Christian Perspectives

1. Christian Perspectives Dialogue Education History & Origins THIS CD HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS A CONDITION OF THE USE OF THIS CD THAT IT BE USED ONLY BY THE PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THE CD ROM FROM DIALOGUE EDUCATION. (THIS DOES NOT PROHIBIT ITS USE ON A SCHOOL’S INTRANET).

2. Documentary- You Tube Video- A History of Christianity(40 minutes) Click on the image to the left. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation. Enlarge to full screen.

3. GAMES • Click on an image above for a game of “Penalty Shootout” or “Hoop-shoot”. Try playing the game with your students at the start and the end of the unit. Make sure you have started the slide show and are connected to the internet.

4. Christianity began as a Jewish sect in the eastern Mediterranean in the mid-1st century. History & Origins

5. According to the scriptures, Christians were from the beginning subject to persecution by some Jewish religious authorities, who disagreed with the apostles' teachings. History & Origins

6. State persecution ceased in the 4th century, when Constantine I issued an edict of toleration in 313. History & Origins

7. Constantine was also instrumental in the convocation of the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which sought to address the Arian heresy and formulated the Nicene Creed. History & Origins

8. The presence of Christianity in Africa began in the middle of the 1st century in Egypt, and by the end of the 2nd century in the region around Carthage. History & Origins

9. Early Middle Ages With the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the west, the papacy became a political player, first visible in Pope Leo's diplomatic dealings with Huns and Vandals. History & Origins

10. Early Middle Ages Around 500, St. Benedict set out his Monastic Rule, establishing a system of regulations for the foundation and running of monasteries. History & Origins

11. Early Middle Ages From the 7th century onwards, Islam conquered the Christian lands of the Middle East, North Africa and much of Spain, resulting in oppression of Christianity and numerous military struggles, including the Crusades. History & Origins

12. Early Middle Ages The Middle Ages brought about major changes within the church. History & Origins

13. High and Late Middle Ages In the west, from the 11th century onward, older cathedral schools developed into universities. History & Origins

14. High and Late Middle Ages Accompanying the rise of the "new towns" throughout Western Europe, mendicant orders were founded, bringing the consecrated religious life out of the monastery and into the new urban setting. History & Origins

15. High and Late Middle Ages From 1095 under the pontificate of Urban II, the Crusades were launched. History & Origins

16. High and Late Middle Ages Over a period stretching from the 7th to the 13th century, the Christian Church underwent gradual alienation, resulting in a schism dividing it into a so-called Latin or Western branch, the Roman Catholic Church, and an Eastern, largely Greek, branch, the Orthodox Church. History & Origins

17. High and Late Middle Ages Beginning around 1184, following the crusade against the Cathar heresy, various institutions, broadly referred to as the Inquisition, were established. History & Origins

18. Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation The 15th-century Renaissance brought about a renewed interest in ancient and classical learning. History & Origins

19. Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation Partly in response to the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church engaged in a substantial process of reform and renewal, known as the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reform. History & Origins

20. Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation Meanwhile, the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492 brought about a new wave of missionary activity. History & Origins

21. Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation Throughout Europe, the divides caused by the Reformation led to outbreaks of religious violence and the establishment of separate state churches in Western Europe: Lutheranism in parts of Germany and in Scandinavia and Anglicanism in England in 1534. History & Origins

22. Post-Enlightenment In the era known as the Great Divergence, when in the West the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific revolution brought about great societal changes. History & Origins

23. Post-Enlightenment Especially pressing in Europe was the formation of nation states after the Napoleonic era. History & Origins

24. Post-Enlightenment Christian commitment in Europe dropped as modernity and secularism came into their own.. History & Origins

25. Post-Enlightenment Some Europeans , Indigenous peoples of the Americas, and natives of other continents have revived their respective peoples' historical folk religions. History & Origins

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