Loundy Silkman
The Early Church and Persecutions For many years Christians and pagans coexisted until the emperor Trajan made Christianity illegal- a situation that stayed in effect for 100 years until the rule of Constantine. During the 100 year that Christianity was illegal people met underground in people’s apartments. These early builders of the Church had to meet in secret, yet they served as the cornerstone of Christian worship in Rome. Throughout this time many of the Christians’ arts were destroyed and burned, and some of their churches were burned to the ground. As things become more dire, Christians who refused to renounce their faith were captured and tortured to death.
Constantine and the Edict …show more content…
Eventually, most of the pagan gods’ temples were turned into churches such as the Pantheon. In the Colosseum today, you can see the reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday. Clearly Christianity eventually won over the city of Rome. Old basilica were converted to Christian places of worship because people took care of them by giving the church money to do so. Buildings that were not turned into churches were ruined by people, natural disasters or other enemies that tried to occupy …show more content…
We took a day trip to Sabiaco and Monte Casino and visited where St Benedict started the Order of St Benedict. We visited the main part of the church where Benedict spent so much time in prayer, and we saw where three miracles happened. In the first miracle St. Benedict fell out of the window and landed on a rock below on his side. But God made the rock soft enough so that Benedict was not hurt and you can still see an arm mark where he landed. In the second miracle Benedict got upset and threw away an oil lamp but when it landed it didn’t crack. The third miracle took place during World War II when fifteen monks and other people were hiding in the monastery. The areas all around the chapel were destroyed by bombs, yet the monastery survived
The Early Church and Persecutions For many years Christians and pagans coexisted until the emperor Trajan made Christianity illegal- a situation that stayed in effect for 100 years until the rule of Constantine. During the 100 year that Christianity was illegal people met underground in people’s apartments. These early builders of the Church had to meet in secret, yet they served as the cornerstone of Christian worship in Rome. Throughout this time many of the Christians’ arts were destroyed and burned, and some of their churches were burned to the ground. As things become more dire, Christians who refused to renounce their faith were captured and tortured to death.
Constantine and the Edict …show more content…
Eventually, most of the pagan gods’ temples were turned into churches such as the Pantheon. In the Colosseum today, you can see the reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday. Clearly Christianity eventually won over the city of Rome. Old basilica were converted to Christian places of worship because people took care of them by giving the church money to do so. Buildings that were not turned into churches were ruined by people, natural disasters or other enemies that tried to occupy …show more content…
We took a day trip to Sabiaco and Monte Casino and visited where St Benedict started the Order of St Benedict. We visited the main part of the church where Benedict spent so much time in prayer, and we saw where three miracles happened. In the first miracle St. Benedict fell out of the window and landed on a rock below on his side. But God made the rock soft enough so that Benedict was not hurt and you can still see an arm mark where he landed. In the second miracle Benedict got upset and threw away an oil lamp but when it landed it didn’t crack. The third miracle took place during World War II when fifteen monks and other people were hiding in the monastery. The areas all around the chapel were destroyed by bombs, yet the monastery survived