The Explosion of Early Christianity, Explained

Some people compare the expansion of Christianity in early centuries with the expansion of Islam and Mormonism to reduce the miracle and importance of the rise of Christianity. This is incorrect for several reasons.

A. Christianity spreads under various circumstances. Muslim spreads through the sword and suppresses people's faith. Christianity rose without the use of serious swords and was severely persecuted. In most cases, becoming a Christian means death. To be Muslims means to preserve your life. Likewise, being a Mormon does not pose a physical threat to your life.

B. Mormonism spreads to the place where Christianity was done. They did not propose a thorough new doctrine that did not meet the requirements of universal beliefs. Mormonism, like other religions, presents moral messages with only a few unique but fair claims. Therefore, it is easy to change from Roman Catholicism to Mormonism. On the other hand, Christianity brought about a fundamental new doctrine about Jesus Christ, as well as not having Christians, but also making him to society opposed Christian thoughts.

C. Muslim and Mormon claims can not be verified. You just need to "believe" that it will happen just like they say. But Christian's argument is that Jesus Christ resurrected from death and preached the resurrection in the same year (50 days later) that Christ was buried at the cross and was buried. Therefore, claims may be easily proved. People join Christianity based on perfect rationality, not blind faith.

D. Islam and Mormonism have spread to places where people are rarely educated. Christianity extends not only to Israel where Jewish faith is strongly protected and protected but also to the Greek-Roman world, where philosophy and reason are practiced and most valued. Within 300 years, the Roman Empire formally converted to Christianity; after converting to Christianity in just a few years, after the death of the most educated, anti-Christian Jew, Christ, the sole of Tarsus, in the last couple of years

E. The dissemination of Christianity is done at the grassroots level Men and women of all walks of life not only dedicate to Christ, but also trying to win other people to Christ, even devoting to Christ . Therefore, Christian missionary methods are different from Mormonism and Muslim. As mentioned earlier, Islam spreads fearing the sword. The transformation to Christianity does not include fear of Christians. The spread of Mormonism is due to the activities of large organizations and cleverly executed missionaries, unified young men and women trained in sales techniques and completed 2 years of missionary work. Therefore, their growth is not surprising. In contrast, Christianity spreads without an organized, unified, crafted system. It spreads by ordinary men and women from all walks of life. And they only convey the message of the gospel under severe persecution. In Christianity, this is information that wins people, not a way.

The spread of Christianity is shocking and we can not alleviate its importance. It's only when you deal with the facts freely. Unless that information is true, there is no good explanation about the possibilities and ways of communication by Christians. Jesus Christ is raised from the dead, and real life is found in him.

This belief is well documented in early Christians and seems to explain the initial spread of Christianity but the notion of eternal curse other than Christianity is rarely seen in modern Christians. Various Christian organizations, especially the Catholic Church, coupled their theology with political and military totalitarianism in the late Roman Empire, so there was a clearly big difference in the beliefs of beliefs. This agreement constitutes a betrayal of the first revolutionary spirit of Christianity. The best way to understand why this happens and what you do now is to check the evidence.

In an article of yesterday, I explained that Christian worked in Ecclestia early. This shows that the church is another option even if it is a destructive community. By subversion, I am not saying that Christians are trying to overthrow the local Ecclesia (city government) by political or military means. On the contrary, in a sense, the use of Ecclesia by early Christians destroyed the social order of Greek and Roman cities, including Ecclesia (a collection like several towns of excrecia, urban business). Christian Ecclestia was originally an alternative society and it was a completely different society with completely different values. This is a thumbnail of God's country