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☆☆☆☆☆Aspects of Christianity that caused it to spread quickly are:
- It supported the idea of an afterlife.
- It gave the hope to the poor
- It favored earthly riches because in the past religions you were not allowed to have riches you were to sacrifice them to your god but Jesus said you can have them because God will make you prosperous
- The love, selflessness, and compassion that Christians showed to everyone around them even when they were being persecuted.
- The belief of the truth and the spiritual hunger.
Christianity did not contribute to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire. Some pagan Romans believed that it weakened the Romans by weakening their fighting spirit. This was untrue and this view reflected their dislike for and bias against Christianity. The Christian emperors of the later Empire were as resolute in trying to defend the Roman Empire as the previous pagan emperors had been.
The co-emperors Gratian and, especially, Theodosius I (or the Great) aimed at religious uniformity. Their Edict of Thessalonica (380) made mainstream Christianity the sole legitimate religion of the empire and banned dissident Christian doctrines, which were branded heretic. The main target was Arian Christianity which was the main dissident Christian doctrine and was popular around the empire. Theodosius immediately started persecuting the Arians. He also persecuted Roman religion and other pagan creeds, particularly Manichaeism which was briefly the main rival to Christianity in the competition to replace classical paganism.
Theodosius promoted greater religious uniformity in the Roman Empire and, through this, greater cohesion. The western part of the Roman Empire fell under the weight of the invasions by the Germanic peoples. The Germanic invaders were also Christians even though they had been converted to the Arian form of Christianity, The eastern part of the Roman Empire, which was just as Christian as the western part, was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years.
Mainstream Christianity was 'Western or Latin Christianity' and 'Eastern or Greek Christianity.' The former was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the Roman Empire and the latter the main form in the eastern part. Later they came to be called Catholic and Orthodox respectively.
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Octavian gained power in Rome by clever political moves, his military victories, especially over the pirates led by Sextus Pompey, and his propaganda against Marc Antony.
Constantine
Constantinopolos, founded 324 and dedicated 11 May 330. Known as Constantinople in English and served as the Imperial capital for 16 centuries
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B.Making the student think through issues
The Socratic teaching method is a form of inquiry and debate between two individuals with opposing view of points. It is a negative method of hypothesis elimination.
The Formation of the first Triumvirate
