day 5

read pgs 168-172
questions 1 3 4 5

• Jesus was born somewhere between 6 and 4 BC
• he was raised in Nazareth 
• baptized by john the baptist
• he was a carpenter
• for three years he held his public ministry with teachings, preached, and reportedly did miracles
• his teachings were monotheism, the ten commandments, God's personal relationship to everyone, to love everyone, and that God would save anyone who repented their sins
• the main source of information about Jesus is the gospels
• gospels written by apostles
• Roman and Jewish leaders felt threatened by Jesus
• they had him crucified
• Jesus's followers continued to spread his teachings
• his first followers were Jews but it slowly developed into a new religion called Christianity
• in 66 AD, Jews rebelled against Rome and in 70 AD the Romans stormed the Temple in Jerusalem. 

3. what did jesus emphasize in his early teachings?
love, forgivness of sins, and a personal relationship with god

4. why did early christians face persecution from rome?
because the leaders felt threatened by the growing popularity of jesus and were afraid he would end up more powerful than them

5. what was the importance of the nicene creed?
it stated the beliefs of christianity fully