She was standing in an arena filled with thousands of people, who were eagerly waiting for her execution. Before this happened, the rest of the Christian martyrs, her friends, were executed where they accept their death with dignity. The question was, would she do the same? Would she turn and run in hopes of living longer, or would she face her death with the same dignity? This girl was Perpetua, who became a prominent figure of the Christian faith. In result of her valiant act, she touched the lives of many and influenced them to convert to Christianity. While Perpetua was facing death, we saw many of the things that influenced her. The influences on Christianity, and Perpetua, were both by the Greeks and Romans and also by the Jewish community.
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Like the Jews, Aristotle, and Plato, Christians believed in monotheism: the belief in One God. The Nicene Creed makes known what the Christians believed; they “believe in one God, maker of all things…In one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God…And we believe in the Holy Ghost… and whoever shall say that there was a time when the Son of God was not, or made of things that were not, or of a different essence from the father… (Western Heritage, 359)” This shows how the Christians believed in the Trinity, and no one shall say different than that. This has numerous forms of Jewish influence in it; one God, the Son of God, the Holy Ghost, and the maker of all things can all be found in the Old Testament which is of Jewish …show more content…
She stayed true to God and expressed her faith by dying for what she thought was right (Matthew 10:39), all which God says is the proper way to live. By killing herself, she showed that everyone has time to convert, and that they do not need to wait for extreme circumstances. Christianity is a combination of Greek and Roman influences alongside with Jewish influences. Together, all of their different ideas shaped what we see in Christianity today; one God, the creator off all things, the Son of God, made in the essence of the Father, and the Holy
Like the Jews, Aristotle, and Plato, Christians believed in monotheism: the belief in One God. The Nicene Creed makes known what the Christians believed; they “believe in one God, maker of all things…In one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God…And we believe in the Holy Ghost… and whoever shall say that there was a time when the Son of God was not, or made of things that were not, or of a different essence from the father… (Western Heritage, 359)” This shows how the Christians believed in the Trinity, and no one shall say different than that. This has numerous forms of Jewish influence in it; one God, the Son of God, the Holy Ghost, and the maker of all things can all be found in the Old Testament which is of Jewish …show more content…
She stayed true to God and expressed her faith by dying for what she thought was right (Matthew 10:39), all which God says is the proper way to live. By killing herself, she showed that everyone has time to convert, and that they do not need to wait for extreme circumstances. Christianity is a combination of Greek and Roman influences alongside with Jewish influences. Together, all of their different ideas shaped what we see in Christianity today; one God, the creator off all things, the Son of God, made in the essence of the Father, and the Holy