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Word check. 1. suspicious – mistrustful;




Ex. 1.Word extension

1. suspicious – mistrustful;

2. to harm – to hurt, to damage;

3. to seek out – to look for, to try to find;

4. an offering – a public sacrifice;

5. a vision – power of seeing or imagining; smth. seen by the mind’s eye or the power of imagination;

6. to baptize – to accept smb. as a member of the Christian church and give him a name (names);

7. to settle disputes – to make (to decide) an argument (in addition to the family name);

8. on behalf of – in the interest of;

9. to bring up – to call attention to, introduce;

10. massacre – cruel killing of large number of (defendless) people;

11. to repent (of) – to think with regret or sorrow of; wish one had not dome (smth.);

12. plea – request;

13. to turn tables on smb. – to gain a position of superiority after having been defeated.

Ex. 2.Match the words in column A with their definitions in column B.

A 1) the failure 2) hierarchy 3) martyrs   4) a chi-rho 5) excommunication 6) pagans B a) organization with grades of authority for lowest to highest b) neglect c) people who chose to die rather than give up their religious beliefs d) people who were neither Christians or Jews e) a Christian symbol f) banning from the church

Ex. 3.Complete the sentences, use the words and expression from the text.

1. The Christians did not act like other Romans, and this made some Romans … .

2. Wealth and private property, for example, were very important measures of status in the Roman social … .

3. Romans feared the … of Christians to honor Roman gods would … the empire.

4. Roman did not generally … Christians for punishment.

5. … most Christians lived in peace until A.D. 200s.

6. Decius believed that these … would please the gods and … the troubles in the empire.

7. These … became important symbols for the church.

8. Before Constantine went into battle, he saw a … of a cross with the sun behind it.

9. He ordered his soldiers to paint a Christian symbol called a … on their shields.

10. Constantine was not … a Christian until shortly before his death in A.D. 337.

11. He held meetings with church leaders … among Christian leaders.

12. Constantine’s decisions … the church had the power of the Roman Empire behind him.

13. The relationship between Constantine and the church … an issue that is still the subject of debate today.

14. Bishop Ambrose of Milan threatened Theodosius with … until he … his actions.

15. This was the same … that the early Christians had once made to the … .

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Word for reference: plea, pagans, repented of, excommunication, suspicious, hierarchy, failure, harm, seek out, offerings, martyrs, vision, chi-rho, brought up, baptized, to settle disputes, on behalf of.


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