Christianity in Ancient Rome

What do Christians believe?

Christians believes that there is only one god, which they call either Yahweh or Jehovah as there is no direct translation of God's name from ancient Hebrew. Christians see Jesus as the prophet of god who was sent to mankind to save them from death and sin.

Jesus Christ taught that he was Son of God, that he was sent here by the Lord to save them all from evil that is rife at the time. Jesus said that he had come to fulfil God's law rather than teach it. Jesus preached love, tolerance, and forgiveness and that making these actions the epicentre of your world will grant you eternal life. His teachings– briefly summarized–is to love God, the love of God, and love of one's neighbour. To forgive others with whatever they have done to you, to help the needed, and to love each other.

Christians also believe in the Holy Trinity, which is not that there are three gods, but rather, God has three separate parts which are namely god, the father; the son; and the holy spirit. Christians don’t believe in three gods, it’s just that depending on the division of Christianity, they may believe that God himself had taken human form as Jesus Christ and is his incarnation on Earth, and that God is present today through the work of the Holy Spirit and evident in the actions of believers; or that Jesus was merely a prophet/ messenger who only came to deliver his good news and is not God himself, both of which are the beliefs of two of the major divisions or Christianity. These days, the word saint is most commonly used to refer to a Christian who has lived a particularly good and holy life on earth, and with whom miracles are claimed to have been associated after their death.

Jesus was believed that he would bring an end to roman rule, as per his teachings where he is claimed to be the king of Jews and that they would rebel against the Roman Empire. But the Romans would have none of that and Jesus was arrested and sentenced to death because the romans believed that he was a parasite to the empire and the imperial family for sharing his beliefs, consequently having him arrested nailed to a wooden cross. A fantastic method of death with a fancy name called crucifixion. Three days after his death, Jesus’s tomb was found empty, and the giant boulder blocking it's entrance–which would've been impossible to move without a number of people pushing it at once–had been moved to the side, all in a single night. Many people claimed to have seen visions of Jesus risen from dead, such as Peter–one of his beloved disciples.

Jesus walking out of his tomb

Jesus nailed to a cross board

the 10 things Christians are not allowed to do

The Ten Commandments
• You shall have no other gods but me
• No graven images or likenesses.
• Not take the LORD's name in vain.
• Remember the sabbath day.
• Respect your father and mother.
• You must not kill.
• You must not commit adultery.
•You must not steal
• You must not give false evidence against your neighbour.
• You must not covet (neighbour's house, neighbour's wife, neighbour's slaves, animals, or anything else)

How did people practice Christianity?

-      Bible study
-      Sing traditions ( such as drums, guitars, and movements
-      Some protestant traditions the term priest is used
-      Festivals ( holy week, good Friday, Pentecost, harvest palm Sunday, Lent, wilderness, and advent.
-      Saints day ( st. Patrick’s day)
-      Prayer
o  Is the means by which Christians communicate with their god
o  Some prayers are formal and part of a ritual laid down while others are personal and spontaneouse, and come from a personal need
o  Prayer is often directed to god as father, as taught by jesus, some traditions encourage prayere to gods though saints and martyrs
-      The church
o  The church is fundamental to velievers
o  It is recognized as god’s body on earth
o  The church is the place wehre the Christian faith is nurtured and where the holy spirit is manifest on earth
o  It is were Christians received into the faith
-      Baptism
-      Earaches

Bible Study
In Christian communities, Bible study is the study of the Bible by ordinary people as a personal religious or spiritual practice. They believe that all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness

Baptism
a Christian religious rite of sprinkling water on to a person's forehead or immersing them in water, meaning purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church.

Prayers

how did christianity spread across the world?

After the Jesus had been sentenced to death and died, his teachings continued to travel far and wide and began to propagate to various Jewish communities throughout the empire. Such a result had been caused by the enthusiastic and devout apostles, such as Paul and Peter

Paul, had been a devout jew, but has came to believe in Christianity. Romans thinks of him as one of their own. Even as a jew, he had helped perswade people to become Christians. He went to journeys to teach people that werne’t Christian, he had created new Christian groupds, and created new teachings of faith. He was really passionate. But because he went spreading beliefs, jewish leaders weren’t very fond of him due to the fact that he was jewish but spreading Christian beliefs. The Roman Authorities thinks that paul is a trouble maker, and was arrested and executed in the end.

For over 30 years, Paul continued to travel throughout the empire, traveling more than 16,000 km. He preached in some of the empire's major and most important cities. Although cities and hubs like Ephesus, Philippi, and Corinth were very grand and magnificent, like all major cities, they housed tens of thousands of poor and impoverished citizens who lived in the slums, desperate for help–the perfect audience for the Christian message of eternal life in utopia.

Just like his mentor, Jesus, Paul preached to their homes. However, Paul also preached to the gentiles–which are the non-jews–as he believed that everyone should know about Christianity; something Jesus had not done.