This document summarizes the birth, life, teachings, death, and spread of Christianity following Jesus Christ. It describes Jesus being born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph. It outlines his life preaching messages of love, compassion and a single God, which made him enemies of the Romans. The document discusses Jesus being crucified and Christians believing in his resurrection. Finally, it explains how followers of Jesus like Peter, Paul and John helped spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire despite periods of persecution.

1. ROME
AND THE RISE OF
CHRISTIANITY

2. BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST:
JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM,
ASMALL VILLAGE OF JERUSALEM .
HIS FATHER JOSEPH AND MARY ARE JEWS.
JESUS WAS BORN IN 4BCE. IT IS SAID THAT AN
ANGEL VISITED MOTHER MARY, THE MOTHER
OF JESUS, BEFORE HIS BIRTH, AND TOLD HER
SHE WAS BLESSED AND HER SON WOULD BE
BLESSED TOO.
THEN JESUS WAS BORN.

3. Life Of Jesus
JESUS SPENT HIS EARLY LIFE AS A CARPENTER. BUT AT THE AGE OF
30, HE WENT ABOUT PREACHING HIS MESSAGE. HE SPOKE IN A
SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND SOON HAD A LARGE FOLLOWING. HE
ALSO CAME TO BE KNOWN AS A GREAT HEALER. HIS SIMPLE LIFE,
MAGNETIC PERSONALITY AND OUTSTANDING LOVE AND
COMPASSION JESUS EMPHASISED ON ONE GOD AND IMMENSE
IMPORTANCE TO LOVE, BROTHERHOOD AND COMPASSION. HE
FEARLESSLY CRITICIZED ALL HARMFUL ACTIVITIES AND EVILS. THIS
MADE THE RICH AND POWERFUL AMONG THE ROMANS HIS
ENEMY.

4. TEACHING OF JESUS
• GOD IS ONE AND SO WORSHIP OF SEVERAL GODS IS OF
SEVERAL GODS IS OF NO AVAIL.
• CHRIST CALLED GOD JUST AND BENEVOLENT. ONE
MUST LOVE HIM AS HE LOVES ALL HIS PEOPLE.
• SINNERS CAN ALWAYS REPENT AND BE SAFE BY GOD.
• WE SHOULD HATE THE SINS AND NOT THE SINNERS.
• SYPATHY AND COMPASSION FOR
FELLOW BEING IS IMPORTANT TEACHING OF CHRIST.
• THE NEW TESTAMENT COMPRISES THE
FOUR GOSPELS WRITTEN BY MATHEW, MARK, LUKE
AND JOHN. JESUS CHOSE 12 DISCIPLES TO HELP HIM IN
HIS MACHINE OF SPREADING LOVE AND COMPASSION
• HE PREACHED PEOPLE MUST SHOW COMPASSION TO
THE POOR, PEET THE HUNGRY, AND THE SICK, AND GIVE
SHELTER TO THE HOME LESS .

5. Death Of Jesus
THIS MADE THE RICH AND POWERFUL AMONG THE ROMANS HIS
ENEMY. THEY COMPLAINED TO PONTIUS PILATE, THE ROMAN
GOVERNOR OF PALESTINE, ACCUSING JESUS OF CALLING
HIMSELF THE KING OF JEWS AND THUS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE
TO REBEL AGAINST ROMAN RULERS. JESUS WAS ARRESTED AND
CRUCIFIED. AND THE CROSS BECAME A SACRED SYMBOL OF
JESUS. CHRISTIANS BELIEVED THAT JESUS CHRIST ROSE FROM
THE DEAD ON THE THIRD DAY OF CRUCIFIXION. THIS IS KNOWN
AS THE RESURRECTION AND EASTER IS CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR
IN MEMORY OF THIS EVENT. GOOD FRIDAY IS THE DAY ON WHICH
JESUS IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED. CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATES THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. CHRISTIANS BELIEVED THAT
JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD, WHO DIED A PAINFUL DEATH ON
THE CROSS TO SAVE MANKIND FROM SIN.

6. SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY
AFTER THE DEATH OF JESUS, HIS FOLLOWERS PETER, PAUL AND JOHN
ZEOLOSLY SPREADED CHRITIANITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
THE ROMAN RULERS FELT THREATENED BY THE SPREAD OF
CHRISTIANITY.
IN THE BEGGENING, CHRISTIANS WERE HATED AND PERSICUTED BY
ROMANS AND ROMAN EMPERORS. THEY WERE REGARDED AS
DANGEROUS, DISLOYAL AND UNPATRIOTIC.
WHEN A GREAT FIRE BROKE OUT IN ROME, DURING THE REIGN N OF
NERO IN CE 62, SO HE HELD THE CHRISTIANS RESPONSIBLE. SO , HE
KILLED ST. PAUL AND PERSICUTED CHRISTIANS RUTHLESSLY- BURNING
THEM ALIVE.
THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS WERE ALSO TORTURED DURING THE
REIGN OF MARCUS AURILEUS DIOCLETIAN (CE 284-305) REMOVED
THE CHRISTIANS FROM THE ARMY AND PUBLIC OFFICES, BURT
CHURCHES AND REEFUSED TO FREE CHRISTIAN SLAVES.

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