Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 11European Medieval TimesThe Church

Christianity

The Church

Christianity is one of the legacies of the Roman Empire.

Christians were followers of Jesus. Anyone who believed and followed his ways was a Christian. There was one type of Christian church.

Early Christians were persecuted and Christianity was illegal.

In 313 Constantine made Christianity legal and by 395 it was the official religion of the Roman Empire.

The Great Schism (or break) happened after the Eastern Empire (Byzantine) and the Western Empire (Roman) broke apart. Everyone in the East became Orthodox and everyone in the West became Roman Catholic.

The Church was the center of medieval life in western Europe.

Judaism

DON’T believe Jesus was a Savior

Judaism

DO believe Jesus was a Savior

Christianity

WESTERN Roman Empire

Roman Catholic

EASTERN Roman Empire

Orthodox

The Church

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