Tiffany Shionaka Christianity first started as a religious cult evolving from Judaism. Despite its Jewish origins‚ it was not long before Christianity regarded itself as something other than a new Jewish sect. The first Christian council concluded that pagan converts to Christianity did not have to follow Jewish ritual laws. Soon‚ converts to Christianity were almost exclusively pagans and Christianity moved further away from Judaism. Christians believed in one God who worked the world (monotheism)
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religion was never again discriminated and its followers were never again persecuted or killed. The Christian religion was very important to the poor people because they did not have to sacrifice anything in return to be able to talk to God. Constantine the Great‚ was a great emperor that established Christianity
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Think about sitting in a theatre watching a play. You can get lost in a story when an actor does his job correctly. If that actor has sincerity and conviction in his tone then it is easy to believe his character. The primary reason - coming from prior knowledge in a World Religions class - behind the rapid spread of Christianity was word of mouth. In the time of the Roman Empire there was not one single enforced religion. They were tolerant of all religion and due to the constructions of roads communication
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There were many reasons that influenced Christianity in western civilization. There were three people who had a lot to do with the growth of Christianity and they were Paul or the Apostle Paul‚ Constantine who was an emperor of Rome and Theodosius who was also an emperor of Rome but took the beliefs of Constantine even further. After Jesus death some believed that Jesus was lord. Paul who never met Jesus in the flesh was the founder of Christianity. When he was still young in Jerusalem he was actually
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With the example of the Portrait of Constantine ‚ the first Christian emperor created in 330 CE‚ there’s a noticeable style change. His eyes are big and cartoon like unlike before in the Bust of Caracalla‚ also a Roman emperor created in 217 CE. With the sculpture of Caracalla He looks lifelike and like he is really staring at you. The same style as constantine carries on to the earliest depictions of Christ. In the catacombs of Rome Christ was seen
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disappearance of Constantine‚ the maid who raised her. She had been writing to Skeeter while she was away at college and her last letter promised a surprise upon her homecoming. Skeeter’s family tells her that Constantine suddenly quit‚ then went to live with relatives in Chicago. Skeeter does not believe that Constantine would just leave and continually pursues anyone she thinks has information about her to come forth‚ but no one will discuss her disappearance The life that Constantine led while being
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Twenty-First Century‚ Notre Dame‚ IN: University of Notre Dame Press‚ 2004. Eusebius‚ Life of Constantine (Vita Constantini)‚ Bieber Publishing. -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. Bergen‚ Doris‚ L.‚ The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century‚ Notre Dame‚ IN: University of Notre Dame Press‚ 2004‚ 29-30. [ 2 ]. Eusebius‚ Life of Constantine (Vita Constantini)‚ Bieber Publishing‚ 25. [ 3 ]. Bergen‚ Doris‚ L.‚ The Sword of the Lord‚ 48. [
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In 312 AD‚ before Constantine’s army marched against Maxentius whose army was much larger than his‚ Constantine had a vision. It is said Constantine saw a cross in the sky with the message “you will conquer”. He later had a dream that he should put the letters XP on the soldier’s shields and so he did; he won the battle against Maxentius outside Rome. Believing that he only
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in January 313. The two men were the Roman emperors—Constantine ruling the West and Licinius the East. They met “under happy auspices‚” as their joint communiqué put it. After years of power struggles for the imperial purple‚ the Roman world enjoyed a degree of peace. And after the failure of the Great Persecution (initiated by the emperors Diocletian and Galerius in 303–304)‚ the Christian church had begun to recover its stability. Constantine and Licinius turned their minds to matters affecting
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academy founder‚ Origen. Eusebius became bishop of Caesarea and was a signer of the Nicean Creed. As an admirer and self professed confidant of Constantine‚ his historical works in The History of the Church reflect his adoration for the Emperor. Some scholars have questioned whether or not Eusebius exaggerated his relationship with Constantine; however‚ one fact remains virtually undisputed: Eusebius’ contribution by way of his recording of historical documents has provided a wealth
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