The spread of christianity in the roman empire

Missionaries helped spread the religion as a church simply known as catholic began to take shape. Religion was very important to the Romans. It was also very successful in spreading throughout the Roman Empire.

It was hard to spread the religion throughout the empire but eventually it was never again “discriminated”. They were also never again persecuted or killed.

Many of them were Essenes, who believed in celibacy. First of all, it cornered the pagan. The role of the emperor was mostly to protect the Church institutionally by financing and supporting it and guarantee its dogmatic.

His disciples set about spreading the word of this new religion with remarkable success in the crowded cities of the Empire. Most of the people lived close together in crowded tenements. There were few secrets in such a setting.

The faith spread as neighbors saw the lives of the believers close-up, on a daily basis.

Paul, in particular, takes a leading role in spreading the teachings of Jesus to Gentiles (non Jews) in the Roman Empire. Unit 7: Ancient Rome Pretest. Christians are so numerous that.

First, there were the characteristics of the empire itself. About the middle of the reign of Augustus a Jewish child was born who was destined to rule an empire more extensive and lasting than that of the Caesars. Jesus only taught for about three years of his life, however, his message has had a lasting impact on our modern world. After the death of Jesus, his disciples spread it to the non-Jewish populations in the Roman empire.

Rome is remembered both for its impressive size and its longevity as a political polity, but often forgotten is. Although Jesus had die his message had not. Word of his teachings spread to Jewish communities across the empire. AD – Roman general Constantine leads armies into battle with the “symbol of God” on their shields.

It has become the largest of the world’s religions an geographically, the most widely diffused. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4. During this perio missionary endeavour moved to the empire ’s borders and beyond. They compiled the letters Jesus had written into an early version of the Bible.

By the year 1there were 1churches in the Empire.

Warfare, which was the plague of the ancient worl was at a minimum within the borders of the empire. Therefore, missionaries and travelers could travel with relative ease, increasing mobility and the spread of the gospel. Rationale: As the end of the year is crunching down, I need to accomplish teaching two chapters in one day. It controlled powerful cities like Rome, Alexandria, and Athens, the centers of culture and philosophy. However, it soon spread among “gentiles,” thanks to the decision by Paul to open it to non-Jews.

In the process it lost exclusivity. It was looked on with suspicion by Roman mainstream society because of: 1. Refusal to venerate Roman emperor. After Marcus Aurelius' passing, the Roman empire was in a poor condition.

The subjects include an examination of the historical Jesus of Nazareth and the growth of the church. Empire (World) would end with second coming.