Christanaity in rome
Rligion has alwys played a large role in roman society however the polytheistic system was very impersonal.
jesus was viewed as the messiah or savior by christians. born in the town of bethelhem in judea. baptized by john the baptist. he took up carpentry. at the age of 30 he then took up minstry. historical records of the time mention very little about jesus main source of information about his main teachings are the gospels, these gospels were written by his discies or pupils called apostles, jesus was growing in popularity and this concerned roman and jewish leaders, a governor of rome named pontius pilate accused jesus of defying the authority of rome, then crucified on a wooden cross, after jesus death the followers of jesus continued to spread his ideas, despite the large amount of political and religious oposition the new religion of christianity began to spread
paul was a man who really influenced the spreading of christianity, was once a jew and against christianity, he was able to do many of his speeches and travvel throughout the roman empire because it was during pax romana
christians believe that jesus is the messiah, acceptance of gentiles and jews alike
jews believe that jews are the chosen people and adhere to jewish law
both believe in 1 god and the 10 comandments
the christians where persecuted because they didnt worship the roman gods, as pax romana began to crumble persecution of the christians increased thousands were crucified burned or killed by wild animals, other christians and even some non christians were persecuted as martyrs or people willing to sacrafice their lives for the sake of a belief or cause
popularity became a world weligion for meltiple reasons_ embraced all people, gave hope to the powerless, appealed to those who were repeed by the extravagances of imperial rome, ffered personal relationship with god, promised eternal life after death
constantine accepting christianity, constantine was fighting over the leadership of rome, the then prayed to the hristian god and sow a cross, he then ordered the artisans to paint the christian symbol on te shields, he was successful in battle so began to accept christianity
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