1. Christianity

2. The Beginning of Christianity To keep peace the Romans allowed people in their provinces to practice different religions At first Jews were not required to worship Roman gods because Rome didn’t want to violate the Jewish belief in one god. Eventually the Jews revolted against Rome. The Romans sacked the Holy City of Jerusalem and the destroyed all but the western wall of the second temple.

3. Wailing Wall

4. The Beginning of Christianity Today the western wall is known as the Wailing Wall Hadrian banned all Jews from the Holy City of Jerusalem They still carried on the their Jewish faith and culture Christianity arose. Founded by the followers of the Jewish teacher Jesus of Nazareth

5. The Teachings of Jesus Began teaching around 2,000 years ago Wandered the countryside with his disciples. His life and teachings are recorded in the Gospels of: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Make of the first four books of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Jesus taught that there was only one true god.

6. The death of Jesus The Romans feared the Jesus would lead an uprising Jesus was arrested and put on trial before Pontius Pilate the Roman governor. Jesus was crucified: nailed or hung on a cross and left to die. According to the Gospels Jesus arose from the dead and remained on earth for 40 days.

7. The spread of Christianity The disciples spread the Jesus’ message and helped establish Christian communities Christianity accepted everyone Many Christians became martyrs: they were put to death for their beliefs. The Roman efforts failed to stop the spread of Christianity. Eventually Roman law accepted Christianity as a religion.