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WorksheetsChristianity in the Roman Empire
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
Like most of ancient religious world, Rome was ............
Monotheistic
Polythiestic
Jewish
Isis worshippers
Rome borrowed many of its deities (gods) from
The Far East
Greece
Tolkien
Mordor
Since the time of Abraham, these people were monotheistic.
Hivites
Egyptians
Greeks
Jews
Monotheism is...
The belief in many gods.
The belief in few gods.
The belief in only one god.
A word that means one way.
This set of religious writings were the first MORAL code in history. Hamurabbi was the first know laws, these had to do with morals, one of which was to worship only one god, the one who gave these to Moses. They were written on stone.
Book of the Dead
Ten Commandments
Law of the One
Necronomicon
Jesus of Nazareth was born around 2000 years ago.
True
False
According tot he Bible, Jesus was a descendant of Abraham and....
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
King David of Israel
King Aragorn of Gondor
Vladimir Putin
Jesus taught what?
A- a Kingdom to come
B- Love your neighbor as yourself
C- Love your enemies
D-None of these
A,B and C
According to the Bible, in addition to teaching, Jesus....
performed many miracles.
led an insurrection against Rome.
was loved by most of the Jewish religious leaders.
retired at a ripe old age near the Sea of Galilee.
Jesus was turned over to the Roman authorities because...
The Jewish leaders claimed Jesus was trying to start an insurrection.
He had committed many crimes against Rome.
He never obeyed Roman law.
Truancy at school.
Jesus of Nazareth was executed by being...
Hung around the neck from a tree.
Pierced with swords.
Beaten to death.
Nailed to a cross and crucified.
Christanity was immediately at odds with Rome because.
It is polytheistic.
It is Monotheistic.
As Christianity began to spread, the Emperor______________began to persecute them.
Hadrian
Nero
Octavian
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Under Nero, Christians were...
Crusified
Burned alive
Fed to lions in the Colosseum.
All the above.
These two religions trace their origins to Abraham.
Christianity
Polytheism
Judaism
Thorism
Taoism
This emperor legalized Christianity..
Constantine in 313 AD with the Edict of Milan
Nero in 313 AD at the Council of Trent
Constantine in 325 AD The Council of Nicaea
Eusiebus in 1944 AD
The Edict of Milan in 313 AD gave Christians ..
New free churches
The right to persecute pagans
Milanian Marshmellow Pie for life
Freedom to worship
Constantine's mother was a ___________, while his father worshiped Zeus (Jupiter). This fact influenced Constantine to proclaim the Edict of Milan in 313.
worshiper of Isis
Christian
Atheist
Polytheistic
Until five days before his death, Constantine worshiped "Sol Invictus." That is, the "invincible sun."
Zeus
Apollo
Hermes
Jesus
The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD....
Unified pagan and Christian doctrine.
Proclaimed that the Jews of the Empire would be, "allowed to live, but would suffer."
Both
Neither
Constantine was the first ______________Emperor of Rome. Even though he didn't get baptized until_____________before his death. [PICK TWO]
pagan
Christian
days
years
Calling someone a pagan in Rome by the year 400 was like calling them a ....
Sophisticated person
Still worshiped the old gods like Zeus and Apollo
Hillbilly from the woods
Were devout Christians
This was the Emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire by 395 AD.
Theodosius the not so Great
Theodosius the Great
Hank Pym
Nero
After Christianity became the official Religion of Rome, things got much better for Christians.
Ha, what a joke. If you belonged to a group of Christians who weren't part of the "State Religion," you were persecuted worse than before.
Bam! What? Of course things were better. They were in charge.
Since "Christians" were persecuting other Christians...
They had obviously lived up to, "love your enemies" as Jesus actually taught.
It was clear that Jesus' message of do unto others as you would have them do unto you was well received.
The beatitude of, "blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" was vigorously practiced by the Christians in power.
Obviously, the blended form of Christianity valued power over actually doing what Jesus taught.
