Origins and Spread of Christianity

What are the gospels?

• accounts of Jesus's life

• letters written to explain certain Christian beliefs

• sacred songs or hymns

• the history of the Jewish people

Why did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John write the gospels?

• to defend themselves when they were put on trial in Rome

• to prevent the Romans from crucifying Jesus

• to spread the news of Jesus's life and teachings

• to explain why they converted to Judaism

According to the gospels, where was Jesus born?

• Nazareth

• Bethlehem

• Jerusalem

• Rome

What did many Jews hope that a Messiah would do?

• Free them from a foreign power or Roman rule

• attract other people to their faith

• teach people how to live in peace

• warn them of the end of the world

According to the earliest written accounts, what did Jesus emphasize (primarily) in his teachings?

• love others

• justice for the oppressed

• revenge against someone who hurt me

• obedience to the laws of Caesar

How was Paul important to the early development of Christianity?

• He asked converts to come and visit him

• He spread Christianity to people who were not Jews.

• He preached Christianity in the Temple in Jerusalem.

• He led the disciples who traveled with Jesus.

Jesus often taught using simple stories with moral or religious messages. These stories were called

• disciples

• missionaries

• parables

• prefects

How was Jesus Christ executed?

• He did not survive the Resurrection.

• He was stabbed at the Last Supper.

• He was crucified on a cross.

• He was poisoned at the Nativity.

According to the gospels, what happened that convinced the disciples that Jesus was the son of God?

• Jesus felt no pain on the cross.

• God removed Jesus from the cross.

• Jesus rose from the dead.

• The Romans were unable to kill Jesus.

Roman emperors sentenced Christians to die in cruel and public ways

• to attract new Christian followers who admired the Christians' bravery.

• as a religious offering to their own gods.

• to show they treated Christians in the same way as all other Romans.

• in the hopes of destroying the new religion.