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NoteSheet 6.3

NoteSheet 6.3. Section 3: The Rise of Christianity (pg. 168). 1. What is the Story of Jesus?. Born in the town of Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth Baptized by John the Baptist. Why is this weird? Grew up a carpenter and began preaching in public at the age of 30

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NoteSheet 6.3

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  1. NoteSheet 6.3 Section 3: The Rise of Christianity (pg. 168)

  2. 1. What is the Story of Jesus? • Born in the town of Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth • Baptized by John the Baptist. Why is this weird? • Grew up a carpenter and began preaching in public at the age of 30 • For the next few years he preached, taught, did good works, and repeatedly performed miracles. • His growing popularity concerned both Jewish and Roman leaders. • They clamed that Jesus was not the Messiah and ordered him crucified. • This only made people more convinced that he WAS the Messiah…Why?

  3. Spread of Christianity in the Roman World

  4. 2. How does Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire? • Following Christ’s death the religion took a new name “Christianity” and began to slowly but surely spread (More surely than slowly) • Who is Paul? • A Jew that never met Jesus and an enemy of Christianity until is saw Jesus (after death), then spent the rest of his life spreading and following the word • PaxRomana? • This called for safe travel and exchange and allowed the ideas of Christianity spread without issue. • Common Greek and Latin languages allowed the message to be spread easily

  5. 3. What was the appeal to make Christianity a World Religion? • Embraced all people • Men and women, enslaved persons, the porr, and 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 • Christ died for ours sins • Promised eternal life after death • Good or bad • Constantine accepted Christianity • Hundreds or thousands of stories like this

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