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Day 5

Jesus: A Jew who was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea.

Apostle: 12 men who were Jesus' disciples/pupils

Paul: An apostle who had an enormous development on the development of Christianity.

Diaspora: The dispersal of the Jews.

Constantine: (A.D. 312) Roman emperor who fought three rivals for leadership of Rome.

Bishop: A priest who supervised several local churches.

Peter: Traveled to Rome from Jerusalem and became the first bishop there.

Pope: Peter was the first pope, the father or head of the Christian Church. Whoever was Bishop of Rome was the leader of the whole church.

3. In the early teachings of Jesus, he emphasized God's personal relationship to each human being. He wanted people to know that God loves them and that they should give their love back to God.

4. The Christians faced persecution from the Romans because they would refuse to worship Roman God's which hurt Roman rulers. Along with this, rulers would use them as scapegoats for political and economic troubles. As a result, Romans started to exile, imprison, and execute the Christians.

5. The importance of the Nicene Creed was that it was the first thing to really define the beliefs of the church. There never was anything prior to this that laid the law out clearly for the members of the church.