The influence of Christianity can be seen in the Greek impact, in the ancient times the Church were controlled by the emperors who appointed the highest church offices. Even though Christianity is of Jewish origin, it has been harmonize by theologians with Greek cultural tradition such as philosophy. Thus the Byzantium developed its religious tradition on this Christianity model.
The Roman government however,viewed them with suspicion and persecuted them for .... Later Byzantine emperors followed Constantine's example as protectors of the Christian faith.
The ideas of Christianity were seen by many as a threat to the Roman Empire. Some believe that is why Rome eventually embraced Christianity, as to influence it.
Judaism certainly began in the Middle East. While there are questions as to whether Judaism began in Israel/Palestine/Judea/Canaan (all the same place), the Sinai Peninsula, or in Mesopotamia, all of these locations are in the Middle East. As for Christianity, if the Ministry of Jesus is considered to be the origin of Christianity, then, Christianity began in Roman Palestine. However, if the Ecclesia (the organization of the Church) is seen as the beginning of Christianity, there were great meetings of the Ecclesia throughout the Roman Empire, but primarily in Western Anatolia, Greece, and Tunisia. The Establishment of the Roman Catholic Papacy and the Patriarchates of the Eastern Orthodox Church were primarily in cities like Rome, Byzantium/New-Rome/Constantinople/Istanbul (all the same place), Thessaloniki/Salonika, Ephesus, Tunis, Alexandria, and Damascus.
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Several Roman emperors considered Christianity a problem. This lead to a number of persecutions. Christianity was at times seen as a threat because it converted previously pagan Romans and it refused to perform sacrifices and augury. Roman religion was seen as a fundamental part of the Roman state. This state was seen as requiring the blessing of Roman gods for it security and welfare. The Romans believed that natural disasters were the result of wrath of the gods. Therefore, the gods had to be appeased by performing sacrifices in their honour. Moreover, actions which would involve public matters or the wellbeing of the state or war had to be preceded by augury. This was the divination of the omens of the gods to see whether they approved or disapproved of the proposed action. Because of this view, the Christian refusal to perform sacrifices and augury was at times seen as a threat to the foundation of the state, a threat which was made worse by the conversion of Romans to Christianity. Some of these Romans were rich people and some were officials in the imperial bureaucracy and court. Thus, the threat could be seen as reaching the core of the state. The attitude of the Christians could also raise the question of whether they were loyal to the Romans state. One of the Christian persecutions (the Decian persecution) was aimed at testing their loyalty. They were required to perform sacrifices and if they did not, they were liable to execution. It had to be noted that not all emeprors took this view and that the persecutions were followed by a return to the long-stading Roman policy of toleration of other religions.
In its early years, Christianity spread slowly from Judea to other parts of the Roman Empire. By the time of Emperor Constantine, at the beginning of the fourth century, it is estimated that around ten percent of the population of the empire were Christians. Final conversion of the citizens of the empire to Christianity resulted from imperial decree, rather than 'conversion' as we normally use the term. Towards the end of the fourth century, Christianity was decreed to be the state religion. The orthodox-catholic Christian Church was given the power to confiscate the temples and all temple property belonging to pagans and Mithraists, and to enforce conversion to orthodox-catholic Christianity. So conversion to Christianity should be seen in empire-wide terms, rather than a country by country mission.
The ideas of Christianity were seen by many as a threat to the Roman Empire. Some believe that is why Rome eventually embraced Christianity, as to influence it.
Some symbols of Christianity are: -Cross: symbolizes Jesus dying for his people -Dove: seen many times throughout the bible
Judaism certainly began in the Middle East. While there are questions as to whether Judaism began in Israel/Palestine/Judea/Canaan (all the same place), the Sinai Peninsula, or in Mesopotamia, all of these locations are in the Middle East. As for Christianity, if the Ministry of Jesus is considered to be the origin of Christianity, then, Christianity began in Roman Palestine. However, if the Ecclesia (the organization of the Church) is seen as the beginning of Christianity, there were great meetings of the Ecclesia throughout the Roman Empire, but primarily in Western Anatolia, Greece, and Tunisia. The Establishment of the Roman Catholic Papacy and the Patriarchates of the Eastern Orthodox Church were primarily in cities like Rome, Byzantium/New-Rome/Constantinople/Istanbul (all the same place), Thessaloniki/Salonika, Ephesus, Tunis, Alexandria, and Damascus.
The founder of Christianity is Jesus Christ, a religious figure who is believed to be the Son of God in Christian teachings. He is considered the central figure in Christianity and his life and teachings are recorded in the New Testament of the Bible.
Equality in what regard? Why is the question written in past tense?
Yes, Jesus who Christianity is based around lived in modern day Israel, which is located in the middle east. All of Jesus' followers spread the message around the world. It grew mostly in the eastern European area. Eventually the Emperor Constantine forced all the Roman Empire to convert to Christianity. That is when it took off in Europe. But essentially it started in the Middle East.
Yes. It could be seen from anywhere on Earth, if the night sky was clear there.
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I've seen her wearing a cross, but might just be decoration otherwise i'd guess Christianity
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At first Christianity was persecuted. Initially it was used as a scapegoat, later it was seen as a threat to the Roman state because Roman religious practices were seen as part of the foundation of the state. The persecutions were stopped and Christianity became tolerated because the last persecution had led to widespread unrest as the majority of people had become Christians. This restored political stability and gave the empire a greater sense of unity. Conflicts between Christians also developed. Mainstream Christianity, Latin (western) and Greek (eastern) Christianity (later they came to be called Catholic and Orthodox) shared the Nicaean interpretation of the trinity and were opposed to alternative interpretations and other sects of Christianity. Mainstream Christianity was made state religion and the other Christian sects were banned. Tis led to conflict between mainstream Christianity and the biggest of the banned sects Arian Christianity, which was popular around the empire. Christianity became part of the identity of the empire.
christian , seen wearing christian cross on many occasions and stated in an interview to following Christianity though not devout .