Christianity in Ancient Rome

By: Ryleigh Ryan

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What do Christians believe?

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Christians believe the Bible. There are three main aspects that are told throughout the Bible: Creation, The Fall, and Redemption. In the beginning of the Bible, God explains how He created everything perfect. Everything was good until the first people, Adam and Eve, decided to disobey God {sin}, which caused The Fall or the end of God's perfect creation. Everything was now tainted or broken. People now needed to be redeemed. Someone had to fix what Adam and Eve broke by sinning. Christians believe this person is Jesus, God's son. They believe that Jesus was sent to Earth to live a perfect life and die on the cross for all humanity's sins. After dying, Jesus came back to life, mending our broken relationships with God.

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This is a visual of humanity's separation from God.

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God

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Jesus

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Humanity

How do Christians practice their belief?

Christians practice their belief by praying, reading the Bible, baptism, communion and religious education.

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Explanation of Christian Practices

Baptism: Something that Christians do to show that they believe in Jesus. It is done in different ways depending on where they go to church. There are 2 different methods of being baptized. Sprinkling with water and total immersion in water.

Communion: Something that Christians do to remember what Jesus did on the cross. They drink wine or juice to represent His blood, that was shed for their sins, and eat bread to represent His body, that was broken for them.

Religious Education: Christians meet regularly together to worship God and learn from the Bible. They call this Church and Sunday School.

How did Christianity spread in the Roman Empire?

There was a Christian named Paul who took long journeys in order to spread the good news about Jesus. He shared his faith with a lot of people and many believed in God and love him. However, the leader of the Roman Empire hated him because his people stopped believing in the religion he had step up for them. He thought that the best way to get rid of the Christians, was to scare them into not believing in Paul's God, by persecuting them. Eventually, Paul was arrested and killed.

The Emperor arrested, beat, and killed the Christians, but this did not stop the spread of Christianity. Four hundred years later, Rome's main religion was Christianity.

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How did Christianity change the Roman Empire? Why would an Emperor use this belief to help them govern?

Christianity changed the Roman Empire by adding to it! Christians believe that God loved them so much that He sent His only son, Jesus, to die for them. This makes them want to share their faith and the love that they have been given with others. Christian churches were the first to help care for the sick, poor, and needy. This eased the burden off of the government and, eventually, helped communities grow strong and healthy.

Christianity is a good religion to govern with because it gives you an example of how to care for people well. If an Emperor takes care of his people well, they with grow in both number and loyalty. Therefore, making the empire strong.

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Ryleigh Ryan