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What is the noun form of the verb profess?

The noun forms of the verb to profess are professor, profession, and the gerund, professing.


How did Anglo-Saxon religion differ from Christianity?

The Angles and Saxons were 2 separate tribes who shared a common culture with the people of Scandinavia and the Baltic coast. Before they came to Britain in the 5th and 6th Century they worshipped the same Gods as the Vikings. The Saxons settled in Southern Britain and the Angles on the East Coast. By the time the 2 tribes had become established in Britain and known collectively as Anglo-Saxons. they had converted to Christianity during the 7th Century and within a further 100 years the continental Saxons had followed their example.


Why were the slaves in the slave trade forced to become christian?

Slaves in the slave trade were often forced to convert to Christianity as a way to control and assimilate them into the dominant culture of their captors. It was a tactic used to strip them of their cultural and religious identity, making them more obedient and easier to control. Additionally, some believed that converting slaves to Christianity would help justify the institution of slavery.


How did Clovis and Charlemagne help spread Christianity?

A:The Frankish king Clovis I (481-511), a devout pagan, converted to Catholic Christianity, thus strengthening the position of the Catholic Church. Christian kings demanded that their subjects also be Christians. Charlemagne used conquests, tyranny and bloodshed to spread Christianity. Kathleen Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, said, "Charlemagne converted whole tribes by the sword." In the year 782, the Frankish king Charlemagne reputedly beheaded forty-five hundred Saxons who resisted his campaign of forced conversion to Christianity. In 800, the Pope crowned Charlemagne in Rome, as Holy Roman Emperor.


What religion were the Aztec's forced to convert to?

The Aztecs were forced to convert to Christianity, particularly Roman Catholicism, by Spanish conquistadors during the colonization of Mesoamerica in the 16th century. This conversion was part of the broader process of cultural assimilation and colonization imposed by the Spanish to assert dominance over the indigenous population.

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How did Charlemagne improve the position of Christianity?

He conquered the Saxons to bring them to Christianity.


What beliefs where the Anglo Saxons concerned with?

The Anglo-Saxons were a pagan tribe who later coverted to Christianity.


What are antimonians?

Antimonians profess Christianity or its teachings or profess to show the qualities of decency, kindness and fairness associated with Christianity. It can also mean just a person who has been christened or is a believer in Jesus and his teachings.


What choice did Charles offer the Saxons?

Charles told the Saxons that they could either convert to Christianity, or die.


What religion do most people in the US practice?

Most people in the US who profess any religion profess to be Christians. There are many denominations of Christianity in the US.


Was Christianity forced during the Victorian era?

No, Christianity for the most part ceased to be forced upon others around the 1500's. Some exception to that were the Spanish Missionaries forcing the beliefs upon North, Central,, and South American Natives. These people were wantonly slaughtered, maimed or tortured by the Church Missionaries if they did not profess the Christian God as their god. Nice people, huh?


The Emperor Charlemagne spread Christianity among the Saxons by?

In a series of wars, Charlemagne secured a vast territory from the Pyrenees to the Danube and enforced Christianity on Saxons, Lombards, Croats and even the Moors in Spain, both by force of arms and by legislation. Kathleen Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, stated, "Charlemagne converted whole tribes by the sword."


Why did Charlemagne come down so hard on the Saxons?

Because the Saxons had mistreated the Franks, and because he wanted Christianity to become the dominant religion.


Is Christianity getting a bad image?

Christianity itself is not getting a bad immage, but those who profess to be Christians but do not practice Christian doctrine. Christianity is a belief which has Jesus Christ at its head.


Who as sent to England by pope Gregory to convert Anglo Saxons to Christianity?

Augustine A+


What is one characteristic of the followers of Islam Christianity and Judaism?

They all profess belief in a divine being as Creator.


Which is the most popular denomination in wales?

About 72% of Welsh people profess Christianity, and the largest Christian denomination is Presbyterian.