1. The Rise of Christianity

2. Jesus Attracts Followers
Causes:
Word spread that he had performed healing miracles
Many people believed that he was the messiah
Effects:
Chief Jewish priests see Jesus as a troublemaker
Jesus was the crucified

3. Christianity Spreads Effects: Causes:
Christianity became separate from Judaism
Christianity started on the road to becoming a world religion
Causes:
Paul spreads the teaching of Jesus to Jews & non-Jews
Christian ethics & belief in the equality & dignity of all brought widespread support

4. Church Gains Power Causes: Effects:
Clergy, such as bishops, gained power w/ in the hierarchy of the church
The pope began to claim authority over all the bishops
Effects:
Disputes led to a split resulting in an eastern & western church
The Roman Catholic Church became the leading religion in medieval Europe

5. Ch 1 sec 4 Review Questions Principles of Christianity

6. Peter was an ____, close follower of Jesus.
Rome had a long history of ___, or acceptance, of other religions.
___ spread the teaching of Jesus to non-Jews.
Christian ___ perform religious ceremonies.
Christians believe that Jesus was the ___ a savior sent by God.
Explain why Jesus upset some of the Jewish authorities?
Christians fulfill their covenant w/ God w/ this.

7. 8. Why did the Romans persecute/harass early Christians. 9
8. Why did the Romans persecute/harass early Christians? 9. An achievement of Thomas Aquinas was, to do ___________? 10. In what part of the world did Jesus live & carried out his message? (book pg 34) 11. How is the Judeo-Christian tradition linked to the democratic traditions? (book pg 39)

8. Answers
3 pts each
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9. Apostle
Tolerance
Paul
Clergy
Messiah
Jesus interpreted Jewish beliefs in new ways
Their faith in Jesus
Romans suspected Christians of disloyalty
He declared that faith & reason exist in harmony

10. 10. Galilee & Judea or Palestine or Middle East
11. The Jewish & Christian moral & ethical principles form the basis for many democratic ideals such as equality & human rights