Paul in enabling Christianity to spread throughout the Mediterranean world was significant. He made the religion of Christianity a distinct religion. He was Jewish but he lived outside Jerusalem and interacted with non-Jews. He argues you do not need to be Jewish in order to become Christian and says it is no longer necessary to abide by Jewish rules (that hinder people from converting to Judaism) because Jesus had died for their sins. St. Paul also traveled along the Mediterranean area preaching about how you do not need to abide by the Jewish laws and can become Christian. Although he was executed when he went to Rome (speculated by historians) he was able to spread Christianity in the Mediterranean World and he had wrote the New Testament.…
Paul: A Jew from the Greek city of Tarsus in Anatolia, he initially persecuted the followers of Jesus but after receiving revelation on the road to Syrian Damascus, became Christian.…
Religion was a large part of any Roman’s life that was changed drastically. In the early empire, Paganism, where there was a belief in many gods, was the main religion. When the idea of Christianity came around, it initially attracted the poor. Eventually it gained popularity in the other classes. Eventually such a large amount of people believed in Christianity that even though the authorities had rejected the religion in 100 C.E., Constantine was forced to legalize it in 313 C.E. Christianity quickly spread through the Roman Empire and took over the other religions. Though the religion drastically changed, Christianity is considered continuity because it remained the official religion through out the span of the whole empires existence.…
Since Rome was dependent on trade they had many routes that went through Rome, within these routes ideas and beliefs of Christianity began to spread, because of the numerous routes the belief spread and grew quickly. Then during the rule of Constantine the Great, Constantine set some laws for the Christians that prevented them from being persecuted and later made it the religion of Rome…
Christianity had a huge impact on the Roman Empire. In the beginning, Romans were polytheistic and believed that the gods were the reason for many things. However Christianity began to spread throughout the Roman Empire and many people began to convert. The emperor Diocletian in 303demanded that they will comply…
This type of religion was one that was nontraditional Roman religion. Christianity is a mono theistic religion which is a belief where there is only one god, whereas Roman religion is a polytheistic religion which is the belief in many gods. Persecutions occurred as a result of this difference. There were many time throughout this time until Constantine the Great ended it all. In 313 C.E. Constantine ended the persecutions, and this would lead to toleration of Christianity.…
Proper worship of the gods was believed to ensure peace, fertility and prosperity. All citizens were expected to be involved in religious rituals as they were believed to be necessary to win the favour of the gods. The Roman State Cult was centred on the worship of the gods Jupiter, the protector of the state, Juno, protector of women and Minerva, patroness of craftsmen. From the time of Augustus, an imperial cult developed under the influence of Greek hero cults and concepts of divine kingship. The emperor was worshipped at both Pompeii and Herculaneum and Augustales, who were the priests of Augustus, were appointed to administer the cult.…
As the saying goes, History repeats itself, which is true about the course of Christianity from 100 CE to 1750 CE. The constant splitting of the Eastern and Western Christian churches, the expanding of the Christian church, and the fight against Islam are all constants throughout the history of the Christian faith. However the Western Christian Church further splits into both Protestant and Catholic beliefs, conversions of the Christian Church around the world was for different reasons, and the number of converts fluctuates.…
Religion in European history is one of the most commonly changed and important institutions. Christianity went from being a persecuted religion in the Roman Empire to the most popular and recognized religion of the middle ages. Before all religions became accepted in the Roman Empire, the empire was ruled by an emperor usually aligned with the state or government. However the Edict of Milan took place, which stated that there was religious freedom for all, Christianity growing in popularity at that time.1 Bishops of important cities were now starting to rise to power.…
a 300-year period, from 1450 to 1750. There were both changes in religion and other things, such as…
This was a small and random act of repression but soon lead to The Roman persecution of the Christians when the Christians are blamed by Emperor Nero for the great fire in Rome that almost destroyed the city(even though many Romans believed Nero started the fire). Later in 67 CE, paul one of the disciples was put to death in Rome. This forced the religion to move underground, despite this, is against the law, and the bloody executions and beheadings, Christianity grew…
Christianity first appeared in the Western reaches of the empire, in the province of Judea. Although its beginnings were in a remote fringe province, the ideology began, spread and grew to be a formidable institution under Roman rule. There seems to be little report of the original disputes with Jesus Christ himself, however there is documentation of later reports of the spread of Christianity. By the 2nd century Christianity claimed almost 50,000 followers (as can be estimated). However the Romans knew little of the movement1. One of the first documentations we have comes from Pliny, when he is Governor of a province in modern day Turkey2; It is correspondence between him and Emperor Trajan, requesting advice for the issue of this new Christian cult which has been a disturbance to locals “They [the Christians] also declared that the sum total of their guilt or error amounted to no more than this; they had met regularly before dawn on a fixed day to chant verses alternately among themselves in honor of Christ as if to a god, and also to bind themselves by oath…After this ceremony it has been their…
The Romans worshipped their gods in a temple. They made sacrifices of animals and precious items to their gods. They believed that when their emperor died he became a god and sacrifice was also made to the emperor.…
In ancient times, Romans were strictly polytheists and later converted to monotheism. During ancient times a Roman emperor, Servius Tullius, built a temple for the goddess Diana, according to an article on Roman-Empire. Seeking the goddess is told to bring him well being, none the less, he follows the orders he receives in his dream and builds the Goddess a temple. The Gods and Goddess’ of the Romans came from being, “A blend of several religious influences. Many of these were introduced via the Greek colonies of southern Italy and others had their roots in the Etruscan or Latin tribes of the region (UNRV).” Having been influenced by other religions the Romans were not against the idea of becoming Christians. “By 392 AD, Emperor Theodosius I banned the practice of pagan religions in Rome altogether and Christianity was, without question, the official religion of the state (UNRV).” Present day the Roman religion does not exist. The Romans all converted their beliefs to Christianity soon after hesitating in the early fourth century…
Christianity is an ancient religion that is centered on the teachings of Christ. The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, its followers and the Church with its various denominations, from the first century to the present. Christianity was founded in the 1st century in the Levant region of the Middle East by Jesus of Nazareth, who is prophesied in the Old Testament to be the Christ or chosen one of God. This religion has been around since 4BC-30AD (the time of Christ). The early Christians believed that there were seven heavens, one physically above the other. They also believed that god is Omni-present, rather than enthroned in the highest heaven. Like the latter, Christianity was originally a movement of oppressed people it first appeared as the religion of slaves and emancipated slaves of poor people deprived of all rights of peoples subjugated or dispersed by Rome. Christianity was the recognized state religion in the Roman World Empire.…