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Romans 5:6–10

The passage tells us that Christ died for our sins yet we wouldn’t die for someone even if they haven’t sinned.

Philippians 2:8

This passage teaches us to always be obedient and humble to God even if that means death or torture.

Galatians 6:14

The passage tells us to never boast about anything unless its Gods son that he sacrificed for our sins.

1 Corinthians 1:18

This passage teaches us that the message of Jesus is that he will help save us when we are in need but he won’t help if we don’t believe in his words or power.

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Why did Rome control much of this area of the world? For how long did it do so?
The Romans controlled much of the land because they would not hesitate to threatened lives of the soldiers if they did not comply to their orders. The Romans help a lot of power over the people who lived there at them time and would convince them to fight in wars so that they had more land. The Roman empire began in 27BC and ended in 1453.

What main languages were used?
Latin and Greek were the most dominant languages used in the Roman Empire although most things were written in Latin as it was seen as 'the language of power'.

How were people and goods transported?
Most goods were transported using either horse or boat. Using a horse to transport items and goods was very popular because you would not have to walk or carry anything and you could get to your destination much faster.

What were some main regions? What were some main cities?
Some of the most popular cities were Rome and Tarsus. Rome was a very influential city in the region of Lazio and its popularity increased with the growth of Christians in Rome

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St Paul was faced with many challenges throughout his life. One of the biggest challenges was in communication to others of different languages, as through out his travel with the missionaries he had challenges communicating. Another challenge Paul faced was with circumcision and how he believed that it was not necessary to be circumcised to be connected to God  but others would not listen to him and this caused him to be thrown in jail because he caused an uproar in the city.

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When Paul was on the road to somewhere God shone a bright light into his eyes which caused him to go blind for 3 days. He then told everyone he could about Jesus and God and even went on many missionary journeys to spread the word of God.

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Paul – Pauls name after his conversion

Saul – Pauls name before his conversion

Apostle - each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus

Disciple – a follower of Jesus when he was alive

Gentile – someone who is not a Jew.

Jew – someone who is of the Jewish faith

Acts of the apostles – a collection of stories in the Bible

Missionary journeys – a journey that St Paul went on to tell people about God

Early Christians – the first Christians

Values - the regard that something is held to deserve

Beliefs - an acceptance that something exists or is true

Conversion - the process of changing

Relevance - the quality or state of being closely connected or appropriate

Contemporary - living or occurring at the same time

Christians – followers of Jesus

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St Paul was born in a city named Tarsus and was raised in a wealthy family. Because of this he believed that he was better than the Christians so he would persecute any Christians he could. One day while Paul was on the road to Damascus he had a vision from God where God asked him why he was doing this to the Christians. He had a conversion after God spoke to him and then went on many missionary journeys to tell the world about the message of God and Jesus

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Corinth, now known as southern Greece, is a place where St Paul established a Christian Church. Paul moved on and got information that there was trouble with the church in Corinth, so he wrote a series of letters. The leaders of the church where from Jewish and Gentile converts and they disagreed on how to worship properly, some of the wealthier ones thought that they were more important and ignored the poor. So, Paul wrote a letter, in Paul's letter to the Corinthians he talked about 3 main virtues; faith, hope and love. He restated that these were essential to live our life in Christ but love was the most important of all.

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The acts of the apostles are a collection of stories that give us information on how the early Christian church worked in the years after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. It tells us the story of how the Holy Spirit came down to the disciples and how the Gospel message was preached by missionaries like Paul. The acts also documents the Apostles Creed and the importance of accepting all people into Christs church.

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The Corinthians teach us that the most important thing we need in life is love. This passage says that without love you are nothing, even if you are wealthy or are smart you are nothing without love because love is the most important virtue.

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After his conversion, Paul's beliefs where that anyone can become Christian. Later, Paul realized that the church he had built in Corinth was in trouble so he wrote letters to the church to help them. The letters stated that the 3 main virtues, faith, love and hope, where very important to leading a life of worshiping Christ. Paul had some disagreements with other missionaries like James over Gentiles needing to follow Jewish law to welcome Christians.

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St Paul went on many missionary journeys to tell everyone about God and Jesus. The first journey he went on was in 46 AD. where he traveled 1400 miles to Jerusalem. The second trip was 3 years later in 49 AD which was 2800 miles, his longest trip. His final journey was in 52 AD. and it was 2700 miles long. He traveled to many different places such as Galatia, Nepalis, Corinth and Caesarea.