How has Christianity taken over the world as such a dominant religion? Why is Christianity so different from other religions? How does one person have such an impact on life? Why has nobody been able to silence Christians? Why does everyone want to silence Christians? Christianity is defined as a “major religion, stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth (the Christ) in the 1st century AD.” (“Christianity”). What factors exactly brought Christianity to its highest peak? God is the overall reason. If it was not His plan for Christians to spread the gospel, nothing would have put that into motion. Other than the obvious reason, what other things lead to this widespread phenomenon? Christianity did not come to be so immensely expansive for just one, simple reason; many different events, trials, and people helped shape Christianity over the centuries.
Before discussing the spread of Christianity, it might help to talk about what Christianity exactly is. Christianity originated from Judaism due to Jesus being born into a Jewish family. Three different categories make up Christianity: The Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants. Even more categories branch off within the three main categories. (“Christianity”).
Judaism is the root of Christianity, but what makes them so different that the Sanhedrin would want Jesus crucified? As the Sunday school cliche says, Jesus is the answer. Judaism and Christianity run side by side in comparison until the
Christianity began its succession into the most dominant worldwide religion after Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days build another made without hands.” Upon Jesus’ death and resurrection, he completed this task setting forth the development of Christianity. Since Jesus left no formal authoritative power, organization, or agreed upon scriptures, a wide variety of sects gained popularity in the development of Christianity. Most of these sects were later deemed as heretic, one of the most notable being Gnosticism. Gnosticism was a dualist religion believing the material world evil and the invisible spirit realm good. This belief obligated Gnosticism to follow Docetic interpretations. Docetism is the belief that Jesus was never truly man but rather a divine from the spirit world. All forms of Christianity, however, believe Jesus is son of God sent as humanity’s savior from damnation. Docetism, along with other aspects of Gnosticism, drove other Christians condemn Gnosticism as heresy. Gnosticism, however, is more comparable to Canonical Christians than realized. Specifically, the distinction between Docetism and strict Canonical belief is not only insignificant but also justifiable due to Canonical contradictions surrounding Jesus’ existence.
Christianity is one of the most influential religions on both ancient and modern Western society, with the religion based on the teachings of the prophet Jesus Christ who lived approximately between the years of 5 BC and 33 AD. It is claimed that Christ was the son of God whose spirit was embodied and sent to Earth as a human being to bring peace and prosperity to the less fortunate, and absolve the world of its sin. Jesus preached a doctrine of a supreme monotheistic god who ruled over the universe, as well as ethics and morals especially centred on the concept of faith and forgiveness. If one was to live their life in accordance to the Will of God and the teachings of Christ found in the written word of the Holy Bible, one would be absolved of their sin and ascend to the spiritual realm of God, known as Heaven, after their physical death.
Christianity is a widespread and powerful religion because of its beginning in the Roman Empire. Factors contributing to this included spreading ideas without difficulty throughout the entire empire, the appeal of Christianity to the people, and the rule of Emperor Constantine.
Christianity was born and flourished in an empire where the common language was Latin and Greek. Two important people like Paul and Constantine further influenced and were a major part of the development of Christianity. The history of the Jews leading up to the time of Jesus had a major impact on the development of Christianity. “When Christianity was clearly identified as a distant religion, the new religion was considered by its members to be the fulfillment of Judaism rather than a new religion.” “Since Jesus was a Jew and preached to the Jews, Christianity was closely linked to Judaism.” The development of Christianity was due to several historical, political, and social circumstances.
Religion is the belief and worship of a higher power which is in control of the universe. The most popular religions in the world today are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. All four of these religions teach peace. However, followers do not always get along with each other peacefully. All of these religions have a moral code to live by and encourage devotion and prayer.
Religions take a hold on societies in different ways. Christianity started as a revitalization movement against the Roman hierarchy, and was comprised of mostly woman and the poor. The Roman Empire took up most of the Mediterranean and North Africa. With the death of Jesus, around 33 CE, came a new, unique, religion that was a spin off of Judaism but they believed that Jesus was the foretold Messiah. Although they were persecuted, Christianity took hold in the ancient world because it offered salvation, was fair to all, and preached love and peace.
Christianity and the Roman Empire shared an important bond. Christianity offered the Roman Empire joy, hope, a shift in their world view, and a monotheistic God. Rome offered Christianity a more efficient way of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Christianity began with Jesus Christ and his disciples about 2000 years ago in Judea. Throughout that duration of time, Judea was ruled over the emperor of Rome, Constantine. The Romans were pagan and had
Christianity is one of the most dominant religions in the world today and has a long and complex history. Although Christianity has its roots in Judaism, it was greatly influenced by the culture of the Greeks and Romans it developed in. The Greco-Roman world was polytheistic and full of deities that were petty and faulted. As a young religion Christianity shares aspects with the religions around it, namely in the central stories. Eventually Christianity spread through the Roman Empire and to the rest of the world.
Before the birth of Jesus Christ and Christianity, there was Judaism, the religion where Christianity originated from. In the years of 65 B.C. through 63 B.C., The Roman and the Jews had several complications with each other, especially with Pompey the Great interfering with Jerusalem and its people. Pompey the Great invaded Jerusalem due to their opposition of worshipping the Roman gods and the Jews’ belief in only one God. In addition, he did it to elevate his status as a more powerful figure in Roman society, since Julius Caesar, another Roman political figure was also competing for power and attention from the people. His conquering over the Jews and the ongoing brawls set the stage on how Christianity and the Roman Empire intertwined with each other and the tense relations that were formed,
Christianity was inspired by Judaism and was spread throughout Rome. It didn’t start off popular and wasn’t looked at respectfully. Within the 2nd and 3rd centuries it had a rocky start with the Roman Empire and was the “cause” of invasions and internal crises. In Germany throughout the year of 249-250 they made it mandatory to all follow the same religion of the Emperor. They were told to worship only Roman Gods. The christians couldn't make the necessary sacrifices: the result was a series of savage outbursts of violence against them.
Christianity is the largest faith group in the world today. The word Christianity came from “Christ,” which meant the “Anointed One” and the central point of
Throughout history, Christianity always had a reputation, or a “name” following it. Different perspectives approached the reputation that was attached to Christianity in different manners. Justin Martyr and Porphyry had objectives when defining whether this “name” really defined Christianity and the past. They wondered whether the past really represented Christianity. Additionally they honed in on the question of was the past that people represented as Christianity really the roots of Christianity? All around Porphyry and Justin was perceptions of what Christianity rooted from and stood for.
Christianity originated in the first century AD; Christianity teaches the life and death of Jesus Christ. The faith consists of many different sects or denominations. The Roman Catholic
Christianity, the way and teachings of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. It is the largest and most popular religion in the world with about a whopping 2.1 billion religious followers positioned all around the world. Christianity has had such an important impact on the course of the history of the world since its creation about 2,000 years ago that even today both Christian followers and non-Christians still follow the moral and ethical teachings presented by Jesus Christ within Christianity in their everyday lives. These moral and ethical teachings of Jesus Christ have made such a great impression throughout the years since its creation that today most non-Christians at least tend to respect Jesus as a great moral and ethical leader and teacher, but turn their back to the spiritual supernatural aspect of him. To most historians the Bible is usually described as a book like no other. It is a sacred text that can arguably be considered the most influential book ever published in the history of the world. Its powerful message has affected every department of human nature and human interaction. The contents of the biblical scriptures has supplied the themes and inspiration to drive the greatest poets, artists and musicians which the world has ever seen, and it has been the mightiest factor of all in shaping the moral progression of the human race.