Early Christianity's story
I can tell the story of how Christianity grew in different ways.
Early Christianity's story
I can tell the story of how Christianity grew in different ways.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Early Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire, but under Constantine, the faith was encouraged and it spread.
- The division of the Roman Empire led to slightly different Christian traditions in each part.
- The Byzantine Empire carried on after the fall of Rome, but did not recognise the Pope's supremacy.
- A separate Christian tradition also emerged in the African kingdom of Aksum.
- A good story about the way Christianity grew will use knowledge from across this unit.
Common misconception
The only Church to emerge from the Roman Empire is the Roman Catholic Church.
Two Christian Churches with slightly different ideologies emerged: the Roman Catholic Church was a product of the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church developed in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
Keywords
Persecution - persecution is the unfair and cruel treatment of people because of their beliefs
Constantine - Constantine was the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire
Tradition - a tradition is the beliefs and behaviours of a group of people that develop over a long period of time
Pope - the Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Missionary - a missionary is a religious person who is sent to other places to tell others about that religion
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