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Bellringer - What Was The Exodus? Explain All That You Know
Bellringer - What Was The Exodus? Explain All That You Know
Building Background
The Romans did not insist on imposing their
beliefs on others.
Roman would often adopt the gods of other
cultures they conquered.
In order to avoid offending any god, the Romans
prayed to a wide variety of gods and
goddesses.
The Romans would only ban a religion when
they thought that it would become a political
problem.
Jesus of Nazareth
Resurrection
According to Christian beliefs, Jesus rose from the
dead three days after he was crucified. This rise
from the dead is known as the Resurrection in
Christianity. (According to the History Textbook)
After the Resurrection, Jesus’ Apostles (12 disciples
whom Jesus chose to receive special training)
traveled widely telling about Jesus and his
teachings.
They also wrote about his life and teachings – which
can be found in the New Testament (The Gospels –
Mathew, Mark , Luke & John)
At first Christianity was spread only among Jews.
Messiah
According to the World History Textbook,
Early Christians believe that the
Resurrection was a sign that Jesus was
the messiah and son of God
Some people began to call him Jesus
Christ, from the Greek words for Messiah,
christos
◦ It is from this word that the words
Christian and Christianity later
developed
Prophet vs. Messiah?
Christianity
Within a hundred years of Jesus’ death, there
were thousands of Christians in the Roman
Empire.
Some officials arrested and killed Christians who
refused to worship Rome’s gods – some feared
Christians would cause unrest, so they banned
Christianity.
Christianity became a “problem” and was
persecuted until Emperor Constantine became
Christian himself….in the early 300s CE.
A later Emperor declared Christianity Rome’s
official religion.
Symbolism
We do not know whether the story is true but we do know that
the fish's first known use as a Christian religious symbol was
sometime within the first three centuries AD. Possibly around the
16th century Christians began using the Greek word ichthys for
"fish". Ichthys is the most commonly used word in the New
Testament for fish. Ichthys consists of five letters from the Greek
alphabet: I-ch-th-y-s. When these five letters are used as initials
for five words, we obtain this Christian Declaration: Iesous
Christos Theou Yios Soter. This is an acrostic for 'Jesus Christ,
God's Son, Savior.'
I Iota the first letter in the Greek word Iesous Jesus
.
the first letter in the Greek word
X Chi IXQUS ----- Ichthys ----- Jesus Christ,
..----- Christ
Christos
God's Son, Savior
Q Theta the first letter in the Greek word Theos Of God
the first letter in the Greek word Yios
U Upsilon Son
(Huois)
Greek
S Sigma the first letterTheos
in the GreekYios
word Soter Savior
Iesous Christos Soter
meaning
English
transliter Jesus Christ Of God Son Savior
ation ...
1. A reason why
Christianity became
popular
2. Viewed as a threat to
the Roman Empire
3. Both
1, 2, or 3?