Rise of Christianity

Organization of the church - pick the correct order, from lowest to highest power

• Laity, Priests, Patriarch, Archbishops, Bishops

• Laity, Priests, Bishops, Archbishops, Patriarch

• Laity, Bishops, Archbishops, Patriarch, Priests

• Patriarch, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Laity

Patriarch

• Pope

• High rank bishops

• Supervised diocese (area with several churches grouped)

• Leader of an individual church (like a pastor)

• Regular church members (you and I)

Archbishops

• Pope

• High rank bishops

• Supervised diocese (area with several churches grouped)

• Leader of an individual church (like a pastor)

• Regular church members (you and I)

Bishops

• Pope

• High rank bishops

• Supervised diocese (area with several churches grouped)

• Leader of an individual church (like a pastor)

• Regular church members (you and I)

Priests

• Pope

• High rank bishops

• Supervised diocese (area with several churches grouped)

• Leader of an individual church (like a pastor)

• Regular church members (you and I)

Laity

• Pope

• High rank bishops

• Supervised diocese (area with several churches grouped)

• Leader of an individual church (like a pastor)

• Regular church members (you and I)

group of Jews who rebelled against Rome for their freedom

• Zealots

• Iconoclasts

• Augustine of Hippo

a person who destroyed religious images and was against them in the early church.

• Zealots

• Iconoclasts

• Augustine of Hippo

• Laity

Early Christian writer. Helped shape Christian thinking. Wrote The City of God

• Zealots

• Iconoclasts

• Augustine of Hippo

• Archbishops

Split between Roman Catholic (Western Roman Empire) and Eastern Orthodox (Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine Empire)

• Great Schism

• Great Belisarius

• Great Theodosius