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Migration of Christianity to Rome✦ A point of contention that many people might have towards Rome’s involvement in the birth of Christianity is that early Christians in Rome were persecuted by the ruling authority. ✦ However, why did Christianity spread so quickly to Rome in the first place – within a few decades? ✦ The true nature of Christianity’s beginning could have been lost given the crude nature of ancient communications, particularly if the beginning was concealed in local secrecy in Judea. ✦ This would not be the first example where something started for one reason, but developed into something else entirely – with unforeseen consequences. ✦ What were the forces behind the seemingly paradoxical shift of an offshoot of Judaism from Judea to Rome? From the land of the “chosen people of God” to the land of their oppressors – oppressors who continued world domination under the eventual banner of Christianity itself. ✦ Could it be that Christianity gravitated towards Rome due to the Greco-Roman leanings of its teachings and ideologies? (see the free download paper) ✦ The Christian philosophy was embraced whole-heartedly by the common people of Rome, but shunned, quickly loosing favor in Judea. ✦ As with anything new, the early Christian movement in Rome was looked upon with caution and disdain by the ruling authority. ✦ But they, too, gradually embraced Christianity, making it the official religion of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine over two hundred years later. |
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