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Conclusion on the rise of Christianity in Rome
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What was the impact that Constantine had on Christianity after he conquered the Roman Empire?
As a stone penetrating a tide of water, Constantine penetrated through pagan worship as he brought Christianity to the forefront after the great battle in the Roman Empire. It changed the way Romans worshiped and impacted their society as a whole. Christianity was brought to the fore front greatly due to the support of Constantine. With his help Romans had changed their Pagan views to Christian views while impacting society, education, and influence on the Roman Empire.
Christianity before Constantine
Christianity during the early century was very difficult for many Christians. As many Christians were persecuted for not worshipping pagan gods. Persecution of Christianity during the Roman times were set in place during the ministry of Jesus and continued for almost over three centuries until the period of Constantine. Times for Christians were of great persecutions and consequences for faith. One of the first documented cases of persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire was of Nero in A.D 64. While persecution obviously occurred earlier, Nero captured Christians and made them out to be the cause of the great fire in Rome. This fire destroyed much of Rome and ravished most lives at the time. Christians were told that they were ‘abominations’, these new negative delusions were based on Christian practices: the body and blood in Catholic services (Bryant, 313). Pagan romans believed it was some form of cannibalism and ritual murder, when it was really a Eucharist for the body ‘bread’ and blood ‘wine’ of Jesus Christ. Nero’s excuses had made it clear that if anyone was a Christian there would be capital punishment. With capital punish...
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