Response The triumph of Christianity began with the spread of the Christianity as the Roman State declined. As the borders of the Roman Empire collapsed Christianity was able to enter into Western culture and become the dominate religion. ... Before the disillusion of the Roman Empire, Christians or Jews, were persecuted greatly. ... However, as I stated before, the disillusion of the Roman Empire started the beginning of the spread Christianity. ... Diocletian divided the Roman Empire into Western and Eastern halves dividing the new religion from the old. ...

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In the beginning of the first century AD, the Roman Empire was just establishing itself and would soon be the largest empire the world had ever seen up to that point. ... In the third and fourth centuries AD the Roman Empire was going through a tough time. ... Paul, started spreading Christianity in the Roman Empire. ... The Church eventually structured itself like the Roman Empire. ... The Church carries on much of the traditions of the Roman Empire into the modern era. ...

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Ramban explains that since members of Edom were the first to embrace Christianity, the whole Roman Empire, which later accepted Christianity, is therefore christened (pun intended) Edom. ... Rashi explains that the four empires are Babel, Persia and Media, the Greeks, and the Romans. ... The effects of this are twofold: first, he felt that the world was still under the rule of the Roman Empire, which had been transformed into a Christian Empire. (Rashi lived in land controlled by the Holy Roman Empire, in fact.) ... Therefore he has a Greco-Roman and then a Moslem empire, leaving out the C...

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This book is a study of the Gnostic religion versus the Roman Catholic Church and other orthodox Christian sects. ... She explains in her book that the legal authority given by the Roman Emperors to the orthodox church eventually led to the lawful persecution of both the Gnostic sects and the pagan religions. ... The orthodox position that developed was aimed at keeping the early Christian movement together in order that it might survive the state persecution of the Roman Empire. ...

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The Emperor Diocletian transformed the declining Roman by creating policies and laws that stripped a person of individual freedom. ... At the beginning of the forth century, Diocletian (284-305) became emperor and could be considered a reformer of the nearly collapsed Roman Empire. ... Diocletian wisely decided that the empire was too large for one man to rule effectively. ... He sought to restore the Roman religion and found Christianity to be a threat to the peace of the Roman state. ... (Internet b) Diocletian wanted to be worshipped as "Lord and Savior" by the empire. ...

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This paper will discuss 66 CE Revolt in which the Jews attempted to overthrow the Roman Empire. In doing so, the paper will talk about where Judea was before the time of the revolt; the revolt against Antiochus the Syrian leader; the events that lead to the fall of Jerusalem; the Conquering of the Judean Empire and how the Judean civil war played a role in the outcome. ... Violence breaks out in Caesarea and spreads to Jerusalem because the Roman governor required reparations to be paid. ... When war broke out, Josephus was appointed governor of Galilee, the province where the Roman attack ...

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The Spread of Christianity in Rome The expansion of the Roman Empire brought with it, many new concepts that were able to change; not only the concepts itself, but also the people of that era. ... Who would have thought that centuries later Christianity would become the major religion of the Roman Empire. ... This newly found religion had posed a threat to the world of the Romans. ... The Christians had refused to sacrifice to the official Roman gods. ... The Romans felt that they could be eliminated that easily. ...

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While the Pharisees were occupied with Oral Torah, and the traditions of oral communication, the Greco-Roman influence would soon begin to swallow up these ancient traditions. During the prominence of the Greco-Roman culture, scribes began copying oral stories and traditions into print. White explains that, "Once we come to the early Roman period, however, literature was typically produced in written form. ... "Even in highly literary activity, such as that of classical Greece or the Roman Empire, the written text was usually the companion piece of an oral performance, whether in the theater,...

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During his life, his followers were trying to encourage Jesus to rise up and take action with arms against the Roman Empire but in every attempt to persuade him, he would not undergo these actions. ... As the gospel, spread through the large portion of the known Roman Empire and even to regions beyond, new churches began in Jewish synagogues and Christianity was seen at first, as part of Judaism. ... A key transition takes place at the time of the Jewish Revolt against Roman authority. ... Callistus a former slave actually becomes bishop of Rome and makes claims for special importance of th...

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In fact, most of the antisexual and antihumanism attitudes blamed on Christianity originated in Greek Platonism and Roman Stoicism. ... Galileo was not only a putative adherent of the Roman Christian church, but he resided in its backyard. ... Contrary to the images of Roman orgies popularized by Twentieth Century cartoons and other media, Roman laws forbade such conduct, and the Roman government harshly punished Dionysian conduct wherever it occurred. The Romans maintained a massive number of gods to define and regulate every aspect of life, and most Romans lived very reserved lives. ...

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., when Alexander the Great added Palestine to his empire. ... The Romans set up a local dynasty, the house of Herod, to rule most of Palestine. ... While suppressing a major Jewish revolt, the Romans destroyed the second Temple in 70 C.E. ... From the early fourth century, when Christianity became legal in the Roman empire, Jerusalem developed as a centre of Christian pilgrimage. ( Bahat, 1989, p.230) When Christianity was recognized as a legitimate religion by the Romans, Christians built churches and Christian shrines in Jerusalem. ... Jerusalem was under Roman control until 638 C.E., w...

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With this new protection, Christianity began to spread throughout the Roman Empire. ... This seemingly minor achievement enabled the Christian Bible to be more user friendly to entire Roman Empire for more people were able to understand and read Latin than Greek or Hebrew. With this development, the Christian scriptures and ideals could be preached in every corner of the Roman Empire and the Christian faith could know no boundaries. ...

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Since the ancient Roman Empire the loyalty and dedication of Jews to their religion and special forms of worship was used as a excuse for political discrimination against them, and very few Jews were allowed to Roman citizenship. ...

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This speech was delivered to thousands of people from all over the Roman empire. ... This began persecution against Christians, which led to physical movement and meant that Christians fled into other parts of the empire bringing with them the the word of God. ... In these he concentrated on four Roman provinces and finally travelled to Rome, fulfilling Jesus' commission that the gospel would reach "the ends of the earth". ... Paul usually visited main towns and cities to preach as he felt the word would spread into the countryside, however, Aiden visited everywhere and it was traditio...

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Some of the most dynamic developments took place in the western part of the Roman Empire, which witnessed the growth of the papacy and the migration of the Germanic peoples. ... Finally in 800 an independent Western Empire was born when Pope Leo III crowned Frankish king Charlemagne emperor. ...

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Education in the middle Ages was directly linked to the church. Medieval scholars designed their own brand of philosophy, interpreting the teachings of Aristotle to agree with their religious beliefs. Their combination of philosophy and theology is known as scholasticism. Education of the Middle Age...

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., Jesus was arrested in Jerusalem on the eve of Passover at the instigation of religious authorities and crucified on a Roman cross (Sheler). ... The Siege of Jerusalem took place in 637, following the decisive defeat of the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Yarmouk, when the Caliph Umar the Great, a Muslim, conquered Jerusalem and entered the city on foot (Timeline of Jerusalem). ...

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In this discussion, many facets of Judaism will be examined, primarily in the three temporal subdivisions labeled the Tribal / Pre-Monarchy Period, the Divided Monarchy, and the Hasmonean / Maccabean and Roman Era. ... Hasmonean / Maccabean and Roman Era This time period in Jewish history is politically tumultuous, leading to high levels of splits and variations in the religion itself. ...

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[ROMANS 11] At one point this appeared to be Paul's feeling towards the Jews and the Christians. ... In the text Romans, many of Paul's statements were misinterpreted by those Christians to make themselves appear more superior to the Jewish people. ... Scholars believe John wanted to gain favor with the Roman Hierarchy. Therefore, he emphasized the Jewish involvement in the death of Christ and minimized the Roman role. ... (Flannery) In the Edict of Milan (313CE), Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity throughout the Roman Empire. ...

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Pagels writes that the gospel was written at the end of a three year war between the Jews and the Romans approximately around 69 A.D. ... The social attitude of the Roman Empire was almost completely focused on entertainment and happiness through hedonistic behavior. ...

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They remained a separate entity under the Romans but their independence soon eroded after the unsuccessful revolt of 70 C.E. The destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans was considered more catastrophic than that of the first, but from the ruins emerged the rabbinic movement. ... Abraham is claimed as the founder of the Kaaba, Islam's most sacred shrine- The Jewish emphasis on learning helped to spread knowledge and science in Europe and their "research and zeal contributed largely to the great voyages of discovery . most of the early nautical instruments, as well as t...

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INTRODUCTION In his book "Love of Enemies" William Klassen examines the various interpretations of love of enemies in relation to war and peace in the Jewish and Christian faiths. Klassen has three distinct concerns that make an influence on his views on peace. First, Klassen feels he has a responsibility, as a student of the bible, to listen to the word of the bible. He feels that most of the Anglo-Saxon scholars have not done a good job of actually listening to the word and what it really means. Klassen believes that the use of references to the biblical word a...

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(Greenberg 450) Jews did not have control over the promised land from 135 AD when the Roman Empire conquered the area until 1948 AD when it was decided by the United Nation that Palestine should be divided into two parts. ...

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