Greco-Roman Religion

Christianity emerged from Jewish religious tradition and culture. Roman and Jewish (Judaism) culture impact and shape early Christianity by the Greco-Roman culture. In the Roman era, Romans adapted to gods from the Greek. Overall Roman gods were better behaved and more dignified than those of the Greeks. Romans also believed in other cultures (local gods) surrounding their territory. The Senate decided to introduce statues to honor their gods, in addition, build a temple, The Pantheon. Emperors were as well recognized as a god so therefore they also worshiped the emperors. Having a polytheistic belief, Romans established a rule of tolerating different religious practices. Jews in the Roman Empire was protected by the emperor Julius …show more content…
It existed before the Roman era. Christianity grew from Jewish roots because of Jesus, a Jew, preached urging both men and women to join in God’s Kingdom. His followers believed that he was the messiah, a savior that would inaugurate a new age of blessing for God’s people, “all Jewish religious concept.” After Jesus was crucified in Roman, his followers continued to preach as Jesus told them to do so. Paul of Tarsus who was a Jew helped spread the word of Jesus throughout the Roman Empire to convert other Jews and Gentiles. Christianity was misunderstood and was mistrustful. Nero, a Roman emperor, persecuted the Christians. Christians were tortured, were fed to the dogs and nailed to a cross. Diocletian, the last emperor who persecuted the Christians, continued the persecution. He believed if people failure to worship the traditional Roman gods, the gods would be angered and there would be a hardship to the empire. He orders the Christians to destroy their churches and books and forbid them to worship their god. Many Christians refused to as such and were executed. Thanks to emperor Constantine, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Christianity emerged from Jewish religious tradition and