Christianity In Rome
Akeya Hurt
December 10, 2012
Final Paper
Christianity in Rome
Christianity has been around for many years, all the way back to the birth of Jesus. It developed out of Judaism in the first century C.E. Christianity was founded on the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow him are known as Christians. Christianity is known for the emphasis on faith in Christ as the key religion. The belief of Christianity was they believed god created all human beings equally. They thought people should love god and one another. Christianity is a religion that wants you to do well toward other and develop the qualities of kindness and patience. It is important for them to forgive and forget. Christianity is a religion is widely practiced by people know to god. Christianity today is not the same as it was back then, in the past it was very different; especially in Rome.
During the first century, this new religion, Christianity, happen to rise in Rome. “Jesus’s followers came to an enormous impact first in the Roman Empire” (patheos). While in Rome, Christians refused to worship the ancient gods, which was against the law with the ancient Romans. Christians also started to be considered as animals because they were going against the romans. “The dislike of Christianity from the romans was very surprising; the reasoning behind it was because romans adopted gods of other faiths of religions quickly” (library). One religion the romans readily accepted was the Greeks. The romans accepted the gods and their myths with no problem. They altered many established roman goddesses to resemble their Greek counterparts. So since the romans had no problem accepting other religions, the Christians found it unusual that their religion was not accepted. “The reasons why the romans had a hard time accepting the Christian religion was because the romans declared their monarchs to be gods, which began with Augustus Caesar” (library). However the Christians
December 10, 2012
Final Paper
Christianity in Rome
Christianity has been around for many years, all the way back to the birth of Jesus. It developed out of Judaism in the first century C.E. Christianity was founded on the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow him are known as Christians. Christianity is known for the emphasis on faith in Christ as the key religion. The belief of Christianity was they believed god created all human beings equally. They thought people should love god and one another. Christianity is a religion that wants you to do well toward other and develop the qualities of kindness and patience. It is important for them to forgive and forget. Christianity is a religion is widely practiced by people know to god. Christianity today is not the same as it was back then, in the past it was very different; especially in Rome.
During the first century, this new religion, Christianity, happen to rise in Rome. “Jesus’s followers came to an enormous impact first in the Roman Empire” (patheos). While in Rome, Christians refused to worship the ancient gods, which was against the law with the ancient Romans. Christians also started to be considered as animals because they were going against the romans. “The dislike of Christianity from the romans was very surprising; the reasoning behind it was because romans adopted gods of other faiths of religions quickly” (library). One religion the romans readily accepted was the Greeks. The romans accepted the gods and their myths with no problem. They altered many established roman goddesses to resemble their Greek counterparts. So since the romans had no problem accepting other religions, the Christians found it unusual that their religion was not accepted. “The reasons why the romans had a hard time accepting the Christian religion was because the romans declared their monarchs to be gods, which began with Augustus Caesar” (library). However the Christians
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