According to the gospels, the main charge against Jesus was
that he claimed to be the king of the Jews. The Roman soldiers were mocking
this idea when they dressed him in a purple robe and pressed a crown of thorns
on his head. This was also the charge written on the sign at the top of the
cross, although the charge was false. This had a huge effect on Christianity,
as his death saved others from their own sin. Even today, Christians pray to
Jesus to thank them for saving them from their sins at the cost of his own
life. I personally don’t see this event as happening again in the future, but
we could prevent it again by praying to Jesus and God and be as grateful as
possible for everything we have.
Study Questions
1.
Christianity began as a sect of Judaism in 1
C.E. at a time of stable government and when the Roman Empire was at its peak.
During this time, Augustus Caesar ruled.
2.
Jesus fulfilled the role of being the Messiah by
giving sight to the blind, and healing people, and laying down His sinless life
on a cross as a substitute for us who have all broken God's laws. He did not
fulfill the role by establishing a Kingdom here on earth with Jerusalem as the
capital.
3.
The two basic rituals of early Christianity was
baptism and Eucharist, or communion meal.
4.
Paul’s epistles, or letters, were likely to have
been written first. These letters began in the 50s and 60s of the first
century.
5.
Before Constantine, Christians were being killed
in the Roman Empire. Constantine saw the population rising and saw a good
chance to get more support. With this he encompassed Christianity. In order to
get Christianity stronger, he assembled the leaders of the Christians in his
area. He then selected which gospels should be assembled into the
"Bible". This is similar to Asoka, who, like Constantine, was a
convert to a new faith, Buddhism.
6.
The major differences between Eastern Orthodox
and Western Christianity was the Patriarch vs Pope, Icons vs Statues, Baptism
immersion vs Baptism sprinkling, Greek vs Latin, and the difference of bread
and wine and only bread
7.
Several
causes of the Reformation include the rise of European nationalism, new
learnings of the Renaissance, and the decline of the Papacy.
8.
The Seven Sacraments include baptism,
confirmation, penance, Eucharist, extreme unction, marriage, and holy orders.
9.
After the death of Puis XII, John XXII became
the Pope. John was determined to revitalize the church and bring it in line
with the 20th century. He called the Second Vatican Council and it
affected some of the most dramatic changes ever made in the Catholic Church.
One of the most important movements among Christians in the 20th
century was the ecumenical movement.
10.
Liberation theology is a movement in Christian
theology, developed mainly by Latin American Roman Catholics, that emphasizes
liberation from social, political, and economic oppression as an anticipation
of ultimate salvation, while fundamental is a branch of Catholic theology which
seeks to establish the fact that God has made a supernatural revelation and
established the Catholic Church as its divinely authorized custodian and
interpreter.
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