How did Christianity spread through the Roman Empire?
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THROUGH THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL BY SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL.
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There was interest in Judaism throughout the Roman world. Onkelos is one famous example of a convert to Judaism. Marcus Aurelius was a famous Roman fascinated by the Jews. \n\nBut it was difficult for most Romans world reconcile the strict requirements of Judaism. Many in the Roman world liked the idea of One God and a moral code to live by... but circumcision and kosher eating were a little too much. \n\nChristianity filled this void perfectly. Christianity offered non-Jews the One God and the moral code, without the need to become a Jew or follow the Law of the Torah.
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One of the great things about the Romans vast movement across Europe and Africa was they knew the only way to conquer a people was to allow for the exchange of needs. They would allow the indigenous peoples to continue practicing their religions while teaching them improvements in education,farming,building. They built trade routes to new areas and some believe that the Romans quest into the British isles, brought about their movement into the Iron Age faster, thus propelling them ahead of many other lands at that time. Most legionaries where absorbed into the local society and many stayed to help " govern" after. you can find the Roman influence in many places throughout the world,right along side the Greeks,Gauls,Egyptians and Norseman.What they used as why to conquer and provide more tax payers, we use today in our own goverment. And we know what happend to Roman.......History always repeats its self.
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Nope.  Christianity swept the world but, that doesn't make any other religion invalid.  If it did, there would be no other religions anymore.
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This is a question more suited for the history category but that’s not important.\nDue to its nature, Christianity appealed to the slaves and women in the Roman Empire. The nobility who held the power had no incentive to adopt Christianity. Even Emperor Constantine who is credited with making Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire did not get baptized until he was on his death bed. Some speculate that even that act was not intentional. Constantine was too sick and weak to prevent himself being baptized. His motivations for adopting Christianity have been debated but I believe his decision was based on political expediency. He recognized that ruling an Empire is easier when there is a religious cohesion in it.\nOnce Christianity became a mainstream religion, the traditional roles played by the temple priests were transferred to the Christian priests. The church then mimicked the Roman political structure by assigning a Pope (Emperor), a group of elected officials and the hierarchy of Bishops, priests and so on. The chain of command in the Catholic Church today is an exact replica of what the Roman political system was.\nOne major difference between the Church and the Roman Court was that the Emperor got its power from the senate while the Church claimed its authority from a higher authority. With the decline of Rome and its influence, senate and the emperor and the rest of the political system lost their influence of the population but since God was still there, the church could claim its source of power and maintain its authority over its constituents.\nI hope this answers your question or at least points you to the right direction.
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The "spread by the sword" argument is out of date and is a quick answer with no real depth. Furthermore, it doesn't answer the question. If you're looking for contemporary views of Christianity in Turkey and want 'first hand' accounts I suggest doing a simple search for forums based in Turkey that talk about religion. Take these with a grain of salt however, because they are obviously not accurately representative of the population as a whole. Another method you can take is to browse current newspapers in Turkey that are available online and search for headings that relate to Christianity or Christian events. That's a starting point, but if you're looking for in depth research you may want to look beyond this. Hope your homework goes well!
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Because Jesus sent his disciples into the world to spread the Gospel to all nations, Jew and Gentile alike.
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Tis where Rome was... ya see, that's where the early church started out and the capital of the roman empire (which twas in charge) also the book of Romans was written to Christians in Rome... so there ya go, very important I'd say one of the top 3 citites, Jeusalem, Antioch, Rome
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The Romans murdered Jesus, not Roman Catholics.\nRomans were people who, basically, lived in Rome. The Jews didn't directly kill Jesus, but they did ask the Roman leader, Pontius Pilate, to kill Jesus. So they kinda had a hand in it.\nbut the Catholics didn't do it.\n\nRoman Catholics are called that because the Catholic Church is also known as the Church of Rome. It's called the church of Rome because the Vatican (Catholic HQ) is in Rome. The Catholic HQ is in Rome, because that is where Peter (St. Peter, the one in the bible) was killed.
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Nope, Nigeria.  Sorry.  I can probably find the website though and see if South Africa is there also.\n\nhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/zatoc.html\n\nThis is it!!!!  When you get to this page go to edit -> find, and then search for Christianity.  It will come up with Christianity within the phrase "The Arrival of Christianity".  It is a reliable source with the U.S. Library of Congress too. (That should make the teacher happy.)  I've been through this already because I had to write a paper on Early Christian Education in Nigeria for an English class.\n\nP.S. - Can I have 10 points, please?  And would you tell me, is this due tomorrow?\n\nAnother edit:  If you go to other links within the colonial era. (The chapters on history are at the top) you will probably find more information.
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Hi, there was a time span between the Ascension of the Lord into heaven and the Roman murdering of the Christians in the coliseum so these Christians may not have seen Jesus directly, but how powerful was their faith in the Teaching of the Apostles to have gone so willingly to their death, and don`t forget that the Apostles willingly gave their lives too for Jesus and still modern people doubt the reality of the living Christ.
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Around 400 years after the death of Christ and the last of the apostles, Roman Emperor Constantine supposedly saw a vision of a cross in the sky. He had all of his troops paint the image onto their shields and attributed this to his victory. He 'converted' to Christianity and all of Rome was made to do the same. In order to make the transition from false worship to that of Christianity easier, Roman celebrations and customs were 'Christianized'. Today, most 'Christian" celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day (think Cupid), and New Years Eve, all began with the adoption of pagan celebrations. Also Roman doctrines were incorporated into 'Christian' beliefs leading to the Roman Catholic Church, the denomination which later spun off religions such as Lutheran, Baptist, Protestant, and others. Most professed Christians today embrace the pagan traditions of old despite Jesus' warning that such traditions dishonor God.
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Below is a wonderful resource for understanding the Roman Empire... specifically for children!\n\nBest wishes!
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Constantine officially ended it with Edict of Milan in 313 Ad which legalized Christianity. Though it had become much less common to persecute them before.
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In India Christians create problems with unethical conversion tactics and then cry wolf to divert attention from what really happenned.\n\nIn the 4th century AD, Christianity became the dominant and then the established religion in the Roman Empire. The Sassanian rulers of Iran wisely foresaw that the Syrian Christians within their borders would develop into a fifth column of their powerful neighbour. Their solution was to persecute the Syrian Christians. Some of these Christians fled Iran and one group, led by Thomas Cananeus (whose name would later get confused with that of Thomas Didymos the apostle), arrived on India's Malabar coast and asked for refuge. The generous and hospitable Hindus granted the wish of the refugees and honoured their commitment of hospitality for more than a thousand years. The Christian world has no record at all of any such consistent act of hospitality: the only non-Christian community which they tolerated in their midst were the Jews, and the record of Jewish-Christian co-existence is hardly bright. The Hindus, by contrast, have likewise welcomed Jewish and Parsi communities. Unfortunately, the Portuguese Catholics gained a foothold on the Malabar coast and started forcing the Malabar Christians into the structure of the Catholic Church. Even so, the Christians, who had gotten indianized linguistically and racially, tried to maintain friendly relations with the Hindus. This attitude is not entirely dead yet, a recent instance is the statement by a Kerala bishop denying the false allegation that the BJP was behind the gang-rape of four nuns in Jhabua, a lie still propagated by the missionary networks till today. However, many other Malabar Christians have been integrated into the missionary project, and are now gradually replacing the dwindling number of foreign mission personnel.\n\nMy question to you: \n\ndon't you think that working for the destruction of the very religion which allowed your community to settle and integrate, is an odd way to show your gratitude?
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According to Roman Catholics, a very tall and physically challenged Roman man named Reprobus, referred to as a giant by those who knew him, vowed to serve Jews and became a Christian. He sought out a Christian hermit to inquire as to how he could better serve Jesus. The hermit directed him to a dangerous ford in a swift river, and suggested that the giant's great size and strength made him a good candidate to assist people in crossing.  Reprobus began ferrying people across the river on his broad back.\n\nOne day, a small child approached the river and asked to be carried across.  The giant began to comply, only to learn that the small boy was far heavier than any other passenger he had taken.  The child revealed that he was in fact Jesus Christ, and that his unusual weight was due to the fact that he bore the sins of the world.  The boy then baptised the giant in the river, and he acquired his new name Christopher, Greek for "Christ-carrier" (christo-phoros).\n\nWe can guess that the river in question is the Jordan River.  Jesus cleansed this water and people went to these waters to cleanse themselves of their sins.
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Roman Catholicism is a denomination of Christianity.\n\nArguably, a religion *is* a way to come to God.