Early Christian Church Research Paper

In the early Christian church there were many famous people who helped the church, and there were also a few infamous people who did not. Throuought the 1st century A.D some of the most influential Christian leaders lived, such as the apostles. For the first fewhundred years the church was very primitive and unstable and many people were killed during these rimes, these people were martyrs. There were many people and events that shaped the relgion that we now know today as Catholosism. I am going to tell about some of the most important people and events. The early Christian Communitys after Jesus death were very primitive and they didn't have an established religion. People in small towns all gathered together to worship and learn about God at each others houses because they didn't have established
They were seen as a sign of wealth and power of a king or a country. Cathedrals could take over 100 years to build because everything was made by hand. In the middle ages many people were illiterate, so the church had an advantage over them and could rule them. Sincce many people couldn't read or write (use the bible) they needed to see visuals, such as stained glass windows, marble statues, paintings, and icons. People of the nobility and clergy wanted tocompete against their enemys so they used lots of money to build great cathedrals, to show their power. Then lots of people were poor because the rich didn't gve any money to the poor. Bigger cathedral equaled more money, which ment more power, which ment a powerful king and countyr. Cathedrals didn't used to have pews, only thrones for the kings, queens, and nobilty. The poor people were then seperated by a big gate from them and the alter and had to stand the enitire mass. Cathedrals were is cental locations for easy accsess and they were set up in class order. Cathedrals were a waste of money, but should peoples