Continuities In Christianity

Christianity has changed greatly over the centuries. The basic beliefs of Christianity is the foundation for many other religions such as Islam.

Being in the first century Christianity was a smaller religion. Only one to three percent of the population practiced Christianity. The Romans brutally persecuted Christians. Romans persecuted Christian’s for a number of reasons, one possibly the belief in monotheism. During early Christianity there were several hurtles to get over before the religion really began to grow.

With the practice of Christianity done mostly in hiding there was very little growth until it was finally accepted by the Roman Empire many years later. An example of this is the rifts that developed due to there was no universally

recognized authority to settle the differences. No one could even agree who was going to be in charge of Christianity. Due to the fact that no one could agree who should be the leader of Christianity, it was very difficult to agree on what beliefs they should follow. There were many things that needed to be worked out.
It was not until 313 AD when Emperor Constantine accepted Christianity, the persecution of Christians was stopped. Christians were allowed to publicly worship, build churches with public funds and receive tax benefits. It was in 391 AD when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Even as centuries passed, there has been countless wars, changing of leaders, and ways of life the Christianity religion continued. This could be due to religion was a pubic affair at that time. A person’s religion told them the rights and wrongs of life. Even as a wide range of different religions has branched off the beliefs of the original Christianity is still remained an important aspect of lives throughout history.