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The Rise of Christianity
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During the Roman Empire, Jesus of Nazareth began preaching a message of love and forgiveness. His life and teachings led to the rise of Christianity.

The Rise of Christianity
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1. 12 men Jesus had chosen to help Him in his teaching
Image: Apostles

2. underground burial place
Image: catacomb

3. (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
Image: Salvation

4. The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church
Image: Diocese

5. Christian followers in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire); split from Roman Catholic Church and shaped life in eastern Europe and western Asia
Image: Eastern Orthodox Church

6. List of how to live and pray for monks and nuns
By Greek bishop Basil
Image: Basilian Rule

7. a priest who brought Christianity to Ireland
Image: Patrick

8. a teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity
Image: Jesus of Nazareth

9. a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion
Image: icon

10. The language of the Romans
Image: Latin

11. assemblages of different populations that live together in a defined area
Image: communities

12. cast out from the church
Image: Excommunicate

13. A part of the Gospel according to Matthew in which Jesus preaches important moral teachings, including the Beatitudes
Image: Sermon on the Mount

14. Created a list of rules for monks and nuns.
Image: Basil

15. an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages
Image: Cyrillic Alphabet

16. supported the use of icons; his reasoning was that Christ was an 'icon' of the holy spirit, therefore to deny icons is to deny Christ
Image: John of Damascus

17. Language of the New Testament
Image: Greek

18. 313 CE Constantine makes Christianity the primary religion of the Roman Empire
Image: Edict of Milan

19. A man who devotes his life to a religious group, often giving up all he owns.
Image: monk

20. Man who created rules for how a monk should live
Image: Benedict

21. Peoples sharing a common language and culture that originated in Central Europe in the first half of the first millennium B.C.E.. After 500 B.C.E. they spread as far as Anatolia in the east, Spain and the British Isles in the west. Conquered by Romans and displaced by Germans and other groups, today they are found in some corners of the British Isles.
Image: Celts

22. Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Image: Trinity

23. First Roman emperor to persecute Christians
Image: Nero

24. the Christian church headed by the pope in Rome
Image: Roman Catholic Church

25. Byzantine emperor who banned the use of icons
Image: Emperor Leo III