Religion

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Building where Christians gather to worship (6)
  2. 3. Symbol of Christianity made of two crossing lines (5)
  3. 4. Showing reverence or devotion to a deity. (7)
  4. 6. The first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation (7)
  5. 9. An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea (9)
  6. 11. The place of worship for a Jewish congregation (10)
  7. 13. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of ___ in the Old Testament (plural) (6)
  8. 14. Male ruler of a kingdom (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 2. An inhabitant of the ancient ___ Empire (plural) (6)
  2. 3. A religious person who believes Jesus is the ___ and who is a member of a ___ denomination (9)
  3. 5. The first of the major Hebrew prophets (6)
  4. 6. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (3)
  5. 7. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River (9)
  6. 8. A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC (9)
  7. 10. A Hebrew minor prophet (6)
  8. 12. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)