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The religion of the Byzantine empire was Orthodox Christianity For a while Arian Christianity was popular but it was soon suppressed. Both of these religions developed before the Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Empire is a term historians have coined to refer to the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire. The Romans, even in the so-called Byzantine period did not use this term. They used only one tern: Roman Empire. Orthodox and Arian Christianity developed before the fall of the western part of the empire and therefore before the Byzantine period.

There were Western or Latin Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire and Greek or Eastern Christianity,in the western part of the Roman Empire. They were the mainstream form of Christianity Later they came to be called Catholic and Orthodox respectively Arian Christianity was the most popular form of dissident Christianity both in the eastern and western part of the Roman Empire.

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There were actually more than two forms of Christianity, but the most important were orthodox Catholic beliefs, as found in the Nicene Creed, and the heresy called Arianism, which asserted that the Son had not existed from the beginning with God the Father.

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First of all, the Roman empire was not divided. There was only one Roman Empire. Two parts were distinguished, the western part, where Rome and her conquests in Western Europe and north-western Africa were ; and the eastern part, which was around the eastern Mediterranean and in the Balkan Peninsula. The eastern Mediterranean had been ruled by Greek states for 300 years before the Roman takeover, and therefore Greek was its lingua franca.

The main form of Christianity in the western part was that of the Latin, or Western, Church. The main form of Christianity in the eastern part was that of the Greek or Eastern Church. Later these two churches came to be called Catholic and orthodox respectively.

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How did the fall of the Roman Empire lead to different forms of worship?

It did not. Different forms of worship existed durning the empire. The Romans tolerated the religions of the conquered people, though Christianity was pesecuted several times. This was because it spread throughout the empire (while the others were localised) and, unlike the other religions of the time, it was monotheistic. The various forms of Chrisitanity developed before the fall of the empire. No new religions developed out of the fall of the empire.


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How did the fall of the Roman Empire lead to different forms of worship?

It did not. Different forms of worship existed durning the empire. The Romans tolerated the religions of the conquered people, though Christianity was pesecuted several times. This was because it spread throughout the empire (while the others were localised) and, unlike the other religions of the time, it was monotheistic. The various forms of Chrisitanity developed before the fall of the empire. No new religions developed out of the fall of the empire.


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