Comparison Between Pagan And Christian Religion

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Thesis: In contrast to Pagan communities, Christian society offered a unified community that emphasized the practice of their Christian values. As a result, many pagan Romans began to convert to Christianity even though it was illegal at the time.

During the time period when people were converting to Christianity when it was illegal, plagues spread like a fire; the Christians were the only ones attempting to put out the fire, and helping others in need was one of the values in the Christian religion. The main plagues and diseases that spread around Rome were measles and small pox. Due to how Christians were taking care of everybody “the mortality rate among Christians or would-be christians probably was significantly lower than among contemporaries who rejected Christian rhetoric and promises” (B). The excerpt above highlights that people who were Christian or were going to convert to this religion had a lower chance of dying because they would be cured by the Christians. People who disagreed with the Christians and their beliefs would have a higher chance of dying because the Christians wouldn’t always cure the people who were against them. In addition to having a lower mortality rate, people would join because they liked the system of healing. The Christian’s system was first to diagnose the patient, explore the options of how the patient could heal from their disease, and then set up a therapy to help the sick. The roman people admired this health care: “the ideas of health care reflected in early Christianity constitute that was an important factor in attracting converts” (A). This factor of having a system for health care was “an important factor” because people felt like they were being constantly helped. Christian’s woul...

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...anity offered religious and traditional wedding ceremonies: “There was usually a joining of right hands, the so called innuctiodextrum, a sacrifice and feast of course, and the traditional carrying the bride over the threshold” (I). This quote shows that marriage meant more than just a contract to the Christians because it was a day full of tradition and love. There were several traditions such as carrying the bride over the doorway, joining hands and having a feast. To people who had non religious ceremonies, “A marriage then, was just a contract” (I). The word “contract” signifies a piece of paper with signatures on it that agree to what that document says. Many people didn’t like their marriage to just be a piece of paper, they wanted it to be more. This is why people joined Christianity, because they had traditions that were passed from generation to generation.

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