World History Chap. 6 Sec 3
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- Zealots
- Jews who wanted to rid their homeland of the Romans.
- Jesus
- Messiah to the Jews
- Gospels
- means good news. (1st four books of the new testament)
- apostles
- disciples or pupils of Jesus who wrote gospels
- Jerusalem
- Capital of Judea
- Peter
- Jesus' first apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus throughout Palestine and Syria.
- Christianity
- Religion based on Jewish Law, but changed to be based on Jesus' message
- epistles
- influential letters
- Diaspora
- When Jews were driven from their homeland in 132 AD
- Scapegoat
- groups or individuals that innocently bear the blame for others.
- Nero
- Rule of Rome who was blamed for a disastorous fire in Rome.
- Persecution
- To harass, punish people for association or belonging to a certain group.
- Bishop
- Priest, who supervised local churches.
- Pope
- Father or head of the Christian church.
- Constantine
- Roman emporer who was first to convert to Christianity.
- Heresy
- Any belief that appeared to contradict the basic teachings of Christianity.