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Chapter 19 Section 3 The Spread of Christianity
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Standards S.S. 6.7.7 Describe the circumstances that led to the
spread of Christianity in Europe and other Roman territories. ELA
Reading 6.1.4 Monitor expository text for unknown words or words
with novel meanings by using word, sentence and paragraph clues to
determine meaning.
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Anticipatory Set How fast can word spread? Hours? Minutes?
Seconds? From the beginning, Christianity began to spread through
other lands, however, there was some persecution on the way.
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Objective Students will learn about the spread of Christianity
across the Roman Empire.
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Language of the Discipline Persecute Peter Paul Gentile
Conversion Martyr
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The Early Christians (Input) The early Christians faced great
challenges They were often persecuted like Jesus Persecuted means
to be treated unfairly for your beliefs Leaders like Peter and Paul
led them through this difficult time
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Peter (Input) After the death of Jesus, Peter became the leader
of the disciples Peters Hebrew name was Simon, but Jesus recognized
Simons rocklike loyalty and called him Rock, which is petra in
Greek Later other apostles and disciples became important leaders
in the church Some of their actions were recorded in the Book of
Acts of the Apostles Acts is the 5 th book of the New
Testament
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Jews or Gentiles (Input) Despite their disagreements with
Jewish leaders, the first Christians still considered themselves
Jews They respected Jewish customs They read the Hebrew Bible They
went to temple and prayed According to Acts, thousands of Jews in
Jerusalem became Christians before the first Gentile, or non-Jew,
was reported as joining. Some Jewish priests and leaders became
Christians, but most told their followers to reject Christian
beliefs
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Jews or Gentiles (Input) At first, one of the greatest Jewish
teachers, Gamaliel, advised other leaders not to bring violence
against the Christians Christianity continued to grow and other
leaders decided to take action Apostles began leaving Jerusalem to
spread the word of Christianity to people in other places This led
to more Gentiles becoming Christians
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The Conversion of Saul (Input) Saul of Tarsus was one of the
people persecuting Christians He was the student of Gamaliel He
believed that Christians should be arrested and punished for their
faith Saul even traveled outside Jerusalem to find and arrest
Christians On one of his trips he had an experience that led him to
convert Christianity Conversion is a heartfelt change in ones
opinions or beliefs, especially in religion
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The Conversion of Saul (Input) After his conversion Paul told
people he had seen the risen Jesus and spoke to him He also said
that Jesus had told him to take a message of Jesus to the Gentiles
Saul spent the rest of his life just doing that
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The Travels of Paul (Input) Several years after his conversion,
Saul believed that God was telling him to take a trip to bring the
teachings of Jesus to many other people After he began his journey
to Cyprus, Saul became better known by his Greek name Paul Paul and
his friends started churches in Cyprus and Asia Minor and then
returned Eventually Paul traveled through Greece and many other
countries Wherever Paul went he started churches and made
disciples
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The Travels of Paul (Input) He was arrested for his faith
several times Once he was taken in chains all the way from
Jerusalem to Rome Paul used his time in prison to write epistles,
usually to churches he started Some churches were having problems
spreading teachings that Paul and other apostles disagreed with As
a result Pauls epistles explained Christian beliefs in detail Paul
also spread the belief that Gentiles did not need to follow all the
Jewish customs to become Christians As more Gentiles came to the
church, Jewish customs began to weaken.
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The Travels of Paul (Input)
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Reasons for Growth (Input) Christian beliefs began to spread to
Europe, Mesopotamia, Persia, and North Africa Several factors
assisted the spread of Christianity 1.Roman roads, which made it
possible for people and ideas to move across the empire (The Pax
Romana) 2.Common Language; most civilized people spoke Greek in
addition to their own language The ideas of Christianity appealed
to many people. People who no longer believed in polytheism were
attracted to monotheism People were glad to hear that everyone was
equal in Gods sight whether they were a slave or free, male or
female, Jew or Gentile.
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Roman Persecution (Input) The growth of Christianity worried
Roman officials The Romans tolerated most religions, as long as
everyone worshiped the Roman emperor as god too Christians and Jews
made Roman leaders angry because they refused to worship the
emperor They then faced persecution When a great fire destroyed
much of Rome, the Emperor Nero, blamed the Christians Large numbers
of Christians were rounded up and killed
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Roman Persecution (Input) The Roman emperor Titus destroyed
Jerusalem to put down a Jewish rebellion Jews and Christians were
scattered farther throughout the Roman world Persecution caused
some to bond in their faith It also produced martyrs, or people who
are remembered because they were put to death for their beliefs The
courage of martyrs strengthened the faith of many other
Christians
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The End of Persecution (Input) After Nero, persecutions
continued off and on, until the reign of the Emperor Constantine
Constantine had a powerful dream just before a key battle His dream
told him to fight under the sign of the cross After winning, he
ended persecution of Christians Christianity was the established
religion of the Roman Empire
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The End of Persecution (Input) Eventually Rome became the
center of the Latin- speaking church in Western Europe Religious
leaders in Athens, Greece continued to lead Greek-speaking
Christians in Eastern Europe and Asia The two branches of
Christianity grew apart Physical distances and disagreements about
religious practices also contributed to the division In A.D. 1054,
the Eastern and Western churches separated permanently
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The End of Persecution (Input) Later divisions came about
because individual Christians disagreed with church leadership
about specific practices and beliefs Today there are many branches
of Christianity Most people who consider themselves Christians
today share the basic beliefs of the earliest Christians Together,
they make up about one third of the worlds population
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The End of Persecution (Input)
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Check for Understanding Please determine the BEST answer for
the following question. Please write your answer on your white
boards and wait for the teachers signal. On the teachers signal,
hold up your white boards.
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Checking for Understanding #1 Fill in the blank _______________
are people who are remembered because they were put to death for
their beliefs Martyrs
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Checking for Understanding #2 Answer the following question.
Who was the leader of the apostles after the death of Jesus? The
leader of the apostles after Jesus death was Peter
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Checking for Understanding #3 Answer the following question.
Why did both Christians and Jews face persecution? Both Christians
and Jews faced persecution because they refused to worship the
Roman emperor as god too.
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Guided Practice/Independent Practice Guided Practice Complete
questions 1 - 2 on the reading comprehension worksheet. Raise your
hand and wait to get stamped. If you received an R go to the back
table with Ms. Graham. Independent Practice Once you have been
stamped moved to independent practice and complete numbers 3 and 4
on the reading comprehension worksheet. Homework Note-taking guide
on the reverse side.