The Spread of Christianity

The Italian Peninsula has a long religious history. The early Romans worshiped the spirit of the Etruscans who were the neighbors of the north.

Later Romans adopted Greek gods as their gods. However, the Roman tradition allowed people to worship in accordance with their mind instructions. Due to the freedom of this religion, many different religions and sects of the Roman Empire flourished.

By around AD 30, the Jews on the other side of the Roman Empire began a new religious movement. The Jewish group began to follow the teachings of a new leader named Jesus Christ. This movement slowly spread from the Jews to many other countries in the surrounding area, and a new religion was born. This new religion will be called Christianity.

Even after Jesus died, his believers continued to teach them what to teach them. They taught that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Messiah waiting for the Jews.

Many people in the Mediterranean accept these doctrines and are called Christians. In the next 300 years many urban residents personally practice Christianity. Roman officials considers Christians as a threat and often murders. Christians have built churches and continue to disseminate their religious beliefs, but they carefully do so

In the year 312 AD, an important Roman general named Constantine was converted to Christianity through his spiritual experience on the battlefield. In the same year, Constantine became Emperor of Rome.

Under his guidance, Konstantin protects Christians, allows Christian churches to be established during the Empire, and allows Christianity to spread more quickly

Christianity became a powerful force of Rome by the year CE AD 392. It is done from the border to the border. In the same year Emperor Theodosius declared that Christianity is a religion of the state and prohibited all other religious activities.

Christians began organizing their church into a parish under the supervision of the parish. Several parishes formed the so-called parish. Each parish is guided by bishop

After all, the Roman bishops began to claim the authority of all the other bishops and called themselves "papa" or "papal". The Western parish soon accepted the authority of the Pope, but the Eastern Church did not accept it. The western church was eventually called the Roman Catholic church, while the eastern church united to form an Orthodox church.

Christianity was also spread to other countries by apostles. The Jewish soul can spread Christianity the most. He converted to Christianity and changed his name to Paul. He became a Christian missionary. He helped spread Christianity in the eastern Mediterranean until death in the year 65 AD. He was caught by the Romans and executed. Romans persecuted Christians. They did not like Christians as they believed that Christianity might be the beginning of the Roman Revolution. They also believe that Jesus can overthrow the mighty Roman government. Therefore, the government decided to carry out all Christians

· In the years after Christ 's death, Christianity spread to the whole world of Rome, especially the eastern Mediterranean. Many forms of Christianity prospered in various regions since Christian communities were scattered in Roman provinces and forced to sporadic contact and underground forcing. Romans persecuted Christianity because they felt that Christians refused to pay their gods for their sacrifice and endangered their town and the whole state of Rome. They are also worried that Christians are traitors because they worship the Emperor and do not quietly meet them. There are various rumors about the behavior of strange Christians.

Today, the geographical distinction of Christianity between the West and the East is not as absolute as the ancient and medieval times, due to the spreading of Christian missionaries, immigration, and globalization. The adjectives "Western Christianity" and "Oriental Christianity" are often used not to refer to the current geographical location but to the difference between historical origin and theology and etiquette. In most of its history the European church has divided the culture between the West Latin (its center in Rome) and the eastern part of Greek (Constantinople in its center). Cultural differences and political competition cause tensions between the two churches, leading to differences between doctrine and church science, which eventually leads to divisions.