Notes.

Today in Western Civ. we took more notes from our textbooks. Here are some of the notes:


The Rise of Christianity

• Setting the stage
• Roman gods were not worshipped with much emotion, when their empire grew so did Christianity (a new religion)
• Life and Teachings of Jesus
• Roman power spread to the Jews around 63 B.C.
• Roughly two decades after Roman Rule many believed the messiah had arrived.
• Jesus of Nazareth
• 6-4 B.C. A jew named Jesus was born in Bethlehem
• Jesus was a carpenter, he was baptized by John the baptist
• Jesus began his public ministry at age 30
• A growing movement
• Historical records at that time don't tell much of Jesus, the main source of information on Jesus is found in the gospels
• Jesus grew in fame/popularity, he had a unique appeal to the poor
• his word were simple and direct
• Jesus' death
• Jesus' popularity began to worry the jewish and the roman leaders
• People greeted him as messiah or king
• Jesus was accused of blasphemy and was sentenced to crucifixion by Pontius Pilate 
• Amazingly, according to the gospels, 3 days after his death, Jesus rose from the grave
• Christos is a greek word meaning "messiah" or "Savior" Christianity is derived from the word
• Christianity Spreads through the Roman Empire 
• After Jesus triumphed over death his followers became more convicted to spread his teachings and religion, christianity slowly but surely spread through the Roman empire
• Jesus' first...