How Did Christianity Influence Rome

After the persecution and death of Jesus, a Jew from Nazareth, the new religion of Christianity was sparked and Christians started to pop up all over Rome. Early Christians suffered lots of persecution, but eventually the persecution died down. Early Christians made an impact that first spread through the social aspect of Rome, but soon through the political aspect as well. People with high levels of political power were impacted, one of which being Emperor Constantine. Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan which made it to where Rome allowed all religious worship of all religions. Another person of high power was Emperor Theodosius who made Christianity the official religion, banning all other religions from Rome, this is the point that
In the imperialistic pyramid of power in Rome the Pope was above all peasants, knights, landowners, and patricians, putting him just below the king in power. The Pope slowly overtook individual government officials, basically working his way up the ladder. Now there were two players on the playing field, in a battle of power over the people’s influence, the Pope and the Roman government, the church vs. the state. Now that the Pope had power and influence over the church, the people, knights, landowners, patricians, and some of the government, his next goal was to try to overtake the highest level of government all on his own, the king himself. A Pope that has a great example of this is Saint Gregory VII. The owner of a house has authority over their house, therefore the owner of the house has authority over the full dictation of the rules with no contrary ideal having any effect on the dictation of rules. The Pope was the ruler of the church, therefore he had full dictation of the rules, with no one else with the ability to say otherwise, not even the