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| Why did Roman leaders want to put an end to Christianity? |
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| It was becoming too popular |
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| The first Christians worked to spread Jesus’s teachings only among Jews. But some early Christians wanted to introduce Christianity to who else? |
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| What did some officials do to Christians who refused to worship Rome’s gods? |
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| What do we call people who suffer death for their religious beliefs? |
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| Some Roman emperors let Christians worship as they pleased, yet others banned Christianity. This ban led to what? |
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| Several periods of persecution against Christians |
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| What does it mean to punish a group because of its beliefs or differences? |
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| What were Christians forced to do when their religion was banned? |
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| How did Christians arrange their secret meetings? |
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| What was one of the most common secret symbols used? |
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| What were local Christian leaders who led the Christian community called? |
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| What was one of the Bishop’s most important duties? |
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| Leading Christians in celebrating the Eucharist |
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| The central ceremony of the Christian Church |
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| Why was the Eucharist created? |
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| To honor the last supper Jesus shared with his Apostles |
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| Who was the most honored of all the empire’s bishops? |
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| The bishop of Rome, or the pope |
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| Where does the word pope come from? |
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| What young writer studied the works of Plato? What did he teach? |
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| Augustine of Hippo. He taught Christians should focus not on worldly goods but on God’s plan for the world |
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| What emperor became a Christian and removed bans against the practice of Christianity? |
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| After Constantine’s death, what new emperor banned all non-Christian religious practices in the empire? |
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