The message of Jesus—people should love God and one another—agreed with Jewish teachings. 2. Crucifixion of criminals and political rebels was a common method of punishment by the Romans. 3. Christians, unlike the Jews, believed that multiple gods could be worshipped. 4. The Byzantines believed the patriarch of Constantinople and other bishops were equal to the pope. 5. A priest named Paul took Christianity to Ireland. DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item with the correct statement below. 6. considered "the rock" of the Christian Church because of his strong leadership role 7. a famous religious speech that served as a summarization of Jesus’s teachings 8. government officials who carried out Emperor Leo’s orders to remove all icons from churches 9. with help from Paula, a nun, he translated the Christian Bible into Latin 10. to declare that a person or group is no longer a