1. The Rise of Christianity 6.3

2. As the Roman Empire grew so did the. Roman power spread to the Kingdom of the Jews called.

4. Jesus was born in Judea in the Roman Empire Throughout Jesus’ life, his message and large number of followers were. We know that this ultimately led to his crucifixion

5. After his death Jesus’ followers continued to spread his message The new religion was called Christianity and it throughout the empire

6. made it easy for people like the apostle Paul to travel and spread the message of Christ

7. The Conditions that helped spread Christianity Peace in the empire made travel ( ) safe made travel (for spread of message) easy Common language, throughout the empire were widely used, making it easy to communicate Christianity's message

8. The Conditions that helped spread Christianity cont. (dispersal of Jews throughout the empire. Jews were no longer concentrated in Judea) –Jews were the primary group interested in Christianity –With them spread out throughout the empire it made it.

10. Persecution of Christians Christians were not well liked by Roman officials because. Romans often used them as for political and economic troubles –Scapegoats are groups or individuals that for others

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12. By the end of the second century and Christians were being exiled, imprisoned, executed, crucified, burned to killed by wild animals in the circuses

13. Many Christians that were killed were regarded as, those willing to sacrifice their life for their faith

14. Persecution of Christians in the message and large numbers of people became Christians making them a powerful force.

15. Around 312 AD the emperor prayed for help to defeat his rivals competing for Rome. He saw and ordered it placed on the shields of his troops. The troops were victorious and he became a believer of Christ

16. Constantine ended the persecution of Christians with the. Christianity gained even more strength and in 380 AD the emperor made it the empires religion.