Christianity

What is one main difference between the Christian and Jewish faith?

• Christianity was started first.

• Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah.

• Jews live in Vatican City.

• Jews were never persecuted for their beliefs.

Which of the following are not found in Vatican City?

• it's own currency

• a king as it's ruler

• it's own flag

• a cathedral

What were the 12 closest followers of Jesus called?

• monks

• nuns

• Romans

• disciples

Which man had a vision that caused him to become a Christian and spread the teachings of Jesus across the Mediterranean countries to Greece and Rome?

• Saul of Tarsus

• Peter

• Michelangelo

• Patrick

What stopped the persecution of the Christians?

• Monks began copying the Bible on parchment?

• Paul traveled to Greece and Rome to spread the teachings of Jesus.

• The Roman emperor Constantine made Christianity legal.

• Vatican City became a country.

Which of the following did the Catholic church NOT do?

• gave permission to start a businesses

• taxed people like a government

• controlled the courts

• encouraged people to cremate their dead

Who told stories called parables that taught about the kingdom of Heaven?

• Paul

• Jesus

• Peter

• Patrick

What are women called who live in convents and devote their life to God and to helping others?

• nuns

• missionaries

• disciples

• monks

What famous sculptor created the Pieta, a statue of Jesus and Mary?

• Michelangelo

• Nero

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Constantine

What event proved to the 12 disciples that Jesus was the Messiah?

• the parables

• the crucifixion

• the resurrection

• Saul's vision of Jesus on the road to Damascus