beginnings of christianity
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Brief view about how Christianity became the official religion of Ancient Rome, one of the most powerful ancient empires from EuropeTRANSCRIPT
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Beginnings of ChristianityBeginnings of Christianity
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Why Romans didn’t like Why Romans didn’t like Christianity?Christianity?
Polytheistic Religion: they worship many gods
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….including the emperor !
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If you don’t respect Roman gods, harm could come to the empire, so…
Roman law punished those who refused to worship their gods.
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Jesus and his teachingsJesus and his teachings
Jesus taugh belief in one god and in Ten Commandments.
…but soon his teachings were different from Jewish
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God is loving and would forgive those who were sorry for their sins
He encourage people to love one another: enemies shall be forgiven and loved.
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To make his ideas clearer, Jesus often used parables
Do you remember theParable of the prodigal son?
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According to Judaism, a messiah will come to bring world peace
Some people became convinced that Jesus was the messiah
So… what did Roman leaders think about it?
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They thought Jesus might take over the empire and set up his own kingdom
Pontius Pilate ordered that Jesus be put to death by
crucifixion.
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Jesus’ Teachings Spreads
His teachings soon were carried through the Roman roads
Apostles were the first people to spread Jesus’ words
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Rome and the new religion
The Romans allowed people to have other religions beliefs, if they also worshipped the Roman gods
So… What happened
with Christians?
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Romans began to persecute the Christians
Many Christians became martyrs
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Constantine Accepts Christianity
Why the Roman Empire was growing weaker?
Government increased taxes = citizens got upset
Political chaos= Roman generals fought to rule the empire
Emperors faced invaders
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“In Hoc Signo Vinces”
In this sign, you will conquer
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Constantine won the battle. He didn’t thank the Roman gods
A.D. 313: Edict of Milan made Christianity an accepted religion
LATER,CHRISTIANITY BECAME THE OFFICIAL
RELIGION FOR THE ROMAN EMPIRE