What conditions in the Roman empire allowed Christianity to grow while?

Answer 1

Emperor Constantine saw the Church as a potential unifying force in the Empire, but knew that the Church could not unify the Empire unless it was, itself, united. He set out to impose order and create a stable hierarchy under his leadership. The most important event of this period for Christianity was the Council of Nicaea, which he chaired in 325 to obtain consensus on important issues facing the Church. Constantine gave the Church control of the distribution of food to the poor. Although the food continued to be supplied and paid for by the state, the Church was able to claim the credit and to proselytise among its new clients. Constantine's support made membership of the Christian Church socially and politically desirable for some, thus leading to the surge in Church membership that enabled Christianity to become the state religion later in the fourth century. Once the Church had become the official state religion, it was able to enrich itself by taking over the pagan temples and the properties of the temples. Without places of worship, being a pagan became difficult, and the Church began to persecute those who did not conform to Church beliefs.

Answer 2

Christianity grew rapidly under Emperor Constantine and his Christian successors, partly because of state patronage, including the expenditure of enormous sums of imperial money. At the same time, this patronage contributed to the decline of the Roman empire, although scholars disagree as to whether it was the major single reason or merely a contributing factor to the decline of empire.

There were other reasons for the rapid growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The persecution of the pagan temples was one important factor. It has been pointed out that under pagan Rome, the Christians suffered around twelve years in total of widespread, official persecution, but that the pagan temples were persecuted throughout almost all the fourth century, until they were appropriated by the Christian churches late in the century and in the fifth century.

There were also other reasons for the decline of empire. Constantine's reorganisation of the army is considered to have weakened its effectiveness, so that the empire was less able to withstand barbarian attack. The Christian Church opposed all knowledge that did not contribute to the Church, thus leading to a decline in education and the destruction of ancient texts, even the fabled Library of Alexandria.

Answer 3

Lots of reasons for this. One is that the Roman empire was responsible for creating a safe travel environment for the known world. Christianity rose up at about the same time and used the Roman peace to safely spread the religion.

Another reason could be that Christianity is a religion that gives hope for the future. When times are bad, people turn to religion for answers. Christianity was poised to provide those answers.

Answer 4

A:More than anything, the considerable state patronage that Constantine provided the Christian Church helped its rise in the Roman Empire. It is thought that at the time of his ascession, after some three centuries of Christianity, Christians still only formed around ten per cent of the population of the empire.

Even patronage and financial support would not be enough to ensure the final dominance of Christianity. Constantine began the long persecution of the pagan temples, enhanced by his Christian sons and successors. By the time of Emperor Theodosius towards the end of the fourth century, Christians probably still comprised less than 50 per cent of the empire's population, but he made Christianity the official religion of empire in 380 CE and then made it an offence punishable by death to worship the old gods publicly.

Answer 5

mainly because of trade..