Christianity
- Background
- Always played a big role in roman society
- Polytheistic system was really impersonal
- As the empire grew so did the new religion called Christianity
- Jesus of Nazareth
- Viewed as the messiah
- Born in Bethlehem
- Baptized by john the Baptist
- Took up carpentry
- Age of thirty started preaching
- Next three years he preached taught did good works and reportedly preformed miracles
- History
- Not many historical records from his life
- Mostly in the gospils
- Which were written by his folllowers, called apostles
- Death
- Wouldn’t worship the polytheistic gods
- A governer of Rome Pontius pilate accused jesus of defying athroity
- Crucified on a wooden cross
- spreading of Christianity
- after his death his followers continued to spread his ideas
- despite the large amount of political and religious opposition
- the new religion began to spread
- paul
- man who really influenced the spreading of Christianity
- once a jew and against Christianity
- able to speek and travel through the roman empire because of pax romana
- beliefs
- jesus was the messiah
- acceptance of gentiles and jews
- jews
- old testimant only
- belief that jews are chosen people
- adherence to jewish law
- both
- belive in one god
- belive in the 10 commandments
- org chart
- pope
- bishiop
- priest
- persecution of Christians
- refusal to worship Christian gods
- max romana decreased, Christian persecution increased
- thousands were crucified burned or killed by wild animals
- other Christians and even some non-Christians regarded persecuted Christians as mayrters
- mayrter someone who was killed for therir belif of cause
- reasons for popularity
- embraced all people
- gave hope to the hopeless
- appealed to those repelled by the extravagances of imperial Rome
- offered personal relationship with a loving god
- promised eternal live after death
- Constantine accepted christianty
- Was fighting over the leadership of Rome
- Then prayed to God and saw a cross
- Ordered artisans to paint the Christian cross on the shields
- Won in battle, accepted his new god
- bishiop
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