate the importance of Constantine (L5) “The Apostles felt happy because God had considered them worthy to suffer for the sake of Jesus.” Why would this attitude help Christianity to spread ? The Spread of Christianity

100 A.D. (yrs after Jesus) there were 500,000 Christians 200 A.D. there were 1 million Christians 350 A.D. there were 10.5 million Christians 1.How did Christianity spread in the first 100 years ? (the dark orange patches) Look up Acts 11:19-21 and summarise what it tells you 2. What methods of transport do you think the first missionaries used? Draw 2 of them. **Do you think your answer in Q1 also explains why Christianity exploded to 10 million in the next 150yrs?

Persecution: Slows Christianity spreading…but makes it go abroad! 1.What does “persecution” means? 1.Give an example of what you might not be allowed to do if you were persecuted for being a Christian. 2.Give an example of what punishment you might suffer if you did. 2. Why were Christians persecuted for the first 200 years ? Why was this a good thing for the spread of the Church ? ** Do you think being mocked as Christians is a form of persecution? “Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches”. Lewis Carroll. Christians were persecuted & killed because Roman authorities: distrusted the way the Christians refused to worship Roman gods. What do you think happened when Constantine, who was a Christian, became the first Christian Roman Emperor ?

Think of a word from what you have learnt so far beginning with the letters A C P M E