How Did Christianity Change Over Time

Religion changed drastically between the 4th and 14th centuries. From worshipping many gods to the idea that there is only one true God, from Paganism to Christianity to Islam, there have been a wide range of religious preferences over a vast area of space, time, cultures and land. Religious ideas, theologies and doctrines evolved into what we know these religions to be today, but we often do not think of how they came to be the way they are.

The fourth century began with the rise of Christianity and the fall of Paganism. During the next ten centuries Paganism would come back to popularity every now and again when something terrible happened and people began to doubt, but Christianity continued to rise and spread. During the beginning of the fourth century when Christianity was just starting to spread there was not one style of Christianity that was recognized. Christians believed in the same basic things, but when it came down to theologies and doctrines opinions differed wildly and there was much conflict between the peoples of Christian faith. “As Christianity spread throughout the educated urban populace of the eastern Meiterranean, people demanded some sort of rational explanation of these mysteries that could satisfy their minds as

These “false idols” were considered heretical and were destroyed throughout Europe, and with the destruction of these works of art many stories were lost and many styles of art would be destroyed from human memory. During these periods of iconoclasm many Byzantine artists were out of work, because without being able to paint religious works of art they were simply out of luck. The Carolingian emperor took advantage of this and commissioned the Byzantine artists to paint works in the styles of the art at the height of the Early Roman