Fire in Rome in 64 AD and the Deaths of Peter and Paul Roman Fire in 64 AD Table of Contents Fire in Rome in 64 AD……………………………………………………………………….…...1 Death of the Apostle Peter…………………………...…………………………………………...2 Death of the Apostle Paul.…………..……………………………………………………….…...4 References…………………………………………………….…………………………….…….7 Fire in Rome in 64 AD and the Deaths 1 Fire in Rome in 64 AD and the Deaths of Peter and Paul Roman Fire
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throne known as Constantine. Quoting from the roman-empire.net (n.d.) ’The key moment in the establishment if Christianity as the predominant religion of the Roman empire‚ happened in AD 312 when emperor Constantine on the eve before battle against the rival emperor Maxentius had a vision of the sign of Christ (the so called chi-rho symbol) in a dream.’ (Anon‚ n.d.) At the time that Christianity was introduced in the Roman Empire the land had undergone a dramatic change‚ and this conversion altered the
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political situation of a country can affect religion. A political advantage is a huge advantage. Christianity did not become a majority religion until it gained political power; namely‚ with Constantine. Before so‚ Christianity was a minority--and in some cases persecuted. Rome was a large civilization‚ and when Constantine legalized and adopted Christianity‚ it spread to all the lands Rome had conquered--not only Italy or the immediate area of Rome. This greatly expanded the monotheistic Christianity through
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few charismatic local leaders and developed their own liturgy. However‚ the conversion of Emperor Constantine in AD312 changed the structure of Christianity and turned it into a well-organized‚ quasi-political institution. The Church provided Constantine with a tool to use to hold together the crumbling Empire. The Church came under the Emperor’s control with the Emperor as the divus caesar‚ or divine emperor. Constantine used the Christian bishops as imperial officials to administer law and justice
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Christianity. There were relics all over world that stimulated pilgrimages to these places which helped spread Christianity. The spread of Islam occurred because of the conquering and expansions of empires‚ but this didn’t lead to the immediate conversion of people. This was a major factor that helped these religions spread thousands of miles away from their origins. 2. How did these three major religions change and adapt to diverse cultural circumstances? For Buddhism‚ they told the local
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of each region as well as a personal lieutenant to rule over the empire. The four officials were called tetrarchs. The change that Diocletian brought about was his control of imperial forces and attempting to strengthen the economy. His son‚ Constantine‚ established the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire at
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at University of Washington‚ analyzes this puzzle. He "introduces historians and biblical scholars to real social science‚ including formal rational choice theory‚ theories of the firm‚ the role of social networks and interpersonal attachments in conversion‚ dynamic population models‚ social epidemiology‚ and models of religious economies". The result is stimulating‚ provocative‚ and revolutionary. In “The Rise of Christianity”‚ Rodney Stark identifies several factors that contributed to the spread
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In Catholicism‚ the Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church.[1] According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "The task of interpreting the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church‚ that is‚ to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him."[2] Catholic theology divides the functions of the teaching office of the Church into two categories: the infallible sacred magisterium and the fallible ordinary magisterium. The infallible sacred
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his cruelty‚ but later‚ for his great acts and edicts. He emphasized ahimsā‚ Ghandi-style non-violence (Korom) and tolerance for other religions. The nobler phase of his reign followed Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism‚ which came after he had waged a far too bloody war in Kalinga‚ in c. 265. Conversion: Originally a Hindu‚ Ashoka converted to Buddhism in c. 262 (according to "Holy Cow! The Apotheosis of Zebu‚ or Why the Cow Is Sacred in Hinduism‚" by Frank J. Korom; Asian Folklore Studies (2000))
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DENOMINATIONAL THEORY England‚ in 1529 was the first country to break from the Roman Catholic Church‚ was hav-ing problems among the different Protestant groups. The Presbyterians‚ who held the majority vote at the Westminster Assembly in 1642-49‚ developed what would later be known as the Denominational Theory. The minority vote at the Westminster Assembly was the Congregationalists. These two groups‚ the Presbyterians and Congregationalists‚ were successful at understanding how to have Christian
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