Constantine I and Christianity

way of life. But the idea that broke through the traditions of paganism was the “cult” of Christianity. Christianity took the Roman Empire and people into a different age of ideals and ways of life. In this essay the evidence through ancient writings and events will portray the transformation of a deeply paganist empire to the strictly Christian empire it became. It will show the changes that the Christianity brought to the pagan Roman Empire and how it developed into the first Christian empire.…

The religion of Christianity was not a religion that popped up overnight and spread all across the world. Christianity is a religion that developed out of a preexisting religion and offered followers an opportunity that other world religions of that time did not. This opportunity was the hope that after death followers would have an eternity of peace. This opportunity at everlasting peace and release from the torments of this world and the expansion of long distance trade routes allowed for the…

gods from the different religions of the places they seized. Rome eventually embracing Christianity as Ethiopia did, though it wasn’t easy. While watching the 2009 film, Agora, we undoubtedly saw the brutal and destructive shift from the pagan religion to Christianity. We also examined the once conquering and flourishing Rome slowly start to weaken and decline. In this paper, I argue that Christianity negatively impacted Rome through…

Christianity, a religion known the world over however, It did not start this way and its rise to preeminence was fraught with alienation, destitution and persecution. Christianity follows the belief that a man named Jesus who was a great teacher of his time and regarded by his followers to not only be a prophet but in fact the flesh and blood incarnation of God. Came to this world in order to redeem mankind whom in the eyes of God had been willingly lead down the path of sin, though their…

The Spread of Christianity in Roman Empire By around the time of 312 A.D. it is believed that one in ten people in the Roman world classified themselves as Christians. The spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire evolved with the act of war. As the power hunger Rome conquered and won over a vast amount of cities, they also had a mix of a variety of cultures. As they took people from all over Europe as either slaves or granted them citizenship, different cultures started to emerge. Rome came…

the practice of polytheism would change after 312 CE when Constantine defeated Maxentius at Milvian Bridge and became the emperor of the Eastern and Western empires of Rome. Constantine had a deep connection with Christianity in which he believed Jesus Christ was the reason for his victory in battle. He then created laws providing religious tolerance in which people could practice what religion they chose. However, the addition of Christianity to the Roman empire which was an origin of Western…

Judaism At around year 50, the first council of the church known as the Council of Jerusalem, convened a meeting to reconcile doctrinal differences concerning the Gentile mission. At this meeting, it was agreed that Gentiles could be accepted to Christianity without full adherence to Mosaic laws 2nd Century-Early Heresies In this century, the role of Bishops was to refute heresies. Christians began to deny both Christ’s divinity and humanity. Examples are; Doetism and Arianism. First…

Western Rome and Eastern Rome c. 280 CE, Constantine’s adoption of Christianity in 312 CE, the fall of Western Roman in 476 CE, and the schism of the Christian Church into Western Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox in 1054 CE. Cultural changes of the Mediterranean World between 200 and 1000 CE that resulted from important political transformations were the Great Schism of Christianity, the increase of conversions to Christianity and the change of architecture,…

history as Constantine the Great, was the Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD and played a vital role in this religious movement. The Orthodox (Roman Catholic) and Arianism sects eventually became the primary sects, and it was after the death of the baptized Constantine I, that the Orthodox Church delivered a little known coup de grace, that forever decimated the power and prestige of the Arian sect and cemented the power of the Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Christian Church usurped Constantine the…

Today in history there are names that are well known, even centuries after their feats. Names such as Alexander the Great and Augustus and their stories stick in the minds of those who hear them. However, it’s important to understand why these people where considered great and if they really were as great as people write them off to be. Just like in today’s day positions of power bring corruption as well as general down fall. It’s important to understand the history behind great leaders and how…