Early Church and Christian Europe quiz

What are TWO factors that Christianity spread easily throughout the Roman Empire?

• Romans spoke Greek and Latin

• Christians didn't want to be accepted by Romans

• Christians were a part of the military so they could easily move throughout the Empire

• Rome had a good system of roads (transportation)

The clergy were the leaders of the early Christian Church?

• True

• False

There were four ______________ who ruled over the early Christian Church

• Bishops

• Archbishops

• priests

• Patriarchs

Which emperor declared Christianity the main religion of the Roman Empire?

• Diocletian

• Constantine

• Augustus

• Galerius

Why did Romans treat Christians badly? (2 correct answers

• Christians didn't worship the Roman gods or the emperor

• Christians wanted equality

• All Christians were slaves

• Romans misunderstood Christian traditions and rituals

A ______________ is levels of power within an organization such as a school or church.

• patriarch

• bureaucracy

• priest

• hierarchy

Match the item with the correct statement. doctrine

• a person willing to die for his or her beliefs

• the official church teaching

• leaders of the church

• regular church members

• the organization of different levels of authority

Which group of people did the Romans view as a threat to the empire?

• Christians

• Jews

• martyrs

• patriarchs

Which group is found at the top of the early Christian church hierarchy?

• archbishops

• bishops

• priest

• patriarchs

Christian could communicate the message of Jesus because most people in the Roman Empire spoke

• English and Spanish

• Greek and Hebrew

• Hebrew and Latin

• Latin and Greek