Rome and Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem were the main centres of Christianity in the Later Roman Empire. They were the seats of the five patriarchs of the Catholic Church. At that time, this was the name for a church which comprised the two largest Christian churches of the Empire which both subscribed to the doctrine of the trinity (the Nicene Creed). They were the Latin or Western Church (which was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the empire) and the Greek or Eastern Church (which was the main form of Christianity in the eastern part of the empire). Later they came to be called Catholic and Orthodox respectively. The Bishop of Rome (which later also came to be called pope) was the head of the Latin/Western Church. The Greek/Eastern Church was headed by four patriarchs, the patriarchs of Constantinople. Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem)
Christianity became the official religion of the empire during the reign of emperor Theodosius I.
Islam became a rival of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire.
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Christianity developed from a religion among a small group of Jews (who lived in Judea, which was part of the Roman Empire) into a mass religion in the Roman days. It spread around the Roman Empire. It became state religion. Catholic Christianity and Orthodox Christianity developed during the Later Roman Empire. They were originally called Latin or Western Christianity and Greek or Eastern Christianity respectively. The former was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire and the latter was the main form of Christianity in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
The state religion of the Byzantine Empire, during the entire time we refer to it by that name, was Christianity.
Christianity became the official religion of the empire during the reign of emperor Theodosius I.
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The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern half of the Roman Empire. It was centered on the city of Constantinople (formerly Byzantion, from whence the name 'Byzantine' derives) and survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire, lasting until the year 1453 A.D. The Byzantine Empire was the center of Orthodox Christianity, with the Patriarch of Constantinople wielding influence to rival the Pope during the height of the Empire.
Islam became a rival of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire.
Islam became the strongest rival of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire.
During the Pax Romana, he promoted Christianity even though he was a Pagan.
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Emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire during his reign.
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