Starter quiz
- Place the events in the correct order, starting with the earliest.
- 1⇔Jesus dies.
- 2⇔The religion of Christianity starts.
- 3⇔Christians are persecuted in the Roman Empire.
- 4⇔Emperor Constantine legalises freedom of religion.
- Many Christians would rather be punished or even die than give up their religious beliefs, making them __________.
- followers
- martyrs ✓
- emperors
- scapegoats
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- Match the word to its meaning.
- Jesus⇔religious leader and, according to Christians, a divine person ✓
- Constantine⇔first Christian emperor ✓
- bishop⇔a religious leader in some Christian churches ✓
- The Roman Empire was split in two in 395 CE and became the Western and __________ Roman Empires.
- Northern
- Southern
- Eastern ✓
- Greek
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- The capital of the Western Roman Empire was __________.
- Rome ✓
- London
- Judea
- Athens
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- The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was __________ named in honour of Emperor Constantine.
- Rome
- Byzantium
- London
- Constantinople ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match the person to their job.
- bishop⇔leader of the presbyters and deacons ✓
- presbyter⇔priest who delivers sermons and has their own congregation ✓
- deacon⇔supports the presbyter and does charitable work ✓
- Pope⇔supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church ✓
- monks and nuns⇔live in a religious community and dedicate their life to God ✓
- What was the goal of the early Christian councils?
- to decide which books to include in the Bible
- to agree on a set of core Christian beliefs ✓
- to take their vows as monks
- to elect a new Pope
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- A monk lived and worked in a ______.
- 'monastery' ✓
- Match the city to its Church.
- Constantinople⇔Eastern Orthodox Church ✓
- Rome⇔Roman Catholic Church ✓
- Which of these was not a job that monks were expected to do?
- copy religious manuscripts
- feed the poor
- look after the sick
- choose which parts of the Bible to leave out ✓
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- Is the following statement true or false? Many Christian churches still use the organisational structure of bishop, presbyter (priest) and deacon.
- True ✓
- False
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Key learning points
- The early Christian Church that Constantine allowed was organised into Bishops, Presbyters and Deacons.
- Various councils were held over the years to agree on core beliefs like the three forms of God.
- After the establishment of Constantinople, Christianity in the Western Roman Empire developed in its own way.
- The Bishop of Rome, the Pope, was believed to have supremacy over the Christian Church as a whole.
- In Western Europe various monastic orders developed where the members devoted their life to God.
Common misconception
The early Christian councils selected the books of the New Testament.
Though various local regional councils published lists of Old and New Testament books, there is no evidence of councils meeting to vote on the New Testament canon.
Keywords
Council - a council is a group of people that meet to give advice or make decisions
Constantinople - Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire
Supremacy - to have supremacy is to have ultimate power and authority
Monk - a monk is a man who devotes his life to a religion and gives up regular, worldly life
Nun - a nun is a woman who devotes her life to a religion and gives up regular, worldly life
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