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| Palestine | a Roman province on the eastern coast of the Mediterrnanean Sea |
| Nazareth | a city in ancient Palestine and the home of Jesus |
| Jesus | c. 4 B.C. -- A.D. 29 A young Jewish man who taught in Palestine and founded Christianity |
| Peter/Paul | Disciples of Jesus who helped spread his teachings throughout the Roman Empire |
| Constantine | Christian emperor who made Christianity equal to all other religions in Rome and reuinted the Roman Empire after Diocletian had divided it into two parts |
| Theodosius | Ancient Roman emperor who made Christianity Rome's official religion |
| Catacomb | an underground room used as a burial site |
| synagogue | a Jewish place of worship |
| disciple | one of a small group of people who followed Jesus |
| persecute | to punish |
| Christianity | the monotheistic religion based on the life, teaching,s and death of Jesus |
| New Testament | the part of the Christian Bible that contains the Gospels |
| Gospels | the four books of the Bible known as the New Testament |
| Apostle | one of he twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to help him preach and spread the Word of God |
| Messiah | in Judaism, a leader sent by God; in Christianity, the savior, Jesus, God in human form |
