Outline: Compare And Contrast Western Roman Empire With The Byzantine Empire
#3- Compare and Contrast Western Roman Empire with the Byzantine Empire.
I. Thesis: The Western Roman Empire (753 BCE – 476 CE) and the Byzantine Empire (330 – 1453) have similarities and differences.
a. Religious
b. Political
c. Economics and Trade
II. Body Paragraph #1-
A. The Roman Empire was Roman Catholic, and the Byzantine Empire was Eastern Orthodox, but both were Christian religions.
1. The Roman Empire was Catholic.
a. The date of establishment is indeterminable, but it is in place by the 1st Century.
b. 380 CE, Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
c. The Roman Catholic Church claims to have started in Matthew 16:18 when Christ supposedly appointed Peter as the first Pope.
2. The Byzantine Empire
I. Thesis: The Western Roman Empire (753 BCE – 476 CE) and the Byzantine Empire (330 – 1453) have similarities and differences.
a. Religious
b. Political
c. Economics and Trade
II. Body Paragraph #1-
A. The Roman Empire was Roman Catholic, and the Byzantine Empire was Eastern Orthodox, but both were Christian religions.
1. The Roman Empire was Catholic.
a. The date of establishment is indeterminable, but it is in place by the 1st Century.
b. 380 CE, Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
c. The Roman Catholic Church claims to have started in Matthew 16:18 when Christ supposedly appointed Peter as the first Pope.
2. The Byzantine Empire