The Rise Of Christianity Changed In The Roman Empire

I personally do not believe that Christianity was developed in the Roman Empire. I do, though, believe in the Lord. The wording of all of the information about the Rise of Christianity that I have found is worded as though Christianity is just another religion developed by some crazy person just to get a rise out of people. I understand that that is so there is no bias or opinion. I will present the information in that way, but I want to note that that is not my personal objective, speaking from a Christian viewpoint. I believe in the things that Jesus did, but I object to all of the wording that says that it is all “speculated”. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, which is located in Judea. It is said by many that he was born sometime between 4 …show more content…
Mary Magdalene and Jesus’ twelve disciples continued to tell people of his wonderful teachings and miraculous ways. Many people believe in God today. For us here in the U.S., we are able to worship freely without condemnation from anyone because we have freedom of religion. But back in the Roman Empire, and even still in other countries today, religious persecution is prevalent. During the era of the Roman Empire, Christianity was punishable by death, especially after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Forgiveness was attainable for them, though, if there were willing to reject their religion and beliefs and denounce the name of God. Many were not willing break their faith in the Lord; and many were put to death for this. Many that were killed were looked at by others that were Christians as martyrs because they were willing to die for what they believed in. Christians were also falsely blamed for many things; one famous example is The Burning of …show more content…
From the point of view of the Romans, religion was a social activity that sparked unity and loyalty among a city or state. This religious attitude that they strived to achieve is called piety. To the Romans, Christianity was not a piety, but instead just a superstition. By some writers, it has been called, “a superstition taken to extravagant lengths”, “a deadly superstition”, and “a class of persons given to a new and mischievous superstition”. When they say superstition, however, they mean it in a slightly different way than we do today. They mean it as something different or foreign (in an undesirable way, of course). Because of this, people thought that what they believed was invalid and untrue, and they therefore didn’t believe it. Because they thought if Christianity as a foreign concept, some people thought that it was some new cult that someone made