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2 days ago · The growth of Christianity from its obscure origin c. 40 AD, with fewer than 1,000 followers, to being the majority religion of the entire Roman Empire by AD 400, has been examined through a wide variety of historiographical approaches. Until the last decades of the 20th century, the primary theory was provided by Edward Gibbon in The History ...
Jun 24, 2024 · Constantine I was the first Roman emperor to profess Christianity. Militarily, he triumphed over foreign and domestic threats. He not only initiated the evolution of the empire into a Christian state but also provided the impulse for a distinctively Christian culture which grew into Byzantine and Western medieval culture.
- Constantine reigned during the 4th century CE and is known for attempting to Christianize the Roman Empire. He made the persecution of Christians i...
- Some have argued that Constantine’s conversion to Christianity was politically motivated. At least openly, Constantine ascribed much of his politic...
- In 305 Constantine assisted his father, the newly appointed Western emperor, with a campaign in Britain. Their army proclaimed Constantine emperor...
- Constantine funded church-building projects throughout his reign as a way to encourage Christianity’s growth. Churches were erected at, among other...
- Constantine’s father, Constantius I, was appointed to the position of augustus (emperor) by the time Constantine reached young adulthood. Constanti...
3 days ago · Constantine I [g] (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
Jun 19, 2024 · History of early Christianity, the development of the early Christian church from its roots in the Jewish community of Roman Palestine to the conversion of Constantine I and the convocation of the First Council of Nicaea.
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5 days ago · Roman Catholicism is a Christian church that has been the decisive spiritual force in the history of Western civilization. Along with Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism, it is one of the three major branches of Christianity.
- Christianity is an important world religion that stems from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus. Roman Catholicism is the largest of the three...
- As a branch of Christianity, Roman Catholicism can be traced to the life and teachings of Jesus Christ in Roman-occupied Jewish Palestine about 30...
- In Roman Catholicism and certain other Christian churches, the sacraments are a key and essential part of the faith. In Roman Catholic teaching, th...
- Roman Catholicism is the major religion of nearly every country in Latin America. This can be attributed in large part to the lingering effects of...
2 days ago · In 380, under Theodosius I, Nicene Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire. Christian heretics as well as non-Christians were subject to exclusion from public life or persecution, though Rome's original religious hierarchy and many aspects of its ritual influenced Christian forms, and many pre-Christian beliefs and ...
Jul 2, 2024 · Christianity engaged with its culture —called Greco-Roman due to its fusion of Greek (eastern) and Roman (western) cultures—, resulting in a mutual influence between the two. The purpose of this essay is to show ten ways in which Greco-Roman philosophy, religion, and worldview influenced Christian theology.
