The Rise And Spread Of Christianity

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The Rise and Spread of Christianity in Roman Society

Christianity is a religion that is extremely prevalent in many people’s lives today and is extremely. It has roots that date back to around the first century CE. Christianity is based off the life and oral teachings from Jesus of Nazareth within the New Testament (Christianity Origin Online). Ever since the discovery of Christianity, the Christian faith has had a rather large impact on the rest of the world, with nearly 2.5 billion followers and counting (Christianity Online). With the widespread teachings of Christianity becoming much more common, Christianity has had a significant influence on not only specific people, but within cities and one in particular, is Rome. Within this paper, I will explain to you exactly how Christianity influenced the Roman society in a great deal of ways, politically, culturally, and religiously. I will also elaborate on how the Roman culture further shaped the ideas of Christianity and continued spreading the teachings of Christianity to Western Europe. Lastly, I will explain Augustine’s views on God and how he views the Christian faith.
Politically, the Roman Empire seemed to have a majority of beliefs figured out, a well-established army, a strong and reliable leader, and quality roads. The Roman army was a significant piece of the Roman Empire, due to the fact it maintained peace within the Empire, along with spreading Christianity throughout the rest of modern day Europe. The sophisticated roads of the Roman Empire only encouraged the spread of Christianity due to the stable connections between major cities. With a large number of Christians among the Roman soldiers, this made spreading Christianity very easy (The Spread of Christianit...

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